Former Chief Information Commissioner Shailesh Gandhi has said that the taxpayer has the right to know if his or her money is spent on politicians' travel. He said that while medical records are off the RTI ambit, expenses can be revealed. "It doesn't matter what the expense was for - travel, medical or for a party. If the taxpayers' money was used, citizens have a right to know," he said. ...
01:24 PM, Oct 03, 2012
New Delhi: Outgoing Information Commissioner Shailesh Gandhi has warned that the Right to Information Act is under threat and might become irrelevant in the next five years. Speaking to CNN-IBN, Gandhi said that the threats come from various sections. "The RTI Act is growing very well across the country, but there are serious threats to it," he said. He said that the government officials tend to get uncomfortable as the...
08:47 AM, Jul 02, 2012
New Delhi: 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. In his letter to the PM, Gandhi opposed the proposals in the Nuclear Safety Regulation Act (NSRA) relating to introduction of new exemption clause in the RTI Act which will prohibit disclosure of nuclear energy and radiation issues...
08:40 AM, Mar 29, 2012
In August 2011, the Supreme Court made an observation which had some unintended consequences on the Right to Information (RTI) process. The judgement by Justice RV Raveendran is turning out to be a seemingly legitimate excuse for government officials to restrict information. Aditya Bandopadhyay went to court when the Central Board of Secondary Education declined to provide his examination answer sheets under the RTI Act. While the court allowed access...
10:37 AM, Feb 24, 2012
New Delhi: Not everybody gets to walk up the famous steps of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. But the IIM dream just got true for these 50 lucky youths - if only for one day. They spent one full day on the IM-A campus, attending classes and getting a feel of India's top B-school. This as part of IIM-A's 'Joy of Giving Week' celebrations, the collections from which will...
08:50 AM, Oct 10, 2011
The PM is getting corporate leaders to cross over to governance. ...
01:29 PM, Feb 16, 2010
The class believes that India is the world's largest democracy only because they subscribe to liberal values. ...
01:39 AM, Jan 17, 2007
Social Activist Shailesh Gandhi turns Citizen Journalist and lays out his agenda for solving Mumbai’s problems. ...
09:03 PM, Jan 16, 2007
