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A review of two recent CIC orders and interviews with activists show that in Kashmir, an existing RTI system that ensured relatively quicker access to information for local residents has been replaced by a slower process riddled with red tape.
Last month, the NCW chairperson had kicked off a controversy by saying she discussed issues including a “rise in love jihad cases” with Maharashtra governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari.
The app was rolled out by the Indian government during the coronavirus pandemic to track the real-time movements of citizens to determine if they have been in the proximity of COVID-19 patients.
A list of things the BJP-led central government says it has no data for.
Internal note of the corporate affairs ministry describes the PMNRF as a ‘central government fund’ eligible to receive CSR funds, contradicting the PMNRF’s stand in Delhi High Court that it is a ‘private fund’.
The Amit Shah-led ministry refused to disclose information sought by a self-described ‘descendant’ of Lord Ram under RTI.
PM Narendra Modi's official advisor Bhaskar Khulbe wrote to the Corporate Affairs ministry, prompting the latter to amend the Companies Act in order to bring the PM CARES Fund at par with other Central government funds and enable it to receive CSR money, according to documents accessed under the RTI Act.
Contrary to public perception, web portals which were blocked during the campaign against the EIA 2020 on the direction of entities linked to the Narendra Modi government, continue to be under police lens.
The co-authored essay in a new book also highlights how the judiciary is evading accountability by resisting transparency in its functioning.
Nagaland Governor RN Ravi has been accused of doctoring the Naga framework agreement by the NSCN-IM. Documents show Ravi may have made exaggerated claims to the CIC to prevent the agreement from being made public.
