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Fafen calls for stronger RTI frameworks

Dawn 24 Mar 2025
In a policy brief titled “Strengthening the RTI Framework in Punjab”, Fafen has urged close collaboration among the provincial assembly of Punjab, Punjab Information Commission, and civil society to transform the PTRIA’s promise into practice.
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Over 33,000 villages in state have no libraries: RTI

Hindustan Times 24 Mar 2025
... in the state, most students and residents of rural Maharashtra lack access to public libraries, shows information obtained through the Right to Information (RTI) Act by activist Abhay Kolarkar ... RTI.
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Stop destruction of RTI Act, Jairam Ramesh tells Vaishnaw

The Hindu 23 Mar 2025
The Congress leader wrote to the IT Minister. “In the interests of transparency and accountability, I would urge you to pause, review and repeal Section 44 (3) of the Data Protection Act, 2023 which destroys the RTI Act, 2005....
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Repeal Sec 44 (3) of Data Act as it destroys RTI Act: Jairam Ramesh's Letter to I&B Min Ashwini Vaishnaw

The Times of India 23 Mar 2025
He argued that this section would effectively delete the provisions in ...
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Repeal Sec 44 (3) of Data Act as it destroys RTI Act: Jairam Ramesh's Letter ...

The Economic Times 23 Mar 2025
He argued that this section would effectively delete the provisions in ...
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Sec 44(3) of Data Protection Act 'destroys' RTI Act: Congress

The Times of India 23 Mar 2025
He said the existing Section 8 (1) (j) of RTI Act has enough guardrails to protect unwarranted invasion of privacy ... of the Data Protection Act 'which destroys the RTI Act, 2005'.
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Civil society organisations call on govt. to stop gutting of RTI Act

The Hindu 21 Mar 2025
The RTI Act’s qualified exemption on providing personal information is on track to become a blanket prohibition, alarming activists, who have called on the government to reverse course ....
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Telangana: Minority scholarship funds largely unspent, reveals RTI

The Siasat Daily 21 Mar 2025
A Right to Information (RTI) query has uncovered lapses in the disbursement of scholarship funds meant for minority students in Telangana ... Hyderabad-based RTI activist Kareem Ansari, who filed the ...
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