New Delhi, March 30 – The Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India, Mritunjay Kumar Narayan, on Monday emphasized the importance of providing accurate information to census enumerators, stating that individual data will remain confidential and cannot be used as evidence or to obtain...
caste enumeration
census act
census of india
critical information infrastructure
data confidentiality
data security
delhi census
digital census
enumerators
household listing
housing census
individual data
mcd
mritunjay kumar narayan
national population register
ndmc
registrar general
righttoinformationact
self-enumeration
New Delhi, March 27 The Delhi government has raised concerns about "persistent and systematic violations" of the Right to Information Act, 2005, by its departments, and has directed each office to ensure compliance with the transparency norms mandated under the law, officials said.A letter...
administrative reforms
central government
compliance
cycling
delhi government
government accountability
government departments
information disclosure
local bodies
proactive disclosure
public information
public interest litigation
righttoinformationact
section 4
transparency
New Delhi, March 27 The Central Information Commission has criticized the Municipal Corporation of Delhi for its "unethical practices" and "avoiding" approach in handling Right to Information (RTI) applications, highlighting a broader pattern in cases involving information related to contracts...
central information commission
contract management
delhi
government transparency
information denial
information requests
municipal corporations
pio (public information officer)
public records
righttoinformationact
rti appeals
Guwahati, March 27 The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued notices to the Assam government and various state agencies over alleged illegal groundwater drilling in parts of Guwahati.The NGT's Eastern Zone Bench admitted an application, filed by Milan Kanti Das and others, which highlighted...
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barshapara
borewells
central ground water board
environmental law
groundwater
groundwater extraction
groundwater regulation
groundwater zone
guwahati
national green tribunal
phed
righttoinformationact
water scarcity
water supply management committee
Ranchi, March 23 The Jharkhand government informed the High Court on Monday that a decision will be taken soon regarding the appointment of the Lokayukta and the chief election commissioner in the state.Attorney General Rajiv Ranjan told a division bench of Chief Justice MS Sonak and Justice...
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court adjournment
government vacancies
high court litigation
jharkhand government
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march 25
public interest litigation
rajiv ranjan
righttoinformationact
state human rights commission
New Delhi, March 23 The Central Information Commission has allowed a professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University to inspect the university's promotion records after he moved the commission alleging "bias in promotions" and claiming that "ineligible candidates are getting promoted due to undue...
career advancement scheme (cas)
central information commission
data disclosure
delhi
exemption clauses
faculty members
fiduciary capacity
india
information commissioner
jawaharlal nehru university
promotion records
righttoinformationact
rti request
service grievance
university records
New Delhi, March 23 The rejection rate of Right to Information (RTI) applications has come down to 3.26 per cent in 2024-25 from 7.21 per cent in 2013-14, the Centre has said.Data on RTI applications received, replied to, and rejected, along with the reasons for rejection, for public...
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complaints handling
data analysis
government audit
government transparency
information disclosure
information requests
public authorities
rajya sabha
rejection rate
righttoinformationact
rti applications
New Delhi, March 19 The Central Information Commission (CIC) has raised concerns about delays in updating Aadhaar details and has asked the Unique Identification Authority of India to establish timelines and strengthen its grievance redressal system.The observations were made while disposing...
aadhaar
central information commission
citizen services
date of birth
delhi
demographic data
grievance redressal
india
information request
righttoinformationact
unique identification authority of india
Shimla, March 17 In a scathing attack on the Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu government, Leader of the Opposition in the Himachal Pradesh Assembly, Jai Ram Thakur, said on Tuesday that the administration and law enforcement agencies in the state have been operating on an ad hoc basis, while those close...
administrative bodies
assembly session
cabinet positions
corruption
development projects
government administration
himachal pradesh
jai ram thakur
law and order
political opposition
righttoinformationact
state finances
state government commissions
sukhvinder singh sukhu
tenancy and land reforms act
Shimla, March 13 BJP leader Randhir Sharma criticised the state government's decision to exclude the State Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau from the purview of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, calling it unconstitutional and authoritarian.The BJP's state media in-charge stated that a...
anti-corruption
bjp
governance
himachal pradesh
india
law
political transparency
randhir sharma
righttoinformationact
rti
state government
vigilance bureau
New Delhi, March 12 A report by the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) on alleged Bangladeshi infiltration and its impact on Adivasis in the Santhal Pargana region of Jharkhand has not been shared under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, as comments from the Registrar General of...
adivasis
bangladeshi infiltration
census commissioner of india
central information commission
demographic changes
dr asha lakra
information commissioner
jharkhand
ministry of home affairs
national commission for scheduled tribes
ncst report
registrar general of india
righttoinformationact
rti application
santhal pargana region
Nainital, March 11 The Uttarakhand High Court on Wednesday declared a provision in the state public service commission's recruitment examination unconstitutional, which did not allow candidates to verify their answer sheets before the final results of all stages of the test were announced.A...
additional private secretary (aps)
answer sheet verification
court order
dehradun secretariat
examination results
haridwar
legal procedure
public service commission
recruitment examination
recruitment process
righttoinformationact
shorthand examination
state public service commission
uttarakhand
uttarakhand high court
Prayagraj, March 10 The Allahabad High Court has ruled that information about marks in public examinations is not confidential and does not require the consent of a third party whose marks are sought by the RTI applicant under the Right to Information Act, 2005.While partly allowing a writ...
allahabad high court
answer sheets
central information commission
data protection
gm diesel locomotive works
indian railways
information disclosure
legal assistant
marks
privacy
public examinations
righttoinformationact
rti act
santosh kumar
transparency
varanasi
Since May 2016, more than one lakh mature, full-grown trees have been felled across Assam for various public and private projects, according to official records.The Assam government stated that these trees were felled out of "dire necessity" to develop the projects, and that more than 3.5...
assam
chief minister himanta biswa sarma
cotton university
darrang medical college and hospital
environmental impact
forest areas
forest management
national highway-17
oil india
ongc
reforestation
righttoinformationact
sapling planting
sarbananda sonowal
silk plantation
tree felling
Chennai, March 7. Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) leader Anbumani Ramadoss has alleged that serious financial irregularities amounting to nearly Rs 500 crore have taken place in regulated agricultural markets across Tamil Nadu over the past several years.Ramadoss demanded that the State government...
agricultural commodities
anbumani ramadoss
coimbatore district
farmer concerns
financial audit
financial irregularities
government orders
infrastructure works
market committees
market yards
pattali makkal katchi
regulated markets
righttoinformationact
state government investigation
tamil nadu agriculture
New Delhi, March 6 Can a coaching institute publish a candidate's mock interview online without their consent? This question was raised through a Right to Information (RTI) application to the Department of Consumer Affairs, highlighting the use of aspirants' interviews and personal details by...
civil services examination
coaching institutes
consent
consumer affairs department
data privacy
department of consumer affairs
information disclosure
mock interviews
promotional purposes
public authority
righttoinformationact
rti application
shashank gaur
student data
upsc civil services examination
New Delhi, March 3 The Central Information Commission has directed Sri Venkateswara College of Delhi University to provide information, citing a "baseless" denial under the Right to Information Act in a case involving allegations of recruitment favoritism and corruption.However, the college...
appellant
central information commission
corruption allegations
delhi
delhi university
information disclosure
public information officer
query response
recruitment
recruitment rules
righttoinformationact
rti appeals
section 4(1) rti act
sri venkateswara college
upper division clerk
Kolkata, March 2 – An application was filed under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005, to obtain details regarding the performance of the former West Bengal Education Minister and ex-Trinamool Congress general secretary as an MLA from the Behala (Paschim) Assembly constituency in South 24...
assembly performance
behala (paschim) assembly constituency
calcutta high court
calling attention motions
chatterjee (politician)
mla
righttoinformationact
rti application
south 24 parganas district
standing committees
subhrajit saha
trinamool congress
west bengal assembly
west bengal education minister
zero-hour debates
New Delhi, February 25 The Central Information Commission has criticized the Delhi Development Authority for failing to provide complete and specific information in response to a Right to Information (RTI) application seeking details of alleged demolition activities at the Bhoomiheen Camp in...
bhoomiheen camp
central information commission
cic order
delhi development authority
delhi high court
demolition activities
govindpuri
information request
migrant workers
pio response
procedural lapses
righttoinformationact
rti application
slum cluster
stay order
New Delhi, February 24 The Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) to disclose numerical figures related to the import of arms and ammunition for sports purposes over the past five years, after ruling that the information was wrongly...
arms imports
central information commission
commercial confidence
data disclosure
directorate general of foreign trade
india
information request
national rifle association of india
new delhi
righttoinformationact
rti exemptions
section 8(1)(d) rti act
sports arms
sports authority of india
trade secrets