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National
Level RTI (Archives)
Activities
& Advocacy
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The University Grants Commission
as a follow up to the implementation of the Right to Information
Act, 2005 is going to release a draft RTI policy guideline for
universities. The Draft
UGC RTI Policy aims at enabling students and parents in
to know about the working of their universities and thereby
promote greater transparency.
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The NCPRI
has released a press statement voicing its concerns over
the recent controversy surrounding the appointment of Karnataka
Chief Information Commissioner, K K Misra. Expressing solidarity
with concerns raised over the appoinment, the NCPRI also expressed
its discomfort over the methods being adopted to make appointments
and the tendency to appoint retired civil servants as Information
Commissioners. The NCPRI has emphasised the need for transparency
in the selection and appointment process and the need for the
government to willing justify in public the qualifications and
justifications of those nominated for appointment.
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In July 2005, the National
Campaign for the People's Right to Information submitted model
NCPRI RTI Rules to the Central Government for consideration
when drafting national RTI Rules. CHRI was part of this drafting
process, but in June 2005 prior to finalisation of the NCPRI
draft Rules, CHRI also sent the Government an initial set of
CHRI
draft RTI Rules.
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Resources
& Articles
CHRI
- CHRI (2004) Analysis
of the Freedom of Information Act 2002 and Recommendations.
Click here
for Hindi Version.
- CHRI (2004) Submission
regarding the draft NAC Recommendations re Amending the FOI Act
2002.
- CHRI (2004) Comparative
table of State and Central RTI legislation.
- CHRI (2004) Comparative
table of State and Central legislation exemption clauses.
- For information on CHRI's national RTI workshops,
click here.
- For CHRI's RTI training materials, click here.
- For CHRI's posters on RTI click here.
- Aditi Datta (2004) Whistleblowers
in East & West! February, The Hindu.
- CHRI (2003) Open
Sesame Looking For the Right to Information in the Commonwealth.
(Full Report).
- CHRI (2003) Open
Sesame Looking For the Right to Information in the Commonwealth.
(Executive Summary).
- Abha Singhal Joshi (2003) Aapka
Soochna ka Adhikaar (Hindi), CHRI.
- Aditi Datta (2003) Online
land records available in Rajasthan.
- Aditi Datta (2003) Case
for whistle blowing law in India.
- Abha Singhal Joshi, Ananya Das Gupta (2002) Your
Right to Information (English), CHRI.
- CHRI (2001) Submissions to Legislature on a Right
to Information Law-Freedom of Information Bill.
- CHRI (2001) Submissions to the Parliamentary
Standing Committee on Right to Information.
- Abha Singla Joshi (2000) Soochna Swatantra Vidhayak:
Kya Band Darwaje Khulega? (Hindi) CHRI.
- Abha Joshi (2000) Submissions to Legislature
on a Right to Information Law, CHRI.
- Harsh Mander & Abha Singhal Joshi (1999)
The
Movement for Right to Information in India People's Power for
the Control of Corruption, CHRI.
- CHRI (1997) Comments and Recommendations for
a Right to Information Law on the draft prepared by the governmental
committee on Right to Information.
- Deepika Mogilishetty-Farias (undated) The
Freedom of Information Bill 2002---A comparative perspective,
CHRI.
- CHRI (undated) Legislation and Draft Bills on
Right to Information in India.
- CHRI (undated) Development
on Right to Information in India.
- Sandy Feinzig ,Swasti Rana (undated) The
Importance of Right to Information in Education: Putting a Human
Face on a Fundamental Right, CHRI.
- Swasti Rana (undated) Jan
Sunvai: Right to Information now a reality, CHRI.
- Debashish Sankhari (undated)
Right to Information as a Human Right and Developments in India---
Presentation at Sarai, CHRI.
Miscellaneous
- Subramaniam Vincent (2004) The
Pressure for Accountability, 11 August, Deccan Herald.
- National Advisory Council (2004) Draft
NAC Recommendations re Amending the FOI Act 2002, July 2004.
- NCPRI (2004) Draft
National Campaign for the People's Right to Information Recommendations
re Amending the Central FOI Act 2002, submitted to National
Advisory Council, July 2004.
- Ritu Sarin (2004) To
get your right to know, you will have to wait longer, The
Indian Express, 26 April.
- A.K. Bhattacharya (2003) We
now have the right to information. Really?, 24 December, www.
rediff.com.
- Staff Reporter (2003) Centre's
right to information bill stuck in red-tape, 12 August, The
Indian Express.
- Anu Kumar (2003) Background
and Perspectives on the Right to Information in India, June,
InfoChange.
- Staff Reporter (2002) Right
to know a reality soon, 16 December, Times News Network.
- Olav Albuquerque (2001) For
Official Eyes Only: Citizens Not in the Information Loop,
15 August, Editorial, Times of India.
- R.M. Pal (2000) Right
To Information and Empowerment of People, October, PUCL
Bulletin.
- Article 19, the Global Campaign for Free Expression
(2000) Memorandum
on The Indian Freedom of Information Bill, December.
- Research, Reference and
Training Division (2000) Right
to Information in India, RIS/3/2000, National Ministry
of Information and Broadcasting.
- Santosh Mathew (2000) Film:
"Right to Information" (short clipping) 50 Second
(950kb). Download
Entire Film 17.4mb (Requires windows Media Player), directed
by Anurag Singh, developed for Ministry of Rural Development.
- Rakesh Bhatnagar (2000) Legal
View: Bill may not free information flow, 4 August, Times
News Network.
- Harsh Mander (1999) Towards a Methodology for
People's Audit, September, Lokayan Bulletin.
- Prof. Manubhai Shah (undated) Romance
with Right to Information.
- Bharat Karnad (undated) Paranoia,
Vested Interests and the Indian State.
- Cushrow Irani (undated) The
Relevance of a Freedom of Information Act.
- Rani Advani (undated) The
Right To Information Law In India----A Comparative Picture.
- Madhav Godbole (undated) Unending
Struggle for Right to Information.
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