Judgment of the National Green Tribunal, May 27, 2025 in the matter of Sumit Saini Vs Shree Ram Steel Industries & Others. Sumit Saini, resident of village Damla, District Yamuna Nagar, Haryana had sent a letter petition dated May 14, 2022 to the NGT. The application said that around 25 …
The Right to Information (RTI) Act has exposed encroachment on three bighas of forest land, involving a former forest official and now pradhan of the Barswan gram panchayat in Balh block. According to information sought under the RTI Act by the villagers, the said pradhan allegedly used his clout as …
Performance, promises and prospects: A comparison of the election manifestos of the Congress, the BJP and the CPI(M). THE election manifestos of the Congress, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) make interesting reading, both individually and in mutual comparison (see pages 131 to 134). …
Pune The Pune Municipal Corporation has set out to ensure that information on its website is regularly updated and authentic. It is making it compulsory for officials to publish the date of posting every report, project and circular along with the name of the author.
Apart from shortage of beds, numerous vacancies lying vacant in hospitals NEW DELHI: Delhi BJP vice-president and convenor of the party Election Campaign Committee Nand Kishore Garg has presented an RTI-based study to illustrate how health services in Delhi were in a shambles. Dr. Garg charged that while the Delhi …
AHMEDABAD: For close to a decade, Isanpur was given stepmotherly treatment by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) with leaking drainage lines posing a serious health hazard in the area. And, then came an RTI (Right to Information) application demanding accountability that forced AMC to act and invest Rs 10 crore to …
ARUNDHATI DHURU & SANDEEP PANDEY While the RTI Act and the audit provisions of NREGA enable ordinary people to demand accountability from governments, it doesn
The Andhra Pradesh government, quietly and unobtrusively, has achieved something quite remarkable: the conduct of the social audit for the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) using the RTI Act; and therefore sown the seeds for a non-violent revolution in less than two years.
On water issues, the performance of the United Progressive Alliance over the last five years and that of the NDA earlier have been quite poor. And yet, there was little possibility of holding them accountable for that track record in the just concluded elections.
Perhaps no other law has grabbed the urban middle class as much as the Right to Information Act. For the first time in 60 years, well off people sought to use a law to improve governance and make themselves accountable as citizens. By and large, the middle class views most …
Mumbai: While the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) waits an approval from the Mumbai Heritage Conservation Committee (MHCC) for the proposed redevelopment of the Veer Jijamata Udyan in Byculla, three different plans with schematic drawings were furnished by the BMC, under Right to Information (RTI) Act under the Save Rani Bagh …
A self-certification benefit for polluting industries and a three-year exemption from certain procedural norms for those seeking environmental clearance at the state level are among the sweeping changes proposed by the Manmohan Singh government in what is seen as an election-eve gift to industry. The proposed changes, notified by the …
But choose to remain non-committal and refrain from going into specifics Staff Reporter NEW DELHI: They spoke from the same platform, assured of action by their respective party, and yet when it came to listing the exact plan of action, they chose to remain non-committal. At a day-long public meeting …
SWATEE KHER MUMBAI, MARCH 21 WITH over 4 lakh applicants over the last one year, Maharashtra leads the country in RTI applications. Most applications are directed towards the urban development department (UDD), revenue and home departments. BMC received the maximum applications at the corporation level, followed by Pune, Kalyan-Dombivali, Pimpri-Chinchwad …
A RELENTLESS campaign launched by an RTI activist and local residents has forced the Chennai Corporation to act remove an encroachment on the eastern corner of the Turn Bulls Road-Chamiers Road junction that has posed as stumbling block to free flow of traffic on the busy stretch. The disputed spot, …
"Govts are still reluctant to share information." It does no credit to Karnataka that it has been found performing below par in the implementation of the Right to Information Act, which is among the most progressive legislations passed in the country in recent times. The state is ranked 15th among …
