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The Minister Was Not Expecting Any Question On RTI!

It is sad that the legislative pre-consultation on such an important bill is being done in a very biased manner, notes Shailesh Gandhi, former Central Information Commissioner, recounting his......

Was CIC Mahurkar Right In His Views?

'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.'Jyoti Punwani reports.......

16 migrant workers sleeping on rail tracks crushed by goods train

The migrant workers, rendered jobless due to the lockdown and desperate to go to their native places, were walking along the rail tracks apparently to escape the attention of police. IMAGE: Police......

Did Ranjan Gogoi forget his own words and conviction?

'The Gogoi episode can lead to our evolving a rational way to get better people who will head our checks and balances of democracy,' says former Chief Information Commissioner Shailesh Gandhi.......

Office of CJI is public authority, falls under RTI: SC

Observing that judicial independence and accountability go hand in hand, the Supreme Court on Wednesday held that the office of the Chief Justice of India (CJI) is a public authority and falls......

Revealed: How PM Planned Demonetisation

November 8 marks 6 years after demonetisation.A K Bhattacharya reveals how the prime minister and the RBI worked together for months before Modi's 8 pm speech.A riveting excerpt from The Rise Of......

Why are our banks so secretive?

'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......

RBI won't answer why note exchange wasn't allowed till Mar 31

Why was not the conversion of old currency notes allowed till March 31, 2017 for Indians as assured by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his speech on November 8 announcing demonetisation? The......

On Nov 8, RBI had only Rs 4.94 lakh cr in Rs 2k notes: RTI

86.69 per cent of available stock of currency notes is being taken away from circulation and less than one-fourth of these are being replenished by newly printed Rs 2,000 notes On the day Prime......

CIC orders report on Western Ghats be made public

In response to a RTI application seeking to make public a report by the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel under the Ministry of Environment and Forest, Information Commissioner Shailesh Gandhi......

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