Babus in the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest can no longer deny information to applicants under the RTI Act on the pretext that the information has to be collected from different sources. The CIC has recently rescinded a circular by the ministry under which ministry officials denied information to people under RTI. The circular issued during the tenure of former MoEF secretary Prodipto Ghosh refused information to applicants from MoEF if it meant collation of facts