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Report card of information commissions in India finds almost 2 lakh appeals/complaints pending in 23 commissions. Right to information regime buckling under huge backlogs. 1/n #SaveRTI
thewire.in/231066/amid-va…
West Bengal Information Commission will take an estimated 43 years to dispose a fresh RTI appeal/complaint filed before it regarding violation of the RTI Act. Justice delayed is justice denied. 2/n #SaveRTI
No information commissioner in Andhra Pradesh for the last 10 months. Where do people go if their right to information is violated? 3/n #SaveRTI
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No political will to implement RTI? Governments not filling up vacancies in information commissions despite huge backlogs. Kerala functioning with just 1 commissioner, West Bengal with 2 & Gujarat with 3. RTI Act allows upto 11 commissioners. 4/n #SaveRTI
newsclick.in/information-co…
Information Commissions of Gujarat, Maharashtra and Nagaland working without a Chief Information Commissioner. Absence of chief hinders effective functioning & autonomy of commission. 5/n #SaveRTI
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Uttar Pradesh Information Commission has the maximum number of pending cases (41,561), followed by Maharashtra (41,178), Karnataka (32,992) and the Central Information Commission (23,944), shows report card of information commissions. 6/n #SaveRTI
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/up-tops-…
4 vacancies currently in Central Information Commission. First vacancy occurred in 2016. Report shows 4 more vacancies arising in 2018, including the Chief of the CIC. @PMOIndia “act rightly”, fill vacancies. 7/n #SaveRTI
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Report finds several information commissions not being transparent about their functioning. Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, MP, Rajasthan & Tamil Nadu did not provide info under RTI Act on number of appeals/complaints registered & disposed 8/n #SaveRTI
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Websites of information commissions of Bihar, Tamil Nadu, Arunachal Pradesh not accessible. Madhya Pradesh functioning intermittently. ICs vested with responsibility of ensuring transparency, must lead by example 9/n #SaveRTI
Website of CIC provides misleading info about pending cases? Info given in response to RTI shows pendency of 28,502 on December 31, 2016. But website shows only 364 pending on Jan 1, 2017. How did backlog reduce from 28,502 to 364 overnight? 10/n #SaveRTI
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Information Commissions did not impose penalties in 96% of cases where violations of RTI occured & penalties were imposable. Not imposing penalties sends signal that violating RTI will not invite consequences. Promotes culture of impunity. n/n #SaveRTI livelaw.in/performance-in…
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#India doesn’t need to earn my affection by being flawless and perfect. Her Every imperfection, every blemish is mine. All her failures are mine. No, I am proud of my India. Never will I question the glory of the land which gave me birth, home and love #IndependenceDayIndia
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