According to the 2013 study titled: The Use of Right to Information Laws in India-A Rapid Study Based on the Annual Reports of Information Commissions (2011-12) prepared by Venkatesh Nayak, Amrita Paul, Seema Choudhary and Maja Daruwala, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI, www.humanrightsinitiative.org) (please click here to download): • In 2013, on the eve of the eighth anniversary of the…
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According to Tracking the Progress of Right to Information in 12 states, August 2006, which has been prepared by Society for Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA), http://cic.gov.in/StudyReports/Tracking%20progress%20of%20RTI%20-%20PRIA.pdf: I. Constitution of State Information Commission and its role 1. State Information Commissions (SIC) have been constituted in all states (Except Arunachal Pradesh). But in some states like Bihar, Jharkhand,…
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According to Tracking the Progress of Right to Information in 12 states, August 2006, which has been prepared by Society for Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA), http://cic.gov.in/StudyReports/Tracking%20progress%20of%20RTI%20-%20PRIA.pdf I. Constitution of State Information Commission and its role II. Role of Nodal Agencies III. Appointment of PIOs IV. Experience of Seeking Information from PIOs V. Mandatory disclosure…
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According to the Final Report of the Vision Foundation (2005), http://planningcommission.gov.in/reports/sereport/ser/stdy_sagspr.pdf, which has been submitted to the Planning Commission, Government of India: * Freedom of expression is protected in Article 19 of the Constitution of India: All citizens shall have the right to freedom of speech and expression * In 1982, the Supreme Court of India ruled…
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KEY TRENDS of the Union Budget 2023-24 Budget 2023-24 is the last full budget before the general election scheduled for 2024. An analysis of the budget allocations suggests that the union government has squeezed expenditure, particularly on food subsidy and the NREGA budget, while boosting Capital expenditure and giving the middle class tax benefits. Social…
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KEY TRENDS Various partners of Jan Sarokar — a national platform for people centric policy advocacy, parliamentary accountability, and for building synergy between social movements and progressive political parties — have come out with post-budget analysis of the Union Budget 2022-23. Please click here and here to access the Jan Sarokar report titled Response to the Union Budget 2022-23 (released in March 2022). The Jan Sarokar report covers…
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Please click here to access the Details of the Asset Monetisation Programme, launched by the Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Smt Nirmala Sitharaman on 23rd August, 2021. Please click here to access the Volume-I: Monetisation Guidebook, which has been prepared by the NITI Aayog. Please click here to access the Volume-II: Asset Pipeline…
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If one goes by the expenditure of major items, then according to the Union Interim Budget 2019-20 (please click here to access): Please click here to access Union Interim Budget Speech 2019-20, which was delivered by Shri Piyush Goyal, on 1st February, 2019 Allocations for various schemes under the Union Interim Budget 2019-20 (please click…
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If one goes by the expenditure of major items, then according to the Union Budget 2018-19 (please click here to access): • Expenditure on Pension was increased from Rs. 1,47,387 crore in 2017-18 (R.E.) to Rs. 1,68,466 crore in 2018-19 (B.E.) • Expenditure on Fertiliser Subsidy was raised from Rs. 64,974 crore in 2017-18 (R.E.) to Rs. 70,080 crore…
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