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- DNA : Capital's hero: The RTI Act : Sept 29,2006 - The Right to Information Act is revolutionising governance
- DNA : Information officers come under RTI scanner : Oct 28, 2006 - State commission cracks down on information officers who delay providing information to citizens.
- DNA: KC Law College will start 2 courses on how to file precise RTI applications from July:May 30,08 -
- ET: The RTI Act could be more successful if the call centre model for registering queries: Sep 19,08 -
- ET: Transparency requires political action: June 17, 2008 -
- HT : Farmers of Maharashtra may finally get some respite : Sept 12, 2006 - THE DEBT-RIDDEN farmers of Maharashtra may finally get some respite
- HT : Information Panel is Homeless, Poor : Oct 28, 2006 - For the current financial year, the Commission had sought Rs 11 crore for its operations.
- HT : Payback Time For Debators to Mira-Bhayandar Civic Body : Jan 7, 2007 - Using info act, local finds Rs. 1.4 Crores is unaccounted for since 1993 (jpg)
- HT : RTI act seems doomed to succumb to Badudom : Dec 24, 2006 - RTI is just a year old and is already entangled in the same red tape it was created to unravel
- HT : When info panel itself stonewalls : Sept 1, 2007 - Citizens use the sunshine law to probe the State Information Commission's working
- HT: Because of RTI, citizens' confidence in dealing with the bureaucracy has shot up: April 27, 2008 -
- HT: Schoolkids to get lessons on Info Act: April 28, 2008 -
- IBN : Middle-class empowered : Jan 17, 2007 - Information is power and the great Indian middle class has a new tool to wield it.
- IE : Camp at Dadar Station by PCGT Promotes Sunshine Law : Apr 21, 2007 - Volunteers filled out 'issue concern forms', where people detailed the issues in their locality.
- IE : Compelling authorities to open their files : Nov 22, 2006 - Inspection of documents by three RTI activists in the Pune Municipal
- IE : Don't Make RTI Tool to Settle Scores, says PM : Oct 16, 2006 - We need to balance the need for informa- tion with the limited time.
- IE : Now, RTI in school textbooks : Oct 20, 2006 -
- IE : RTI - Don't make RTI tool to settle scores, says PM : Oct 16, 2006 -
- IE : RTI Encroachments : Feb 4, 2007 - RTI activists fighting hard to prevent any curbs on people's right to obtain information. (gif)
- IE : Taking RTI to the masses : Oct 29,2007 -
- IE : Unique Right to Information film contest at IITB : Oct 26,2007 -
- IE: RTI info shows ministry felt Dow also liable for Bhopal tragedy: May 13, 2008 -
- IE: Testing RTI - Govt vs activists, Pricewaterhouse vs Google: April 22, 2008 -
- LM : Poonam Verma - Lady Behind India's Right to Information Revolution : Apr 6, 2007 - Everyday, Verma reads through an average of 400 letters, sorts them, and dispatches them.
- LM: Application shows RTI law is under-publicized: April 24, 2008 -
- LM: Govt hasn't done enough to create awareness about RTI: June 09, 2008 -
- Mumbai Newsline : IITB school to host short film contest on RTI : Sept 6, 2007 - The short film contest on ‘Better governance through Right To Information’
- Mumbai: Right to Information article for BCAJ October 2006 by Narayan Varma from BCAS - (doc)
- New Delhi: Babus give babus the blushes : Dec 17, 2006 - Who would know how to bring out wrongdoing on the part of babus better than babus themselves!
- Nov 7, 2006: HT, New Delhi: RTI Effect - India less corrupt than last year - India has reversed its downward slide on the CPI, reason being RTI act
- Oct 15, 2006: News: TOI, New Delhi: Social Activists say - RTI needs more publicity and support - Proposed amendment to RTI Act to remove file notings from its ambit was a shocking development
- Oct 16, 2006: News: IE, New Delhi: Don't make RTI tool to settle scores, says PM - We must guard against the growth of professional middlemen in the use of RTI
- Oct 16, 2006: News: TOI, Mumbai: We have an RTI Act, now we need to imbibe its spirit - RTI will be effective only if the independence of RTI commissions is maintained
- Oct 28, 2006: DNA, Mumbai: Information officers come under RTI scanner - State commission cracks down on information officers who delay providing information to citizens
- Oct 28, 2006: HT, New Delhi : Information panel - in lack of fund and staff - The appeals continue to pile up and the disposal rate is less than 50 per cent
- Oct 30, 2006: TOI, Ahmedabad: Guj babus squirm as small traders take recourse to RTI - New breed of businessmen has started using the Right to Information Act to get back at the babus
- Pune shows way to tackle RTI cases - The Pune information commission tried a fast-court disposal system and heard 197 appeals in two days
- RTI Act a mixed bag for information seekers -
- Sep 30, 2006: Times of India, Mumbai: Maharashtra tops in use of RTI to get at truth - Maharashtra have received around 60,000 RTI applications
- TOI : 'I refused to pay a paisa in bribe' : Dec 17, 2006 - Shivlal Pethad has got the entire RTI Act translated in Hindi and Gujarati.
- TOI : Belapur locals use RTI to save fort : Dec 26, 2006 - There were three forts in the area but two have already been destroyed due to the vagaries of time.
- TOI : Bihar shows the way in RTI : Jan 29, 2007 - Helpline Will Empower People, Bring Accountability
- TOI : BMC worst offender under RTI : Jan 18, 2007 - RTI applicants are finding it increasingly tough to get information from government
- TOI : City police busy protecting VIPs, reveals RTI plea : Nov 7,2007 -
- TOI : Contempt for the pen : Sept 18, 2007 -
- TOI : Guj Babus Squirm as Small Traders Take Recourse to RTI : Oct 30, 2006 - New breed of businessmen has started using the Right to Information Act to get back at the babus.
- TOI : Info-seekers blasted for RTI misuse : Dec 26, 2006 - In two cases the CIC reprimanded information-seekers for 'harassing' public authorities.
- TOI : Juhu locals rally against selling of open space : Dec 18, 2006 - Residents gear up to file a PIL.
- TOI : Maharashtra has most pending complaints: Dec 22, 2006 - A staggering 4,000 complaints await redressal
- TOI : Maharashtra Tops in Use of RTI to Get at Truth : Sep 30, 2006 - Maharashtra have received around 60,000 RTI applications.
- TOI : Need RTI help? Step into RTI Clinic at Mira-Bhayandar : Feb 6, 2007 - It Will Help Citizens In Filing Petitions, obtaining Information From Govt.
- TOI : Reporter's Diary - An encounter with BMC babus is a lesson : Dec 28, 2006 - There was something fishy in BMC permissions to a housing project in Versova
- TOI : RTI -Information Rites : Oct 16, 2006 - We have an RTI Act, now we need to imbibe its spirit
- TOI : RTI Act Turns One, Activists Slam Govt Bid to Blunt Law : Oct 15, 2006 - Proposed amendment to RTI Act to remove file notings from its ambit was a shocking development.
- TOI : RTI Act turns one, activists slam govt bid to blunt law : Oct 15, 2007 -
- TOI : RTI comes to the rescue of harried film units : Feb 27, 2007 - Film units can now shoot in public places without being harassed by police & civic agencies
- TOI : RTI exposed MP top cop's fraud : Sept. 26, 2006 -
- TOI : RTI Helps Expose Poll Official : Dec 20, 2006 - Chartered accountant filed an application under the RTI to get names of the members of society.
- TOI : State tops in use of RTI to get at truth : Sept 30, 2006 -
- TOI : TWO YEARS OF INFO POWER : Oct 9, 2007 - The Right To Information Act Turns 2 Years Old This Week
- TOI : Two years on, RTI empowers lakhs : Oct 11, 2007 - Forty Per Cent Rise In Queries Annually, Villagers Too Use Info To Ensure Accountability
- TOI : We Have an RTI Act, Now We need to imbibe its spirit : Oct 16, 2006 - RTI will be effective only if the independence of RTI commissions is maintained.
- TOI: Gorai resident uses RTI to end menace of mosquitoes: March 31, 2008 -
- TOI: Info act gives visually impaired their due: April 03, 2008 -
- TOI: Mumbai family uses RTI to get college fee refund : Dec 21, 2006 - Watumall Engineering College refunded 80 % of the fees after three months of chasing his money
- TOI: No RTI query, but activists get civic info: May 22, 2008 -
- TOI: RTI becomes a boon in private lives too: Feb 29, 2008 -
- TOI: RTI finds CM's relief fund a disaster: March 14, 2008 -
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