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Wednesday, December 17, 2025
TopicRTI act

Topic: RTI act

Central Information Commission wants data on Rs 2,000 & Rs 500 notes printed disclosed

The RBI subsidiary that prints currency notes had earlier claimed that the information cannot be shared with people because of several reasons.

Modi govt looks set to amend RTI Act despite opposition protests

Govt advertises for top post of Central Information Commission without specifying terms and salary, opposition says move will hurt panel's autonomy.

It’s duty of Central govt to explain how PM Lal Bahadur Shastri died: Information panel

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

Modi govt doesn’t know when it can fill up Central Information Commission vacancies

Pendency of complaints and appeals is on the rise as Modi govt struggles to find candidates for vacancies dating back to 2016.

Modi govt’s plan to make changes to RTI Act an assault on transparency law: Activists 

Bill proposing changes relating to ranks, tenures and pay of information commissioners listed for monsoon session of Parliament.

How a 40-day dharna over minimum wages in Rajasthan resulted in the RTI Act

A new book titled ‘The RTI Story: Power to the People’ by Aruna Roy chronicles how the simple act of demanding minimum wages became a struggle for the ‘right to know’.

Agents of RTI justice, information commissions are its biggest bottleneck

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

On Camera

Who grounded IndiGo flights? They are the culprits, not DGCA

The IndiGo crisis is nothing short of a threat to India’s stability. Could it be an experiment? Can this happen in any other crucial sector like power or railways?

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.