Tag: Rti Act

New Delhi: A reply to a query under RTI Act has revealed that as many as 94 parliamentarians including six Biju Janata Dal MPs are yet to declare their assets and liabilities. The BJD MPs are Arka Keshari Deo, Prasanna Kumar Patasani, Prabhas Kumar Singh, Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo, Pratap Keshari Deb, and Soumya Ranjan […]

The government has refused to answer queries on the nationality of Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan citing a provision of the RTI Act which exempts information on cabinet documents to be disclosed

New Delhi: The State Bank of India has refused to disclose any communication it received from the government or the Reserve Bank of India on electoral bonds, terming it “personal information” and held in “fiduciary capacity”. Responding to an RTI filed by Pune-based activist Vihar Durve who had demanded copies of all letters, correspondence, directions, […]

New Delhi: The Centre introduced a bill in Lok Sabha on Friday to amend the RTI Act, seeking to give the government powers to fix salaries, tenures and other terms and conditions of employment of information commissioners amid vehement protests by opposition members. Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office Jitendra Singh tabled the […]

Kolkata: The Central Bureau of Investigation has summoned Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Derek O’Brien in connection with the probe into the Saradha chit fund scam, a CBI official said on Saturday. The senior Trinamool leader from Bengal has been asked to appear before the central agency officials in the first week of August. O’Brien […]