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Diamond polishers file RTIs seeking reason for 'rejection' of school fee waiver forms

November 21, 2025 1:39 am

The state government on May 22, 2025 had announced a special assistance package for the diamond industry, which included a one-year relaxation of the school fees up to Rs 13,500 for children of unemployed diamond polishers.

'RTI activists 500-1000 km away harass industrialists...there is a network of gangs' Gujarat minister Sanghavi

October 07, 2025 9:20 am

The release also said the Surat police has succeeded in arresting 105 persons while registering more than 85 cases against people misusing RTI

Bringing the BCCI under the RTI Act would mean that any citizen of India could file a query for information on its functioning. This would cover the entire gamut of its operations.

How BCCI has continued to resist attempts to bring it under RTI scanner

August 11, 2025 12:11 pm

Over the years, the world’s richest cricket board has pushed back on being labelled a “public authority” under the RTI Act, despite recommendations from the Supreme Court, the Law Commission and the Central Information Commission.

Nearly half of Haryana’s information officers fail to pay RTI penalties: Data

June 09, 2025 12:04 pm

Nearly half of Haryana's penalised information officers have not paid RTI fines in 18 years, with over ₹3 crore still unpaid, raising concerns over accountability.

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Share RTI info upto five pages for free, allow applicants to take photo: Gujarat govt to authorities

June 05, 2025 12:58 am

Gujarat State Information Commission, whose recommendations were accepted by the state government, has called the instructions 'revolutionary'

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Knowledge Nugget: Why is Right To Information Act important for UPSC?

April 13, 2025 8:36 pm

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw dismissed concerns that certain provisions of the DPDP Act would render the RTI Act toothless. In light of this, learn about the RTI Act and go 'Beyond the Nugget' to know about the Right to Privacy.

BEST buses involved in 834 accidents that claimed 88 lives in 5 yrs: RTI data

January 13, 2025 10:07 pm

The data indicates that these accidents involved both BEST-operated and private contractor buses.

Waterlogging, filthy roads: Where Delhi’s online complaint forums work — and where they fail

July 10, 2024 6:04 pm

Municipal bodies manage aspects that deeply impact our daily lives and serve as our first point of contact with the government. Even where online complaint forums work, they are let down by a lack of clear guidelines and resolution timelines

SC decision on Electoral Bonds case: Will it revive the flagging RTI Act?

February 16, 2024 9:55 am

In its landmark judgment, SC averred that poll bond is violative of fundamental rights and infringement of RTI is unjustified for curbing black money. The two goals of the RTI Act — transparency and accountability — were clearly on the judges’ minds

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Express RTI reveals: onion prices soar in retail markets despite record buffer stock, calibrated release

December 05, 2023 4:34 am

Bharat Digole, president of the Maharashtra State Onion Producers’ Organisation, said the firming of prices shows that the government procurement has neither benefited the farmer nor the consumer.