For a father, buying a gift for a daughter who has just entered her teens is a dicey proposition. Balancing the conflicting roles of a protective dad versus the uber cool one is like skating on thin ice. The BlackBerry mobile phone sorted out that predicament for me. While the USP of the gadget was … Read more
(This story originally appeared in on Jul 09, 2021) As of June 30, 2021, Kerala‘s official Covid toll put out by the state health department has failed to include over 6,000 Covid-19 deaths that have been duly certified by doctors on the ground, pointing to a disturbing discrepancy between registered Covid deaths and declared Covid … Read more
The government has paid Rs 1,364 crore to 20.48 lakh undeserving beneficiaries under its ambitious PM-KISAN scheme, a reply to a Right to Information (RTI) query by the Union Agriculture Ministry reveals. Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sammann Nidhi (PM-KISAN) was launched by the Centre in 2019 and under the scheme, an income support of Rs 6,000 … Read more
New Delhi, Oct 29 () The Ministry of Electronics and IT has taken a serious view on lapses made in providing information about Aarogya Setu app, and issued directions to initiate suitable action against concerned officers, government sources said. The ministry is committed to furnish all the information sought under the Right to Information (RTI) … Read more
Times News Network New Delhi: In a strongly worded order, the Central Information Commission (CIC) issued show ause notice to the ministry of electronics and information technology (MEITY) and National Informatics Centre (NIC) to explain why a penalty under the RTI Act should not be slapped on them for obstructing information regarding Aarogya Setu app, … Read more
The Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund (PM-Cares) attracted controversy right from the start. A response by the National Informatics Centre (NIC) to an RTI query has raised more questions on the legal status of the PM Cares Fund. As per reply to the RTI query, the domain name ‘Pmcares.gov.in’ was … Read more
More than one crore passengers were fined for travelling without a ticket in 2019-20, earning the Railways a revenue of Rs 561.73 crore — a growth of around 6 per cent over 2018-2019, an RTI application has found. The Railways has earned Rs 1,938 crore through fines imposed on ticketless travellers between 2016-2020, a rise … Read more
New Delhi: After a Right to Information applicant sought answers to 18 questions on India’s response to Covid-19, the Central Information Commission (CIC) asked the health ministry to “compile all the measures taken by various ministries and list them chronologically on its website.” The recent order issued by chief information commissioner Bimal Julka stated that … Read more