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 …
BANGALORE: Recording a "below average performance," Karnataka has been ranked a poor 15th amongst the 28 States, surveyed for compliance to the suo moto provisions of the Right to Information (RTI) Act. The report of the "National Assessment of the Degree of Compliance to suo moto Disclosure Provisions of Right …
Child labour needs to be redefined. Some of it is need-based, but most of it is greed-based Deepali, 12, who is forced to do domestic chores, was born to migrant parents. She dreams of going to school in the morning, riding a bicycle and playing badminton in the evening like …
Three years after the Right To Information Act came into effect, the Union government commissioned a review to accounting firm PriceWaterhouse Coopers.
Tribune News Service Mandi, January 8 Information obtained under the Right to Information (RTI) Act has exposed discrepancies in the census report of 2001 as regards Dhar Kalwad village in the Shiva Thana gram panchayat in the district. The report showed there were just five members of the SC category …
RAJEEV RAVIDAS Kalimpong, Jan. 8: The District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), Darjeeling, in response to certain queries under the provisions of the Right to Information Act has provided what could only be described as
There is an urgent need to expand the use of the Right to Information (RTI) Act-2005 in the State. While the RTI has emerged as a potent tool to fight corruption and ensure transparency and accountability in public offices, a number of constraints continue to hamper its application in the …
Chandigarh: Besides helpline, separate counters at e-Disha centres and post offices planned The Haryana Government, which has emerged as the fourth best e-governed state in the country according to the findings of a national survey, now plans to add another facility for the benefit of those seeking information under the …
R. Haldorai | Coimbatore WITH Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) Chair man Anil Kakodkar committed to setting up the Rs.1000 crore India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) in the Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve (NBR), the district
RTI sets a precedent the environment and forests ministry will now have to release all information related to the amendment of the 2006 environment impact assessment (eia) notification. The ministry will also have to make public, details of approvals the National Biodiversity Authority (nba) has granted for access and use …
The Himachal Pradesh government has made a number of false statements on crucial issues affecting the villagers of Gagret in Una district relating to the land that will be acquired for a proposed special economic zone. An airport that is to come up will affect the population of 25 villages, …
V1VEK DESHPANDE, NAGPUR, NOVEMBER 11 EVEN as the leopard attacks in Vejgaon have the Forest Department on edge, more trouble is brewing over the shooting down of a tiger in the Talodhi range north of the Tadoba-Andheri Tiger Reserve last November. Ajay Marathe, a Mumbai resident, had filed a Right …
At a time when the whole world is looking for an effective model of good governance, it was really a pleasant surprise to come across a document from South Africa entitled, State of the Public Service Report 2008, published by the Public Service Commission of South Africa. It was further …
In February 2007 an agreement was signed between the World Bank, the Central Government, and Tamil Nadu state government for a mega project titled Irrigated Agriculture Modernization & Water-bodies Restoration & Management (IAMWARM). The project cost of US $556 million (Rs 2,547 Cr) was met through a loan from the …
Only 10,000 Cases Disposed Of In Past 2 Yrs Himanshi Dhawan | TNN New Delhi: Activists have zeroed down on the reason for pendency of RTI appeals in Maharashtra. Information commissioners are spending barely two hours a day on the job they have been tasked with. In an age where
