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No Clarity On Pay & Tenure Of Information Commissioners, As Centre's Notification Is Silent2019-01-06T12:45:44+05:30

After delaying filling up of vacancies in the Central Information Commission for long, the Centre has notified four more vacancies of Information Commissioners on Friday.Curiously, reference to the...

Sudhir Bhargava Takes Charge As CIC Chief2019-01-02T10:49:47+05:30

Mr. Sudhir Bhargava took oath as the Chief Information Commissioner in the Central Information Commission (CIC) on Tuesday.He was administered the oath of office by President Ram Nath Kovind at a...

President Clears Appointment Of Four Information Commissioners In CIC2018-12-30T23:25:08+05:30

CIC Sridhar Acharyulu Retires After A Proactive Term As RTI Custodian2018-11-21T20:27:13+05:30

Disclosure of Loan Defaulters' List : CIC Should Ensure Compliance By RBI, Acharyulu Writes To Chief Information Commissioner [Read Letter]2018-11-20T15:38:30+05:30

PMO & RBI Should Reveal Information On Willful Defaulters & Raghuram Rajan's Letter : CIC [Read Order]2018-11-20T08:57:34+05:30

The Central Information Commission has directed the Reserve Bank of India and the Prime Minister's Office to disclose information on list of willful defaulters and action taken on the ‘alerting...

Bar Council Of Delhi CPIO Fails To Provide Info On Missing RTI Section From Website; CIC Slaps Rs. 5,000 Penalty2018-10-19T19:29:09+05:30

The Central Information Commission (CIC) has imposed a penalty of Rs. 5,000 on the Central Public Information Officer (CPIO) of the Bar Council of Delhi (BCD) for delaying supply of information to an...

60% Of Denials By Information Commissioners Have Been In Violation Of RTI Act: Study Finds2018-10-16T11:05:38+05:30

Non-imposition of penalties under the Right to Information Act by Information Commissioners (ICs) is causing an estimated loss of Rs.203 crores annually, a recent research has found.The research was...

MPLADS Fund : CIC Recommends Legal Framework For Transparency In Fund Utilization [Read Order]2018-09-17T11:33:27+05:30

It is sad that law makers of the nation did not make law for their own MPLADSThe Central Information Commission has recommended the Lok Sabha Speaker and Rajya Sabha Chairman to issue appropriate...

Disclose Info On Steps Taken To Reclaim Koh-i-Noor, Tipu Sultan’s Sword, etc.: CIC To PMO, Ministry of Culture [Read Order]2018-08-28T18:47:57+05:30

The Central Information Commission (CIC) recently directed the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and the Ministry of Culture to intimate an RTI applicant about the efforts taken by it to reclaim ancient...

Ph.D. Scholar Alleges Thesis Plagiarism By Prof-Guide Of M.Phil: CIC Orders Indian Statistical Institute To Share Marked Copies Of Thesis With Complainant [Read Order]2018-07-30T12:54:41+05:30

When a Professor-guide himself is accused of infringing copyright of a student-scholar, such a scholar has right to complain, right to know and Right to Information about the action on the complaint...

Some Provisions Of Delhi District Court (Right to Information) Rules Are Not In Conformity With RTI Act: CIC [Read Order]2018-07-20T10:08:58+05:30

“One wonders, what queries other than relating to its primary functioning of the administration of justice could be put to the PIO of a Court of Law.”Taking note of some ‘exemption’ provisions of...

Team India Or Team BCCI? Explain Why Should BCCI Not Be Declared Public Authority Under RTI Act In Interest Of ‘Fair Cricket’ [Read Order]2018-07-12T20:18:10+05:30

The Central Information Commission has asked the Board of Control for Cricket (BCCI) in India to explain why it should not be declared a public authority under the RTI Act while opining that it...

People Legitimately Expect Antiquities Like Koh-i-Noor To Be Brought Back, Says CIC; Asks PMO, MEA To Share Steps It’s Taking [Read Order]2018-06-04T13:06:34+05:30

Holding that hopeful people legitimately expect Pre-Independence era artifacts like Koh-i-Noor diamond, Shah Jahan’s wine cup etc., to be brought back to India, the Central Information Commission...

“Tell The Nation” What Happened To Lal Bahadur Shastri, CIC Tells PMO, MEA, MHA [Read Order]2018-05-14T18:40:46+05:30

Acharyulu says people have legitimate expectation to know truth about death of their beloved leader, orders Raj Narain inquiry report to be traced With doubts being raised over the mysterious death...

Disclosure Of ‘Operation Blue Star’ Records Not Prudent At A Time When The Nation Is Rife With Instances Of Invariable Intolerance Amongst Communities: CIC [Read Order]2018-04-25T14:49:57+05:30

The subject matter of the information sought pertains to an Operation of Indian Army which purportedly led to such communal paraphernalia that later assumed cataclysmic proportions, stretching beyond...

RTI Query Seeking Date Of Deposit Of Rs. 15L In Citizens’ Accounts, Not ‘Information’, PMO Tells CIC [Read Order]2018-04-25T14:01:27+05:30

When will Rs. 15 Lakhs be deposited in the account of each citizen as promised by PM Narendra Modi, was one of the query by Mohan Kumar Sharma in an RTI application preferred before Prime Minister’s...

Payment Of Pension Can’t Be Delayed In The Name Of Linking To Aadhaar, Says CIC [Read Order]2018-04-13T11:21:11+05:30

Even if linking with Aadhaar is necessary, it should not result in delaying the payment of pension or denial of information regarding pension, said Prof. M. Sridhar Acharyulu.The Central Information...

Central Information Commission Issues Notice To Its Own CPIO For Failure To Furnish Information [Read Order]2018-03-30T11:01:50+05:30

The Central Information Commission (CIC) last week issued notice to its own CPIO for his failure to provide information on a Right to Information application.The interim order was passed by...

Performance Of Information Commissions In India: 1.81L Pendency, Mere Rs 4.41cr Penalty Imposed In One Year, Annual Reports Not On Websites [Read Report]2018-03-09T19:44:56+05:30

An assessment of various Information Commissions in India has revealed a pendency of 1,99,186 appeals and complaints at the end of October 2017 in 23 commissions with many functioning with reduced...