Subhash Chandra Agrawal, a businessman entered the record book for writing maximum letters in a life span, while his wife Madhu Agrawal for writing maximum letters in a year. Agrawal has written 3,699 letters till January 31, 2006, and his wife penned 447 letters in 2004.
The Central government should disclose details related to gifts received from foreign countries by the President, Prime Minister, judges and the chiefs of the armed forces, the Central Information Commission has said. Hearing the plea of an Right To Information activist Subhash Chandra Agrawal, information commissioner Annapurna Dixit directed the Ministry of External Affairs to provide information against all categories of political rulers; and in the event when informatio
The printing of one-rupee notes was discontinued in 1994.
I think it is best to abolish the Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan -- they dilute the value of the Padma Shri, says RTI activist Subhash Chandra Agrawal in an interview to Indulekha Aravind
'As CIC, you have the power to comment on policy matters. 'If you have very strong beliefs and you know your rulings will be reported, you will express your beliefs.'
Taking the line adopted by the previous Congress-led UPA government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Office has refused to disclose records related to Subhash Chandra Bose's death as it rejected the argument that there was a larger public interest involved in making them public.
President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday approved 139 Padma awards including seven Padma Vibhushans, 19 Padma Bhushans and 113 Padma Shris.
Richest 10 account for 41% of promoter wealth, up from 33% in December 2018, says Krishna Kant.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday referred to the constitution bench a plea raising questions whether the apex court was exempted from disclosing information on appointment of judges and other matters under the Right to Information Act.
'The finance ministry and public sector banks have tried to keep the names of wilful defaulters secret.' 'Secrecy and concealing information are inbred among banks and even the RBI,' observes Debashis Basu, editor, www.moneylife.in.
The Prime Minister's Office has told the Central Information Commission that it cannot declassify files related to freedom fighter Subhas Chandra Bose as it will adversely affect relations with foreign countries.
Given the controversy over Uttar Pradesh's population control moves, Hemant Shivsaran/Rediff.com digs deep to find out how many children BJP MLAs in UP have.
