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Monday, November 24, 2025
TopicInformation commissioners

Topic: Information commissioners

RTI wobbles at 17, information commissions understaffed, lakhs of appeals pending: report

The study examines the performance of all 29 commissions, finds 2 state commissions defunct, 4 operating without a governing head.

In 15 years, RTI has gone from Indian citizens’ most powerful tool to an Act on life support

Chief Information Commission and its state counterparts have an unwritten rule about not penalising erring public information officers who discourage RTI applicants.

RTI amendments direct attack on people’s right to know, say former information commissioners

7 former information commissioners of the CIC have condemned the RTI amendment bill and urged the government to withdraw it.

Opposition slams Modi govt after Lok Sabha passes amendment to RTI Act

The Opposition said that this was an attempt to undermine the law and make the election panel a toothless tiger.

On Camera

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

US pilot says his team pulled out of Dubai Air Show after Tejas crash out of respect for IAF pilot

Taylor ‘Fema’ Hiester, commander of USAF F-16 Viper Demo Team, hit out at air show organisers for continuing with the show after Wing Commander Namansh Syal lost his life in the incident.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.