Please click here to access the Pre-legislative Consultative Policy dated 5th February, 2014, Legislative Department, Ministry of Law & Justice. Key findings of the Annual Report of the Central Information Commission (CIC) for 2014-15 (as informed by Venkatesh Nayak, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative): • Trends in RTI statistics reporting: Only 2,030 public authorities under the Government of India registered to submit their…
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As a part of the People’s RTI assessment 2011-13, a total of 2279 persons were individually interviewed across four states (in Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Assam and Bihar) and the National Capital Region of Delhi. 2,000 people were individually interviewed (Street Corner Interviews-SCIs) in the capitals of the four sample states, and in Delhi. In addition,…
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According to the study entitled: Information Commissions and the Use of RTI Laws in India 2014 (Rapid Study 2.0) done by Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI), published in July 2014 (please click here to download the report): 1. Current Composition of and Vacancies in the Information Commissions • In 2013-2014 – a total of 138 posts of Information Commissioners…
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According to the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee report relating to The RTI (Amendment) Bill, 2013, Sixty Sixth report, Presented to the Rajya Sabha on 17th December, 2013, [please click here to download the report]: • The Parliamentary Standing Committee has supported the Central Government’s proposal of amending the RTI Act to keep all political parties out of the…
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Please click here to download the Department of Personnel and Training’s revised version of RTI User Guide. To know what the RTI User Guide has for information seekers, please click here. DoPT’s guidelines on proactive disclosure The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has recently uploaded the second installment of guidelines for implementing the proactive disclosure obligations under Section…
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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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