A one stop destination for all Right to Information (RTI) matters
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A one stop destination for all Right to Information (RTI) matters


PIO informed the Appellant that the information sought is not available in their office and transferred the application to Bangalore Development Authority u/s 6(3) - Appellant did not approach the transferee Public Authority - CIC: No intervention needed     Right to Information Act 2005    Transfer of pension to wrong account - Neither the RTI application nor the first appeal was responded by the respondent, on account of non-receipt - Respondent furnished a reply which the appellant claimed to have not received - CIC: Provide revised reply     Right to Information Act 2005    Information regarding home loan in which appellant’s mother, i.e., late Smt. V Jain was a guarantor - CIC: Information was related to third party property loan (Mr. Pradeep Jain and Smt. V Jain), and both are alive; No public activity or interest involved     Right to Information Act 2005    Total number of accounts opened by PNB under different welfare schemes - Delay of almost two years - CIC: PIO is cautioned and advised to strengthen its RTI portal to enable effective and timely disposal of RTI applications and first appeals in future     Right to Information Act 2005    CIC: The issue raised by the Appellant remains unanswered due to non-availability of any material information in the records; Advisory u/s 25(5) issued to the Office of Insurance Ombudsman to look into such cases in larger public interest     Right to Information Act 2005    Information on Concession Period of toll plaza - CIC: FAA has provided information regarding concession period for only 14 of the 28 toll plazas under the jurisdiction of NHAI Chennai; Provide information regarding the remaining 14 toll plazas     Right to Information Act 2005    Vijai Sharma and K V Chowdary appointed as CIC and CVC respectively     Right to Information Act 2005    Is the Mysore Police Commissioner’s office coming up without plan approval?     Right to Information Act 2005    No action taken against the illegal massage parlours or spas in Goa     Right to Information Act 2005    Are there norms about the fee a school should charge and the facilities it offers?     Right to Information Act 2005    There is only 1 primary health centre per 28 villages of UP     Right to Information Act 2005    Services of all OSDs / Consultants terminated by Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai     Right to Information Act 2005    Are the state-funded ‘public trust institutions’ obligated to provide ‘information’ under the RTI Act?     Right to Information Act 2005    Takeaways from the Supreme Court verdict on the Electoral Bond Scheme     Right to Information Act 2005    We will know, we will live - RTI     Right to Information Act 2005   
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DOPT CIRCULAR 2011
O.M. No. and Date Subject
No. 4/26/2009-IR 29/10/2011 Appointment of Information Commissioners in the Central Information Commission
No. 1/27/2011-IR 26/12/2011 Guidelines on Internship for Undergraduates pursuing five year integrated course in Law under the Centrally sponsored Scheme on Improving Transparency and Accountability in government through effective implementation of Right to Information Act for the year 2011-2012.
No.1/18/2011-IR 16/09/2011 Observation of Honourable Supreme Court on Right to Information Act, 2005 in Civil Appeal no.6454 of 2011, arising out of SLP (C) No.7526/2009 in the case of Central Board of Secondary Education and Anr.Vs. Aditya Bandopadhyay and Ors.
No. 1/6/2011-IR 01/06/2011 Minutes of the meeting of the Task Force constituted for effect implementation of Section 4 of the RTI Act, 2005 - regarding.
No. 4/8/2011-IR 20/05/2011 Laying of Annual Reports of the Central Information Commission before the Houses of Parliament.
No. 1/7/2009-IR 20/05/2011 Decision dated 03.04.2008 of the High Court of Bombay at Goa in Writ Petition No. 419 of 2007 in the case of Dr. Celsa Pinto Vs. Goa State Information Commission regarding Information under the Right to Information Act, 2005.
No. 1/12/2010-IR 19/05/2011 Effective Implementation of RTI Act, 2005-Setting up of RTI Cells.
No. 4/10/2011-IR 18/05/2011 Strengthening Implementation of the Right to Information Act, 2005.
No. F.10/9/2008-IR 26/04/2011 Payment of fee under the RTI Act by Indian Postal Order.
No. F.1/5/2011-IR 26/04/2011 Harmonization of fee payable under the Right to Information Act.2005.
No. 1/28/2010-IR 01/03/2011 Offer of Award of Right to Information Fellowship.
No.A-33092/1/2011-ISTM(RTI) 19/01/2011 Improving Transparency and accountability through effective implementation of the Right to Information Act-2005 unde Central Sector Scheme.