Central Information Commissioner Shailesh Gandhi has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh opposing the proposed move to exempt nuclear regulatory bodies from the ambit of the Right To Information Act.
Two weeks after activist Shehla Masood’s murder, Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan has said that no green whistle blower will be targeted for speaking out.
Lot of “environmental and economic cost” can be avoided if the public authorities start declaring information under section 4 of the Right to Information Act.
Using India’s populist Right to Information process gives citizens about as good a chance of receiving basic services as paying a bribe does.
A Parliamentary standing committee has recommended that the higher judiciary, ministers and armed forces be brought within the ambit of the Whistleblowers’ Bill.
Delhi Government has taken initiative to empower its citizens through video conferencing where residents will be able to air grievances to Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit.
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