NEW DELHI: A ‘report card’ on the working of information commissions under the Right To Information Act shows that 57% of the approximately 510 commissioners for whom background information was available were retired govt officials.Nearly 15% information commissioners were lawyers or former judges (11% were advocates or from the judicial service and 4% were retired…
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge (File Image) NEW DELHI: Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday criticised the Centre, saying that Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government is weakening the RTI in the name of data protection. In a post on X, the Congress chief said that his party will not allow RTI to weaken and added that…
NEW DELHI: SC Tuesday expressed concern over continued vacancies in state and central information commissions, saying the Right to Information Act can’t be made redundant by keeping the bodies dysfunctional, reports Dhananjay Mahapatra.Arguing for petitioner Anjali Bhardwaj, advocate Prashant Bhushan painted a grim picture of information commissions in the country and said, “Instead of implementing…
Source: archivespmo.nic.in NEW DELHI: The White House on Saturday issued a statement from US President Joe Biden, expressing condolences on the passing of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who died on Thursday night at the age of 92. Singh, widely regarded as a transformative leader and the architect of India’s economic liberalisation. He served as…