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Civil society group welcomes Lokpal bill

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Civil society group NCPRI Thursday welcomed the Lokpal bill passed by parliament, calling it a big step forward but lamenting that it still had some shortcomings. “We welcome the bill, we believe it is a huge step forward,” said Nikhil Dey, a memeber of the National Commission for People’s Right to Information (NCPRI), a civil […]

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Activists oppose amendments to RTI Act

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Civil society activists are gearing up for an offensive against the government’s proposed legislation to exclude political parties from the ambit of the RTI Act. Besides petitions to parliamentarians, the PM and the President urging them not to support the amendments, activists plan to hold protest demonstrations and even challenge the legislation in court as […]

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PM petitioned against amendments to RTI Act

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Activists have launched an online petition addressed to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh against the amendment likely to be made to the Right to Information (RTI) Act in the upcoming parliament session. “We are informed that the government is thinking of amending the RTI Act to negate the Central Information Commission order that the political parties are public authorities under the act,” said […]

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