If you have any question about RTI or would like to discuss an issue or an important policy matter on RTI, then RTIUA is for you!
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"RTI Users Association (RTIUA)" is an association of group of individuals and associations working for transparency and accountability. Many prominent RTI activists and workers are part of the association who support the new RTI users by answering their questions and by helping them in many ways. RTIUA works under the aegis of "Citizens' Voice" and "Burning Brain Society."
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Bangalore: September 05, 2010: For the past one month, retired school teacher S Venkatachala, 62, is running from pillar to post to get an overhead electric line passing over his site shifted so he can start constructing his dream house...
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    Kolkata: September 04, 2010: Nearly 9 months after the West Bengal Information Commission (WBIC) directed the state Home department to pay a compensation of Rs 50,000 to IPS officer Nazrul Islam for the "detriment and harassment" faced by him for not receiving information under the RTI Act, the...
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      NEW DELHI: September 04, 2010: Exemption clauses of the RTI Act related to Cabinet documents will apply only when proposals formulated are "actually" taken up for consideration by the Cabinet, the Central Information Commission has held...
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      Mumbai: September 02, 2010: It's a goof-up that had a rather long life — 10 years almost. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has been charging the same tax twice from many of the city's residents. It collects the sewerage tax along with the assessment tax (property tax). ...
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        New Delhi: September 2, 2010: Setting aside a Punjab and Haryana High Court verdict, the Supreme Court has ruled that the Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) need not allow candidates to have unrestricted access to examination records under the Right to Information (RTI) Act...
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          New Delhi: September 2, 2010: Slain Gujarat—based RTI activist Amit Jethwa has been chosen for a gallantry award instituted by a voluntary organisation working in the field of transparency. ...
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            CHANDIGARH: August 31, 2010: The Punjab government has sought an amendment to the RTI Act for appointment of officiating chief information commissioner (CIC)...
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              Accra: August 30, 2010: Issues of environmental protection, climate change and global warming have in recent times assumed centre stage of discussions in Ghana with various organizations and institutions running workshops and seminars to educate the public on the need to adopt measures to defend...
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                PATNA: August 31, 2010: State Information Commissioner (SIO) Shakeel Ahmad on Monday slapped fine on public information officer (PIO)- cum-panchayat secretary, Dhanauji panchayat in East Champaran district, for not providing information to an applicant on time...
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                  RightTo.Info God .... when will the Government of India implement and enforce Section 4(1)(a), (c) and (d) of the Right to Information Act !

                  August 25 at 11:27pm · Comment ·
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                  LUCKNOW: August 19, 2010: Acting late on an RTI application can work against a government employee. As happened with one of the senior clerks in the directorate of local bodies. The said employee did not bring the RTI application to the notice of PIO on time...
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                    LUCKNOW: August 19, 2010: Acting late on an RTI application can work against a government employee. As happened with one of the senior clerks in the directorate of local bodies. The said employee did not bring the RTI application to the notice of PIO on time...
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                      RightTo.Info Proposed Whistle-Blowers legislation must cover all person and provide protection to all who expose corruption (Not just only Govt. Servants). RTI activists who expose corruption are at the greatest risk; Government must not ignore them!

                      August 23 at 6:43pm · Comment ·
                        • Amit Kumar But it could be better if central and state govts' vigilance departments re-start taking cognizance of anonymous complaints as well in those cases where personal testimony of complainant is not required.
                          August 24 at 4:40am ·
                        • RightTo.Info Annonymous complaint would be sumarily rejected under the proposed whistleblowers legislation
                          August 25 at 10:15am ·
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                      Patna: Aug 23, 2010: A total 20 per cent of the applications under the Right to Information Act were directed to the human resources department (HRD) in Bihar on education-related activities, state Information Commission Secretary B B Pandey said today...
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                        CHENNAI: August 23, 2010: Appointment of a new chief information commissioner for Tamil Nadu is likely to be a complex task for the State government as right to information (RTI) activists have stepped up their campaign to prevent the appointment of KS Sripathi to the post...
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