Political Parties Under Rti

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  Parties Shouldn't Be Compelled To Disclose Internal Talks Under RTI: Supreme Court

  The Supreme Court orally observed that political parties may "have a point" when they fear that accountability under RTI may stretch to even disclosure of internal decisions, including why they chose a particular candidate.

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  Supreme Court To Hear Separately Pleas On Electoral Bonds, Bringing Parties Under RTI

  The Supreme Court said petitions on the electoral bonds scheme, bringing political parties within the ambit of the Right to Information Act and those challenging amendments in the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act will be heard separately.

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  General Elections 2019: 99.8% Electoral Bonds Sold Were Of Highest Denominations, Says RTI

  A whopping 99.8 per cent of donations received by political parties were through electoral bonds of the highest denominations - Rs 10 lakh and Rs 1 crore - between March 2018 and January 24, 2019, according to data obtained by a social worker under the Right to Information Act.

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  Political Parties Got 99.8% Donations Through Electoral Bonds: RTI

  A whopping 99.8 per cent of donations received by political parties was through electoral bonds of the highest denominations -- Rs 10 lakh and Rs one crore -- between March 2018 and January 24, 2019, revealed data obtained under the RTI Act.

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  National Parties Under RTI Act, Election Commission Clarifies

  The Election Commission today said national parties are public authorities under the RTI Act as declared by the Central Information Commission, a day after the poll panel's appeal order on an RTI application saying political parties are out of the purview of RTI Act was reported.

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  Political Parties Cannot Be Brought Under RTI, Centre Tells Supreme Court

  Political parties must not be brought under RTI or Right to Information Act as they are not public authorities, the Centre told the Supreme Court today.

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  Supreme Court Notice to Centre on Plea to Get Political Parties Under RTI

  The Supreme Court today sought responses from the Centre, the Election Commission and six political parties, including Congress and BJP, on a plea to declare all national and regional political parties "public authorities" to bring them under the ambit of the Right to Information (RTI) Act.

• Central Information Commission Summons Political Parties for Discussion on RTI Act Yet Again

  The Central Information Commission (CIC) today directed the presidents or general secretaries of 6 political parties including the Congress and the BJP to appear before it on the 7th of next month to discuss ways of them being included under the Right to Information act (RTI).

• Political parties do not come under RTI Act: Parliamentary panel

  A Parliamentary standing committee has agreed with the government that political parties should not come under the landmark Right to Information Act.

• RTI Amendment Bill deferred

  A bill seeking to amend the Right To Information (RTI) Act to shield political parties from providing information under the transparency law has been referred to a parliamentary standing committee for further consideration.

• RTI Amendment Bill may come up for discussion in Lok Sabha on Monday

  A bill seeking to amend the Right To Information (RTI) Act to shield political parties from providing information under the transparency law is scheduled to come up for discussion in Lok Sabha on Monday.

• All-party meet today on parties under RTI Act, Supreme Court order

  With political parties agitated over plans to bring them under the ambit of Right To Information Act and the recent Supreme Court judgement on disqualification of lawmakers, government has called an all-party meeting today to firm up a view on the contentious issues.

• Highlights: Cabinet briefing on RTI by Union minister Kapil Sibal

  Cabinet briefing by Union minister Kapil Sibal on crucial changes to the Right to Information Act to block political parties from being covered under RTI.

• Cabinet approves changes to RTI Act to keep political parties out

  The cabinet today cleared crucial changes to the Right to Information Act to block political parties from being covered under RTI.

• Political parties resist transparency order as deadline ends

  The six-week deadline given by the Central Information Commissioner (CIC) to political parties to make details of their funding public and appoint information officers under the Right To Information Act (RTI) ended today, but no one listened.