Right to Information act
- India
Railways laid on an average 7.41 km tracks daily in 10 yrs: RTI
New Delhi: The Indian Railways has laid on an average of 7.41 km of tracks, which include new line construction as well as doubling, tripling and gauge conversion of existing lines in…
- India
33% of IIT Kharagpur didn’t secure placements in 2023: RTI data
Around 33% of students at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur did not secure placements in 2023, as revealed by data obtained through a Right to Information (RTI) request. The Career…
- India
SBI refuses to disclose electoral bonds’ details under RTI Act
New Delhi: The State Bank of India (SBI) has refused to disclose under the RTI Act the details of the electoral bonds furnished to the Election Commission (EC), claiming that it is…
- India
About 15% posts of train drivers vacant: Railways in RTI response
New Delhi: Out of total 1,27,644 sanctioned posts of both drivers and assistant drivers in all railway zones across the country, 18,766 (about 14.7%) were lying vacant as of March 1, 2024,…
- India
Centre seized printing of electoral bonds a fortnight post SC’s verdict
An RTI (Right To Information) revealed that the Union finance ministry ordered the State Bank of India (SBI) to “immediately put a hold” on the printing of electoral bonds, almost a fortnight…
- India
5.33 cr rural houses in India yet to get tap water connection, says RTI reply
New Delhi: Around 5.33 crore houses in rural areas have not been covered yet under the Centre’s ambitious mission to provide a tap water connection to every house in every village of…
- Delhi
Intelligence Bureau exempt from rigours of RTI: Delhi HC
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has rejected a plea for disclosure of information by the Intelligence Bureau under the RTI Act on the basis of “bald averments alleging corruption”, noting the…
- India
Bengal LoP files RTI seeking information among CM’s overseas tour
Kolkata: Leader of Opposition (LoP) in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari has filed a petition under the Right to Information Act, 2005, on the amount spent from the state exchequer on Chief…
- India
Digital Personal Data Protection Bill opposed in LS; experts flag possible dilution of RTI Act
The contentious Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Bill, 2023, was taken up in the Lok Sabha on Thursday, August 3. The INDIA bloc opposed the bill and demand that the government reconsider…
