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- HT: Maharashtra citizens file most RTI queries: August 10, 2012
- HT: BMC official fined Rs. 25,000 for flouting RTI act: July 17, 2012
- LM: I dont think government has been very serious about RTI: July 02, 2012
- HT: 45 appeals disposed of on Day 1 of special four-day RTI event: January 04, 2012
- IE: Holding government to account: November 01, 2011
- IE: RTI-rattled UPA writes to all: no need to be pro-active in giving information: October 04, 2011
- IE: RTI activist attacked; politicians, officials on run: August 24, 2011
- DNA: RTI queries up 8,000% since ’05: August 24, 2011
- HT: Chinese can sue over wrong data: August 17, 2011
- HT: Steep rise in pending RTI appeals in state: August 02, 2011
- HT: Reliance Infra comes under RTI purview: July 21, 2011
- HT: RTI activist arrested on builders complaint: July 20, 2011
- TOI: Armed with RTI, man gets justice: June 20, 2011
- IE: Sunlight on the CBI: June 28, 2011
- TOI: Maha uses RTI most, 5.49L queries last yr: April 22, 2011
- TOI: Need to file an RTI,expert help is now at hand: April 11, 2011
- IE: Plan Panel says no to RTI in PPP projects: March 04, 2011
- IE: Bring PPP under RTI, CIC tells Plan panel: March 03, 2011
- DNA: Trusts getting government aid should have a PIO: February 28, 2011
- TOI: We used the RTI Act to expose several housing frauds: February 25, 2011
- LM: Public institutions seek the right to secrecy: February 18, 2011
- The Freedom of Information Act and Nondisclosure Provisions in Other Federal Laws:September 24, 2010 -Article Contributed by Federation of American Scientists
- LM: Threats shadow activists: February 10, 2011
- TOI: 4-day awareness campaign to promote RTI: January 19, 2011
- TOI: DRAFT amendments may sound RTI death knell: January 12, 2011
- DNA: Ask and you shall be killed: January 09, 2011
- DNA: Info chief says all agreements on PPP to be under RTI scanner: January 06, 2011
- HT: No solution, says state information chief: January 04, 2011
- DNA: New info commissioner acts tough, keeps fining defaulting officers: December 30, 2010
- TOI: India’s history is in two phases, before and after RTI: December 29, 2010
- HT: Activists persistence forces WR to put up boards on filing RTI applications: December 23, 2010
- DNA: Six information officers fined for delaying RTI reply: October 28, 2010
- BS: The RTI Act has potential unknowns: October 22, 2010
- TOI: Whistle-blowers Bill needs to be strengthened: October 13, 2010
- LM: Using RTI to unlock your money: October 13, 2010
- LM: FIVE YEARS OF RTI: October 11, 2010
- LM: Inside the govt, a certain degree of misunderstanding still persists: September 30, 2010
- HT: The RTI murders: July 28, 2010
- HT: Info panel wants RTI cell in each ministry: July 26, 2010
- HT: CAG’s right to information weak: July 20, 2010
- DNA: Now, you can get information under RTI for just Rs2 a page: July 15, 2010
- IE: A website to log the RTI success stories of Purulia villagers: January 06, 2010
- TOI: Penalised PIOs think its okay not to pay up: September 07, 2009
- TOI: For edu dept, RTI is a joke: August 07, 2009
- RTI helps CA student get her answersheet -Soni then approached Tarun Mitral Mandal, an NGO, to assist her in filing an RTI query. “She approac
- TOI: This village has finally tasted the power of RTI: May 28, 2009
- TOI: New rules for NRI RTI applicants: May 13, 2009
- IE: It’s the system: March 05, 2009
- TOI: Use RTI to get court orders copies: Feb 19, 2009
- DNA: RTI may become defunct: January 07, 2008
- IE: Now, Right to Information form on BMC portal: November 20, 2008
- LM: The RTI Act requires all govt dept to publish info. under their purview on their websites: Nov 7
- TOI: Info yatra marches through India: October 21, 2008
- ET: The RTI Act could be more successful if the call centre model for registering queries: Sep 19,08
- ET: Transparency requires political action: June 17, 2008
- LM: Govt hasn’t done enough to create awareness about RTI: June 09, 2008
- DNA: KC Law College will start 2 courses on how to file precise RTI applications from July:May 30,08
- TOI: No RTI query, but activists get civic info: May 22, 2008
- IE: RTI info shows ministry felt Dow also liable for Bhopal tragedy: May 13, 2008
- LM: Application shows RTI law is under-publicized: April 24, 2008
- IE: Testing RTI – Govt vs activists, Pricewaterhouse vs Google: April 22, 2008
- TOI: Info act gives visually impaired their due: April 03, 2008
- TOI: Gorai resident uses RTI to end menace of mosquitoes: March 31, 2008
- Pune shows way to tackle RTI cases -The Pune information commission tried a fast-court disposal system and heard 197 appeals in two days
- TOI: RTI finds CM’s relief fund a disaster: March 14, 2008
- TOI: RTI becomes a boon in private lives too: Feb 29, 2008
- TOI : City police busy protecting VIPs, reveals RTI plea : Nov 7,2007
- IE : Taking RTI to the masses : Oct 29,2007
- IE : Unique Right to Information film contest at IITB : Oct 26,2007
- TOI : Two years on, RTI empowers lakhs : Oct 11, 2007 -Forty Per Cent Rise In Queries Annually, Villagers Too Use Info To Ensure Accountability
- TOI : Contempt for the pen : Sept 18, 2007
- TOI : TWO YEARS OF INFO POWER : Oct 9, 2007 -The Right To Information Act Turns 2 Years Old This Week
- Mumbai Newsline : IITB school to host short film contest on RTI : Sept 6, 2007 -The short film contest on Better governance through Right To Information
- TOI : State tops in use of RTI to get at truth : Sept 30, 2006
- TOI : RTI exposed MP top cop’s fraud : Sept. 26, 2006
- TOI : RTI Act turns one, activists slam govt bid to blunt law : Oct 15, 2007
- IE : Now, RTI in school textbooks : Oct 20, 2006
- TOI : RTI -Information Rites : Oct 16, 2006 -We have an RTI Act, now we need to imbibe its spirit
- IE : RTI – Don’t make RTI tool to settle scores, says PM : Oct 16, 2006
- DNA : Capital’s hero: The RTI Act : Sept 29,2006 -The Right to Information Act is revolutionising governance
- IE : Camp at Dadar Station by PCGT Promotes Sunshine Law : Apr 21, 2007 -Volunteers filled out ‘issue concern forms’, where people detailed the issues in their locality.
- LM : Poonam Verma – Lady Behind India’s Right to Information Revolution : Apr 6, 2007 -Everyday, Verma reads through an average of 400 letters, sorts them, and dispatches them.
- TOI : RTI comes to the rescue of harried film units : Feb 27, 2007 -Film units can now shoot in public places without being harassed by police & civic agencies
- TOI : RTI Helps Expose Poll Official : Dec 20, 2006 -Chartered accountant filed an application under the RTI to get names of the members of society.
- TOI : ‘I refused to pay a paisa in bribe’ : Dec 17, 2006 -Shivlal Pethad has got the entire RTI Act translated in Hindi and Gujarati.
- TOI : Maharashtra Tops in Use of RTI to Get at Truth : Sep 30, 2006 -Maharashtra have received around 60,000 RTI applications.
- TOI : Guj Babus Squirm as Small Traders Take Recourse to RTI : Oct 30, 2006 -New breed of businessmen has started using the Right to Information Act to get back at the babus.
- DNA : Information officers come under RTI scanner : Oct 28, 2006 -State commission cracks down on information officers who delay providing information to citizens.
- TOI : We Have an RTI Act, Now We need to imbibe its spirit : Oct 16, 2006 -RTI will be effective only if the independence of RTI commissions is maintained.
- IE : Don’t Make RTI Tool to Settle Scores, says PM : Oct 16, 2006 -We need to balance the need for informa- tion with the limited time.
- TOI : RTI Act Turns One, Activists Slam Govt Bid to Blunt Law : Oct 15, 2006 -Proposed amendment to RTI Act to remove file notings from its ambit was a shocking development.
- TOI : Juhu locals rally against selling of open space : Dec 18, 2006 -Residents gear up to file a PIL.
- IE : RTI Encroachments : Feb 4, 2007 -RTI activists fighting hard to prevent any curbs on people’s right to obtain information. (gif)
- RTI Act a mixed bag for information seekers
- TOI : Need RTI help? Step into RTI Clinic at Mira-Bhayandar : Feb 6, 2007 -It Will Help Citizens In Filing Petitions, obtaining Information From Govt.
- TOI : Bihar shows the way in RTI : Jan 29, 2007 -Helpline Will Empower People, Bring Accountability
- IBN : Middle-class empowered : Jan 17, 2007 -Information is power and the great Indian middle class has a new tool to wield it.
- TOI : BMC worst offender under RTI : Jan 18, 2007 -RTI applicants are finding it increasingly tough to get information from government
- TOI : Reporter’s Diary – An encounter with BMC babus is a lesson : Dec 28, 2006 -There was something fishy in BMC permissions to a housing project in Versova
- TOI : Info-seekers blasted for RTI misuse : Dec 26, 2006 -In two cases the CIC reprimanded information-seekers for ‘harassing’ public authorities.
- TOI : Belapur locals use RTI to save fort : Dec 26, 2006 -There were three forts in the area but two have already been destroyed due to the vagaries of time.
- New Delhi: Babus give babus the blushes : Dec 17, 2006 -Who would know how to bring out wrongdoing on the part of babus better than babus themselves!
- TOI: Mumbai family uses RTI to get college fee refund : Dec 21, 2006 -Watumall Engineering College refunded 80 % of the fees after three months of chasing his money
- TOI : Maharashtra has most pending complaints: Dec 22, 2006 -A staggering 4,000 complaints await redressal
- IE : Compelling authorities to open their files : Nov 22, 2006 -Inspection of documents by three RTI activists in the Pune Municipal
- Mumbai: Right to Information article for BCAJ October 2006 by Narayan Varma from BCAS (doc)
- Nov 7, 2006: HT, New Delhi: RTI Effect – India less corrupt than last year -India has reversed its downward slide on the CPI, reason being RTI act
- Oct 28, 2006: DNA, Mumbai: Information officers come under RTI scanner -State commission cracks down on information officers who delay providing information to citizens
- Oct 30, 2006: TOI, Ahmedabad: Guj babus squirm as small traders take recourse to RTI -New breed of businessmen has started using the Right to Information Act to get back at the babus
- Oct 28, 2006: HT, New Delhi : Information panel – in lack of fund and staff -The appeals continue to pile up and the disposal rate is less than 50 per cent
- Oct 16, 2006: News: IE, New Delhi: Don’t make RTI tool to settle scores, says PM -We must guard against the growth of professional middlemen in the use of RTI
- Oct 16, 2006: News: TOI, Mumbai: We have an RTI Act, now we need to imbibe its spirit -RTI will be effective only if the independence of RTI commissions is maintained
- Oct 15, 2006: News: TOI, New Delhi: Social Activists say – RTI needs more publicity and support -Proposed amendment to RTI Act to remove file notings from its ambit was a shocking development
- Sep 30, 2006: Times of India, Mumbai: Maharashtra tops in use of RTI to get at truth -Maharashtra have received around 60,000 RTI applications