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Centre spent Rs 38 lakh on Trump's 36-hour State Visit in 2020: RTI

The Centre spent approximately Rs 38 lakh on the 36-hour State visit by former US President Donald Trump in 2020 in accommodation, meals, logistics etc, the External Affairs Ministry has told the Central Information Commission. On his maiden visit to India, Trump accompanied by his wife Melania, daughter Ivanka, son-in-law Jared Kushner and several top officials had visited Ahmedabad, Agra, and New Delhi on February 24-25, 2020. He had spent three hours in Ahmedabad on February 24 during which he attended a 22-km-long roadshow, paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi at the Sabarmati Ashram, and addressed a mega gathering "Namaste Trump" with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the newly built Motera Cricket Stadium. Trump later flew to Agra on the same day to visit Taj Mahal. He visited the national capital on February 25 where he held bilateral talks with Modi. One Mishall Bhathena in an RTI had sought to know from the External Affairs Ministry the total expenses incurred by the Indian ...

10 people from Gujarat banned from filing RTI queries in last 18 months

The Gujarat Information Commission (GIC), which imposed the ban, listed 'using RTI Act to harass government officials' and 'filing multiple queries' as the reasons

RTI practised by govt: Chidambaram's dig over economic data 'suppression'

Chidambaram's remarks come after a media report cited the latest consumption expenditure survey by the NSO to claim that consumer spending fell for the first time in more than four decades in 2017-18

18 PSBs hit by 2,480 cases of fraud of over Rs 31,000 cr in Q1: RTI

As many as 1,197 cases of cheating involving Rs 12,012.77 crore were detected in SBI in the first quarter, according to the RTI reply

Proposed amendment will finish RTI Act, end CIC's independence: Ex-chief

'The amendment will end commissioners' independence and turn them into glorified clerks'

NRIs not eligible to file RTI applications: Govt informs Lok Sabha

Minister of State for Personnel and Training Jitendra Singh said only citizens of India have the right to seek information under the provisions of RTI Act, 2005

NRIs cannot file RTIs to seek governance-related information: Govt

The subject to the provisions of the Act, the citizens of India can file an online application under the Right to Information Act, 2005

Explain delay in transferring RTI applications: CIC R K Mathur to PMO

The CPIO of the PMO told the commission that the delay in providing the information and inspection was not malafide

Activists question minister's suggestion on RTI changes

Addressing the 12th annual convention of the Central Information Commission here, Singh said this could help bring down the number of cases before the CIC

Bring political parties under RTI: Ex-CEC Krishnamurthy

He also flagged practical difficulties in conducting simultaneous elections to LS, state Assemblies

CJI, Governor's office not under RTI Act, says govt

The Act empowers a citizen to seek time bound response on governance-related query

RTI pleas on pension issues should be decided in 48 hrs: CIC

Cases relating to delay in fixation and payment of pension and arrears to be dealt with urgently

Around 35% shortfall of teachers in 23 IITs: RTI

Current teacher-student ratio in IITs stood at 1:16, says Union HRD ministry

Getting the RTI right

Applicants must be protected at all cost

Notes of judges' stenos don't come under RTI, says Delhi HC

The court clarified that shorthand notebooks were not retained and cannot be equated with a judgment or an order

Number of RTI applications decline: MoS in PMO Jitendra Singh

Singh replied that the reason for this trend was that 'more departments are putting information in public domain suo motu'

Ministers are answerable under RTI Act: CIC

The RTI application will be answered by a public information officer in the minister's office