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Right to Information (RTI) activist Krishna alleged that the wife of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah didn't pay the fee for the deed purchase in Mysuru Urban Development Authority site allotment
Until a few months ago, asset declarations of 55 former Supreme Court judges were publicly available, however, these declarations have since been removed from the public domain
OBCs, too, saw big drop in applicant, beneficiary share
The AIIMS-Delhi received more than Rs 23 crore in funding from the Centre for treatment of rare diseases in the last five years, according to information received through RTI Act. Overall the Centre has released around Rs 90 crore in funds to several Centres of Excellence (CoE) for treatment of rare diseases since 2019, the information received under the Right to Information (RTI) Act showed. The Delhi All India Institute of Medical Sciences, or AIIMS, one of the eight CoE for treatment of rare diseases in the country, said it received Rs 1 crore in 2019, nil in 2020, Rs 4.10 crore in 2021, Rs 7.12 crore in 2022, and Rs 10.93 crore in 2023. The Department of Health and Family Welfare said as per records maintained in the Rare Disease Cell, the government released Rs 1.30 crore in 2019-20, Rs 10 crore in 2020-21, Rs 3.15 crore in 2021-21, Rs 34.99 crore in 2022-23, and Rs 40 crore in 2023-24 (till date). The RTI query was filed by Noida-based social activist Amit Gupta. According t
The report mentioned the debate on disclosure of the RBI's failure to meet the flexible retail inflation target of 2-6% for three straight quarters between January and September
An RTI reply has disclosed that no new Rs 2,000 denomination currency notes were printed during 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22.
RTI rejection down 4.3% overall, home ministry rejects 21% of RTI requests, finance rejects 13%
The Centre has stated that it has no records of any kind pertaining to meetings or discussions with farmers' organisations before finalising the three farm bills, an activist said
The fear of action from the people in power prevents many connected persons from filing pleas under RTI
The Central government had decided to scrap the service fee on e-booking of tickets three years ago to promote digital transactions
he Right to Information (RTI) Amendment Bill was also passed in the Rajya Sabha by a voice vote
Ex-CIC Shailesh Gandhi's comments come at a time when RTI replies are subsequently denied outright -- with at least five such instances that have made news nationally in the recent past