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Indian Railways has earned an additional revenue of more than Rs 2,800 crore from child travellers in the last seven years by revising child travel fare norms, an RTI response has found.

The Delhi High Court said on Friday the purpose of Right to Information (RTI) Act is to bring in transparency, and if any information has been sought, it should be made public unless exempted from disclosure under the law.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge today accused the Narendra Modi government of "killing" the Right to Information (RTI) Act bit by bit as part of a "conspiracy to end democracy".

Supreme Court has directed Central Information Commission and State Information Commissions to ensure proper implementation of provisions of the Right to Information Act, 2005 including on proactive disclosure of information by public authorities.

The Lok Sabha on Monday cleared the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill by a voice vote amid slogan shouting by opposition members over the Manipur issue.

The sports utility vehicle of a man in Indore in Madhya Pradesh was completely packed with 40,000 pages he received as reply to his Right to Information Act plea connected to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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.

There are more than 1200 Kendriya Vidyalayas across the country, in which about 14 lakh children study.

A 32-year-old social rights activist in Jharkhand's Ramgarh district has paid Rs 1.49 lakh as photocopy charges for a 74,500-page document.

About 2.74 lakh posts in the Railways are lying vacant as of June 2023 with more than 1.7 lakh of them in the safety category, according to an RTI reply.

A Right to Information (RTI) activist was killed in Telangana's Jangaon district in an apparent fallout of a land issue and three persons have been arrested for allegedly kidnapping and killing the retired Mandal Parishad Development Officer (MPDO),

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has clarified on media reports alleging a massive amount of missing banknotes that were mentioned in a reply to a query filed under the Right to Information (RTI) Act.

The problem is not with the information that is required to further the noble purpose behind the enactment. It is the vigor with which RTI seekers chase their case even beyond the grievance redressal mechanism.

Mumbai police have arrested a Right to Information activist for his "derogatory" remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP leader Kirit Somaiya among others, police said on Saturday.

Around Rs 200 crore was spent on salaries, allowances and facilities for Rajya Sabha MPs over the last two years with around Rs 63 crore spent on their travel alone, according to an RTI reply.

Indian Railways has earned an additional revenue of more than Rs 2,800 crore from child travellers in the last seven years by revising child travel fare norms, an RTI response has found.

The Delhi High Court said on Friday the purpose of Right to Information (RTI) Act is to bring in transparency, and if any information has been sought, it should be made public unless exempted from disclosure under the law.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge today accused the Narendra Modi government of "killing" the Right to Information (RTI) Act bit by bit as part of a "conspiracy to end democracy".

Supreme Court has directed Central Information Commission and State Information Commissions to ensure proper implementation of provisions of the Right to Information Act, 2005 including on proactive disclosure of information by public authorities.

The Lok Sabha on Monday cleared the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill by a voice vote amid slogan shouting by opposition members over the Manipur issue.

The sports utility vehicle of a man in Indore in Madhya Pradesh was completely packed with 40,000 pages he received as reply to his Right to Information Act plea connected to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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.

There are more than 1200 Kendriya Vidyalayas across the country, in which about 14 lakh children study.

A 32-year-old social rights activist in Jharkhand's Ramgarh district has paid Rs 1.49 lakh as photocopy charges for a 74,500-page document.

About 2.74 lakh posts in the Railways are lying vacant as of June 2023 with more than 1.7 lakh of them in the safety category, according to an RTI reply.

A Right to Information (RTI) activist was killed in Telangana's Jangaon district in an apparent fallout of a land issue and three persons have been arrested for allegedly kidnapping and killing the retired Mandal Parishad Development Officer (MPDO),

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has clarified on media reports alleging a massive amount of missing banknotes that were mentioned in a reply to a query filed under the Right to Information (RTI) Act.

The problem is not with the information that is required to further the noble purpose behind the enactment. It is the vigor with which RTI seekers chase their case even beyond the grievance redressal mechanism.

Mumbai police have arrested a Right to Information activist for his "derogatory" remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP leader Kirit Somaiya among others, police said on Saturday.

Around Rs 200 crore was spent on salaries, allowances and facilities for Rajya Sabha MPs over the last two years with around Rs 63 crore spent on their travel alone, according to an RTI reply.