Central Public Information Officer

A central public information officer is only required to supply all the information within his access to an RTI applicant and whether such information is incorrect cannot be considered or determined under RTI proceedings, the Delhi High Court said.

The CIC's order came in connection with an appellant filing an appeal under the Right to Information Act, 2005 before the Central Public Information Officer (CPIO), Life Information Corporation of India (LIC), Chhattisgarh.

The Delhi High Court has today sought the response of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY) and Central Public Information Officers (CPIOs) of its various departments on a plea seeking details of Aarogya Setu mobile application.

The Central Information Commission on Tuesday asked the National Informatics Centre (NIC) to explain why it does not have any information about the creation of the Aarogya Setu app despite having its name on the app’s website. The statutory body also issued show-cause notices to various Chief Public Information Officers (CPIOs) as well as the Nat...

The Chief Justice of India is a public authority and his office comes under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, the Supreme Court ruled today in a landmark judgment, emphasizing that "in a constitutional democracy, judges can't be above the law". Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and three future Chief Justices were part of the constitution bench...

In the wake of the Central Information Commission's notice to the Reserve Bank of India and the Prime Minister's office over their reluctance to make the names of wilful defaulters public, NDTV found at least four of the top ten public sector banks have already made this information available on their websites.

The account details of a deceased cannot be denied to legal heirs on the grounds of personal information, the Central Information Commission has ruled as it imposed the maximum penalty provided under the RTI on a postal department officer.

The State Bank of India (SBI) has refused to disclose details of buyers of electoral bonds, political parties who have redeemed these claiming it as a personal information held by it in fiduciary capacity exempted from disclosure in an RTI reply.

The Central Information Commission has asked the Prime Minister's Office, the External Affairs Ministry and the Home Ministry to make the records of a committee, formed to probe the mysterious death of former Prime Minister Lal Bahudur Shastri in Tashkent, public.

On Wednesday evening, workers at a Metro III construction site in Mumbai Central made a rather explosive discovery. An old, live bomb was found at the site while digging was on. While the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS) of the Mumbai Police immediately started to defuse the low-intensity explosive, there was a minor explosion during the pr...

The Central Information Commission has directed the government to proactively put in the public domain data about officials facing corruption cases in each department.

Textiles Minister Smriti Irani's board exam results will be made public, with the Central Information Commission dismissing school board CBSE's contention that it was personal information and cannot be disclosed. The Commission today asked the CBSE to allow the inspection of the minister's records from Class 10 and 12 boards.

All central government departments have been asked to ensure that updated details of officers responsible for handling RTI applications are available in the public domain.

A young man here is seeking Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention after the railways denied him a job although he secured 96 percent in a recruitment exam.

All ministries were today asked to clearly mention detailed reasons for denial of information sought by people under the Right To Information (RTI) Act by the Centre. They have also been told to cite relevant sections of the RTI Act while denying information under the transparency law.

A central public information officer is only required to supply all the information within his access to an RTI applicant and whether such information is incorrect cannot be considered or determined under RTI proceedings, the Delhi High Court said.

The CIC's order came in connection with an appellant filing an appeal under the Right to Information Act, 2005 before the Central Public Information Officer (CPIO), Life Information Corporation of India (LIC), Chhattisgarh.

The Delhi High Court has today sought the response of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY) and Central Public Information Officers (CPIOs) of its various departments on a plea seeking details of Aarogya Setu mobile application.

The Central Information Commission on Tuesday asked the National Informatics Centre (NIC) to explain why it does not have any information about the creation of the Aarogya Setu app despite having its name on the app’s website. The statutory body also issued show-cause notices to various Chief Public Information Officers (CPIOs) as well as the Nat...

The Chief Justice of India is a public authority and his office comes under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, the Supreme Court ruled today in a landmark judgment, emphasizing that "in a constitutional democracy, judges can't be above the law". Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and three future Chief Justices were part of the constitution bench...

In the wake of the Central Information Commission's notice to the Reserve Bank of India and the Prime Minister's office over their reluctance to make the names of wilful defaulters public, NDTV found at least four of the top ten public sector banks have already made this information available on their websites.

The account details of a deceased cannot be denied to legal heirs on the grounds of personal information, the Central Information Commission has ruled as it imposed the maximum penalty provided under the RTI on a postal department officer.

The State Bank of India (SBI) has refused to disclose details of buyers of electoral bonds, political parties who have redeemed these claiming it as a personal information held by it in fiduciary capacity exempted from disclosure in an RTI reply.

The Central Information Commission has asked the Prime Minister's Office, the External Affairs Ministry and the Home Ministry to make the records of a committee, formed to probe the mysterious death of former Prime Minister Lal Bahudur Shastri in Tashkent, public.

On Wednesday evening, workers at a Metro III construction site in Mumbai Central made a rather explosive discovery. An old, live bomb was found at the site while digging was on. While the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS) of the Mumbai Police immediately started to defuse the low-intensity explosive, there was a minor explosion during the pr...

The Central Information Commission has directed the government to proactively put in the public domain data about officials facing corruption cases in each department.

Textiles Minister Smriti Irani's board exam results will be made public, with the Central Information Commission dismissing school board CBSE's contention that it was personal information and cannot be disclosed. The Commission today asked the CBSE to allow the inspection of the minister's records from Class 10 and 12 boards.

All central government departments have been asked to ensure that updated details of officers responsible for handling RTI applications are available in the public domain.

A young man here is seeking Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention after the railways denied him a job although he secured 96 percent in a recruitment exam.

All ministries were today asked to clearly mention detailed reasons for denial of information sought by people under the Right To Information (RTI) Act by the Centre. They have also been told to cite relevant sections of the RTI Act while denying information under the transparency law.