Central Information Commission

No Public Interest In Revealing Details Of Political Donors: RTI Body

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday December 22, 2020

There is no public interest in disclosing details of the donors of political parties, the Central Information Commission (CIC) has held, rejecting a plea for making the details public.

High Court Halts Order Asking Air Force To Provide Info On PM's Entourage, Foreign Visits

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday December 12, 2020

The Delhi High Court on Friday stayed the Central Information Commission or CIC order directing the Indian Air Force (IAF) to provide information regarding Special Flight Returns (SRF)-II, which contains details of the Prime Minister's entourage on his foreign trips.

Prime Minister's Flights, Entourage Cannot Be Disclosed: Air Force Plea In High Court

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday December 9, 2020

The Indian Air Force or IAF filed a plea in the Delhi High Court today challenging a Central Information Commission (CIC) direction to provide information regarding Special Flight Returns (SRF)-II, saying it relates to details of the Prime Minister's security apparatus and cannot be provided.

RTI Body Allows To Withhold Records On Ex-Home Secretary's Resignation

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday November 8, 2020

The Central Information Commission has allowed the Cabinet Secretariat to withhold records of deliberations and file notes leading to the resignation of former Union Home Secretary Anil Goswami, who was asked to put down his papers following allegations of his attempts to stall the arrest of a former minister by the CBI.

Centre Orders Action On Officers For Evasive RTI Reply About Aarogya Setu App

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday October 30, 2020

The Ministry of Electronics and IT has taken a serious view on lapses made in providing information about Aarogya Setu app, and issued directions to initiate suitable action against concerned officers, government sources said.

Who Created Aarogya Setu? RTI Body Pulls Up Government Over Evasive Reply

India News | Reported by Arvind Gunasekar, Sreenivasan Jain, Edited By Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday October 28, 2020

Millions of Indians have installed the Aarogya Setu, a contact tracing app that the government pushed as an essential tool in the fight against the coronavirus. But while Aarogya Setu's website says it was developed by the National Informatics Centre and the Information Technology ministry, both have denied knowledge of who created the app in respo...

Aarogya Setu Developer Details Not Furnished by MeitY, NIC, NeGD; CIC Summons CPIOs

Jagmeet Singh | Wednesday October 28, 2020

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...

Process Of Appointing New Chief Information Commissioner Going On: Centre

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday September 22, 2020

The process of appointment of a new Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) and Information Commissioners (ICs) in the Central Information Commission is going on, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Tuesday.

"Gross Abuse Of RTI Act": RTI Body Cancels Man's 141 Pleas With Delhi LG Office

Delhi News | Press Trust of India | Sunday June 28, 2020

The Central Information Commission has dismissed 141 petitions filed by an RTI applicant against the Delhi Lt Governor's office, calling it a misuse of the transparency law to inundate the office with pleas seeking information unrelated to it.

RTI Body Asks Centre To Upload Data On Stranded Migrants Online, Rebukes Official Who Denied It

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday May 31, 2020

The Central Information Commission has pulled up an official for "callous and casual" response for denying data on stranded migrant labourers under the RTI Act, and asked the Labour Ministry to upload on its website as much data as possible.

President's Secretary Sanjay Kothari Next Chief Vigilance Commissioner: Report

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday February 19, 2020

Sanjay Kothari, the Secretary to the President, has been selected as the new Chief Vigilance Commissioner by a high-powered committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, officials said on Wednesday.

Information Office Issues Show-Cause Notice To RBI Over "Causal" Approach

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday December 5, 2019

The Central Information Commission has issued a show-cause notice to the Reserve Bank of India for not appearing before it in a matter pertaining to disclosure of inspection reports of HDFC Bank, calling it "casual" approach.

Centre Notifies New RTI Rules, Information Commissioners' Tenure Reduced

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday October 25, 2019

The Centre has curtailed the tenure of information commissioners in transparency panels across the country to three years in new RTI rules notified Thursday night, a move activists call an assault on their independence and autonomy.

Probe Agency Can Withhold Names Of Tax Evaders In Panama Papers: Central Information Commission

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday October 8, 2019

The names of alleged tax evaders appearing in the Panama Papers leak can be withheld by the Enforcement Directorate from disclosure, the Central Information Commission has held.

New Order Paves Way For Disclosure Of Corruption Cases Against Ministers

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday July 4, 2019

The Central Information Commission (CIC) has paved the way for disclosure of corruption complaints against Union ministers by terming objections of the Prime Minister''s Office (PMO) as "not correct" in response to an RTI application filed by bureaucrat Sanjiv Chaturvedi.