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Since RTI is implicit in the Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression under Article 19 of the Indian Constitution, it is an implied fundamental right. Information disclosure in India had traditionally been restricted by the Official Secrets Act 1923 and various other special laws, which the new RTI Act overrides. [ 3 ]
The Central Information Commission is a statutory body, [3] set up under the Right to Information Act in 2005 [4] under the Government of India to act upon complaints from those individuals who have not been able to submit information requests to a Central Public Information Officer or State Public Information Officer due to either the officer not have been appointed, or because the respective ...
The service serves as the backbone of administrative work and provides permanent bureaucracy and functionary staff in the Ministry of Railways. The officers of the Service handle policy formulation, execution and review in the assigned sphere of responsibilities. They also handle Parliament questions, court cases and RTI matters on such issues.
In December 2008, the National Conference party led by Omar Abdullah announced that a new RTI Act was among their "election manifesto" goals. The National Conference was elected to power and Omar Abdullah became the state's Chief Minister. A draft bill was tabled on 7 March 2009, and passed by the Legislative Assembly and the Legislative ...
He claimed that the documents pertaining to the purchase of Rafale jets published by the media are genuine [8] Justice Joseph one, of the three judges on the bench, asked the government about Right to Information Act 2005, Section 22 having an overriding effect on official secrets act and section 24 of RTI which mandates even security and ...
On April 6, 1996, the MKSS announced a strike in the city of Beawar in Ajmer, Rajasthan. [2] After a series of public hearings exposed systemic corruption across Rajasthan, and the reneging of the promise of the Right to Information given by the then Chief Minister of Rajasthan, the Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan began a historic forty-day-long dharna (sit in protest) to demand the Right to ...
State Information Commission (India) is an autonomous and statutory bodies to be constituted as per The Right to Information Act, 2005 by the State Governments in India through a notification in official Gazette.
Freedom of information act 2002 [1] was the precursor to Right to Information Act, 2005 [2] of Parliament of India.The main weakness of this act was that it did not acknowledge the right to information of the people.