RTI Activist Commodore (Retd) Lokesh Batra said the appointment process wasn’t transparent.
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Provide Names of Big Loan Defaulters: CIC to RBI
The RBI had refused to provide the details to Lucknow-based RTI activist Nutan Thakur by calling them “confidential information”, following which she approached the CIC.
CIC Postpones Hearing on PMO Refusing to Give Details of Corruption Complaints Against Modi Ministers
The matter will now be heard after the Lok Sabha polls.
Chief Information Commissioner Rules EVMs Are ‘Information’ Under RTI Act
This implies that the Election Commission has to respond to RTI applications seeking EVM either by providing it or refusing it under exemption clauses in the Act.
India: Government Continues to Suppress Citizens’ Right to Information Ahead of Election
Besides denying information, the BJP government has also proposed amendments to the RTI law to control salaries and tenures of information commissioners.
Ex-Information Commissioner Writes to President, Says Modi Govt Intimidating CIC by ‘Slapping Writ Petitions’
“It appears to me as writing on wall- ‘Mr Commissioner, don’t order for disclosure of information,” Sridhar Acharyulu wrote in his letter.
Despite CIC Orders, PMO Refuses Information On Black Money Brought From Abroad
Sanjiv Chaturvedi, an IFoS officer, had sought information on the quantum of black money brought from abroad since June 1, 2014.
PMO Creating ‘Procedural Tangles’ to ‘Delay and Deny’ Information on Rajan’s list of Defaulters: CIC
In its latest order, it pulled up the PMO for ignoring its earlier directive to make public Rajan’s letter on “grounds which are not legal, which is unfortunate”.
CIC Slams PMO, Finance Ministry and RBI; Demands Rajan’s List of High-Profile Defaulters be Made Public
“..discontinue the non-disclosure policy which will seriously harm the economy of the nation,” Acharyulu said.
Modi Govt Violates CIC Order, Hides Names Of Private Individuals Who Accompanied PM Modi On Foreign Trips
In four years, PM Modi’s foreign trips have cost the exchequer Rs 1,484 crore
CIC Slams PMO, Orders Disclosure Of Corruption Complaints Against Serving Ministers
CIC also directed the PMO to share information about the quantum and value of black money brought back from abroad.