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Guruvayur temple has over 260 kg of gold, nearly 20,000 gold lockets: RTI

The famed Guruvaur Sree Krishna Temple in this central Kerala district, which recently revealed details of bank deposits to the tune of over Rs 1,700 crore, has declared that it also has over 260 kg of gold in stock. In an RTI reply, the authorities of the temple said it has 263.637 kg of gold comprising precious stones and coins, and nearly 20,000 gold lockets. The management of the shrine had earlier refused to give details due to security reasons. The RTI document, which was provided after an appeal, showed that the temple owns 6,605 kg of silver, 19,981 gold lockets and 5,359 silver ones. The RTI, however, has not revealed the total value of gold and silver since the antiquity of some of them has not yet been established. In December last, the RTI revealed the bank deposits to be to the tune of Rs 1,737.04 crore and land of 271.05 acres the value of which was yet to be assessed. The centuries-old shrine, where Lord Vishnu is worshipped as Krishna, attracts thousands of people

RBI cracked whip on ICICI, others for flouting norms, but was ignored: RTI

The Reserve Bank of India had slapped show cause notices (SCNs) and imposed penalties on the ICICI Bank and certain other banks way back in 2017, for violating various norms, according to a RTI reply

Online portal for filing RTI applications 'practically ready', says SC

The Supreme Court Friday said an online portal for filing RTI applications to help people access information about the top court is "practically ready" for launch. A bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice Hima Kohli said the online portal to streamline responses of the Supreme Court under the Right to Information Act is ready for being unveiled. "The online portal of the Supreme Court for streamlining the responses under the Right to Information Act 2005 is practically ready for being launched. In this view of the matter, the grievance of the petitioners has been duly met. The petition is accordingly disposed of," the bench said. The top court was hearing a plea filed by law students Akriti Agarwal and Lakshya Purohit seeking a mechanism to file RTI applications online. Currently, the RTI applications with respect to the top court are filed through post. The PIL contended that the e-committee has already provided an efficient mechanism for e-filing of petitions but do

Effective use of RTI will help building a corruption free country: Om Birla

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Wednesday said the effective use of the Right to Information Act (RTI) will help in building a developed and corruption free country as envisioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Inaugurating the 15th Annual Convention of Central Information Commission (CIC), the Speaker said the main aim of the RTI Act is empowering citizens, bringing transparency, getting system rid of corruption and taking democracy to the people of the country in the true sense. Addressing the two-day convention titled "Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav: Citizen centric Governance through RTI", Minister of state for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Jitendra Singh said the non-domiciles and non-State subjects of Jammu and Kashmir will also now be entitled to file RTI related on issues related to Union Territory (UT) or agencies. Lauding the Commission for hearing petitions from newly carved out Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh during the peak of Covid lockdown, th

Over 300,000 RTI cases pending in India, highest in Maharashtra: Report

The maximum number of RTIs were received by the Central government at 11 million, followed by Maharashtra at 8.6 million and Tamil Nadu at 3.6 million

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