Topic: CIC

The cricket board is likely to challenge the Central Information Commission's ruling that BCCI be brought under the RTI act.

Information commissioner Sridhar Acharyulu says people’s right to know ‘truth’ behind Shastri’s death cannot be brushed aside citing secrecy clause.

Central Information Commission has directed BCCI and Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports to explain.

Plea says Centre & states are yet to fill vacancies of information commissioners even as 23,500 appeals remain pending in just the CIC.

Move seen as a major step towards transparency given BCCI, for a long time, has been resisting attempts to bring itself under RTI.

Air India is broke, but the Modi government still owes it Rs 325 crore for the PM’s foreign visits between November 2016 and February 2018.Air India is broke, but the Modi government still owes it Rs 325 crore for the PM’s foreign visits between November 2016 and February 2018.

Ministry of Finance rejected the most applications. However, the percentage of applications being rejected by ministries has come down.

The CIC and state information commissions (SICs) are almost all functioning much below their sanctioned strength.

The CIC is supposed to include its chief and 10 other information commissioners. But since 2016, it has only had six commissioners.