Catergory

RTI

CERT-In

Statement: Exemption of CERT-In from the RTI Act dilutes institutional transparency and weakens individual privacy

An amendment to the Second Schedule to the RTI Act, 2005 was notified on November 24, 2023, exempting CERT-In from providing information under the Act. This move is certainly not in the public interest as it weakens the rights of the people by diluting an Act meant to empower them.
25 November, 2023
3 min read
Tejasi PanjiarTejasi Panjiar & Prateek WaghrePrateek Waghre
misinformation

Request declined: Bengaluru Police rejects information sought in our first appeal on the Karnataka fact checking unit

Out first appeal inquiring about the constitution of a Fact Checking Unit (FCU) by the Bengaluru Police was rejected by the PIO for Commissioner of Police, Bengaluru City. This was despite announcement of its establishment by the state government.
25 October, 2023
6 min read
Tejasi PanjiarTejasi Panjiar
delhi police

After IFF writes to the Delhi Police Commissioner, Delhi Police has deleted the data and removed the Google Form that collected data from Delhi’s residents hailing from NE States, Darjeeling and Ladakh

We are grateful to the Delhi Police and to the Police Commissioner, Delhi for understanding our concerns and taking appropriate and immediate action
06 October, 2023
3 min read
Tanmay SinghTanmay Singh
RTI

REVEALED: MeitY and MIB admit to ordering censorship of internet posts talking about the Muzaffarnagar slapping incident; but refuse to say why because of “national security”

IFF will file appeals with the First Appellate Authority, challenging the rejection of these RTI requests.
05 October, 2023
5 min read
Tanmay SinghTanmay Singh
RTI

Fact-Checking or Fact-Hiding? Our RTI inquiring about the Karnataka Fact Checking Unit rejected!

Our RTI request with the Bengaluru Police inquiring about the constitution of a fact check unit (FCU) was rejected stating it as ‘completely vague, speculative and questionable’. However, since then the Chief Minister of Karnataka has reportedly approved the setting up of a state-level FCU.
29 August, 2023
7 min read
Tejasi PanjiarTejasi Panjiar & Prateek WaghrePrateek Waghre
RTI

The J&K Home Department’s RTI Appellate Authority directs that Review Committee’s findings on internet shutdowns must be provided in RTI

The First Appellate Authority (“FAA”) in J&K’s Home Department has directed the Public Information Officer (“PIO”) to provide copies of the Review Committee’s findings on internet shutdown orders.
22 August, 2023
5 min read
Radhika RoyRadhika Roy
RTI

RTI responses reveal the extent of Aadhaar use by the government

In our request to the UIDAI, we asked for information about the proposals received, the proposals approved, and the proposals denied.
16 August, 2023
5 min read
Anushka JainAnushka Jain
transparency

Digital Transparency: A Right to Information Report for June, 2023

For the month of June 2023, IFF filed 46 RTIs. We received a total of 31 responses to previous RTI applications filed. We also filed 02 First Appeals and received responses on 01 previously-filed appeals of the same nature - from MeitY.
15 July, 2023
5 min read
Gayatri MalhotraGayatri Malhotra
transparency

Digital Transparency: A Right to Information Report for May, 2023

In May 2023, we filed 28 Right to Information applications and 03 First Appeals.
01 June, 2023
5 min read
Anushka JainAnushka Jain
GAC

MeitY's response to our RTI requests on GAC: delayed, denied, deficient.

MeitY responded to our 1st appeal on the RTI application pertaining to the functional and operational processes of the Grievance Appellate Committees (GAC). This post summarises the Ministry’s response (or the lack thereof) to our 1st appeal, and elaborates on our concerns denied information.
19 May, 2023
7 min read
Tejasi PanjiarTejasi Panjiar & Prateek WaghrePrateek Waghre

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