Publications

March 30, 2016

Comparison between the Average Load of RTI Applications per Branch, Percentage of Rejection and the Volume of Non-Performing Assets of 24 Public Sector Banks during the Years 2014-15

In May 2014, an expert committee under the Chairpersonship of Mr. P. J. Nayak submitted a report to the Reserve Bank of India, reviewing the governance of boards of banks- both public and private in India. The committee blamed the Right to Information Act, 2005 (RTI Act) as a major constraint on the governance of public sector banks.

March 30, 2016

Data sourced from the Annual Reports of the Central Information Commission (2012-15)

RTI Statistics and NPAs of 24 Public Sector Banks - Comparative Chart Data sourced from the Annual Reports of the Central Information Commission (2012-15)

March 23, 2016

Your Guide to Using the Jammu & Kashmir Right to Information Act 2009 (2016)

One of the surest ways of ensuring that the J&K RTI Act is properly implemented and serves its purpose of making the government more responsive, is for all of us to use it frequently responsibly and effectively. It is with this aim in mind that CHRI has developed this User’s Guide.

March 20, 2016

Status of Legal Aid for Prisoners

March 17, 2016

Trends in the Disposal of Requests for Information Under the Right to Information Act, 2005

Trends in the Disposal of Requests for Information Under the Right to Information Act, 2005 Select Ministries and Public Authorities under the Government of India 2005-2014

March 09, 2016

Newsletter: Vol. 23 No. 1 March - 2016

CHRI's March 2016 Newsletter covers a variety of vital topics, including: Can the Commonwealth Become a Normative Power It Wants to Be? Reflections on Leadership and Closer Links with Civil Society Committee of the Whole: Meeting with Accredited Commonwealth Organisations Will the Commonwealth Finally Step Up in Sri Lanka? Civil Society and the Commonwealth: Reaching fo

March 08, 2016