New Delhi: Moving further towards greater transparency in governance, the government has extended the facility of e-filing of RTI applications to President and Vice President's Secretariat, and Foreign Ministry among others. Citizens will also be able to seek information online from ministries of Food Processing Industries, Health & Family Welfare, Home Affairs, Information & Broadcasting and Road Transport & Highways by exercising their Right to Information.
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), which acts as nodal ministry for implementation of Right to Information Act, has launched a website-- www.rtionline.gov.in --to facilitate e-filing of applications and payment of fees. As a pilot project, the facility was restricted to DoPT only but late last month it was extended to Ministry of Home Affairs, Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries and Department of Consumer Affairs and Department of Food and Public Distribution.
Now it has been extended to other public authorities like Department of Agricultural Research & Education, Department of Chemicals & Petrochemicals, Department of Commerce, Department of Disinvestment, Department of Public Enterprises and Ministry of Culture also, a DoPT official said. The Centre's flagship Right to Information Act, which was enacted in 2005, mandates timely response -- within 30 days-- to citizen requests for government information.
One has to pay a fee of Rs 10 for seeking information. The government plans to extend e-filing of RTI applications to all central ministries or departments through the website....
05:22 PM, Jun 17, 2013
New York: He's been commander in chief, Time magazine's 1993 man of the year, had hopes of becoming "First Laddie" of the United States and now former US President Bill Clinton is in line for a new title - 'Father of the Year'. The non-profit National Father's Day Council plans to award him that honor at a New York fundraiser for Save the Children on Tuesday. Clinton's daughter, Chelsea, was...
10:01 AM, Jun 11, 2013
Mumbai: Acclaimed writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar's three-year long battle to secure copyright benefits for writers and musicians in the country, has now gone global. In what must be regarded as a singular honour for an Indian artist, he has been appointed the vice president of the International Confederation Of Authors and Composers Society (CISAC). CISAC, a foreign body, monitors, guards and checks copyright laws all over the world for every form...
04:13 PM, Jun 08, 2013
The IPL 6 spot-fixing and betting controversy has raised many questions about the BCCI as well as the current state of Indian cricket, and as revealed by an opinion poll conducted by CNN-IBN recently, the overwhelming response is one of disillusionment towards the governing body of the sport in India. ...
10:46 PM, Jun 04, 2013
New Delhi: The new week begins with a massive challenge confronting the officials of the BCCI. Credibility is at an all time low with the faith of fans shattered. After the heat and dust of Sunday's meet, officials of the Indian cricket board are crossing their fingers for a period of calm. The President still holds his position, but questions remain if he is really marginalised or will N Srinivasan...
08:37 AM, Jun 04, 2013
CNN-IBN discusses whether BCCI interim president Jagmohan Dalmiya can solve the current crisis in Indian cricket. ...
08:38 PM, Jun 03, 2013
Kolkata: In his first press conference as BCCI interim president, Jagmohan Dalmiya showed his ambitious side saying he is not averse to representing the board in the International Cricket Council (ICC). "As of now I am entitled to represent India in the ICC. I will decide who will represent the BCCI in the ICC," Dalmiya told reporters here on Monday. Dalmiya, who was chosen as interim president on Sunday after...
07:05 PM, Jun 03, 2013
Islamabad: Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari says he will not seek another presidential term after his present five-year period expires in September 2013, Xinhua reported on Sunday. Zardari made the remark in an interview with editors, which will be aired late on Sunday night, according to a media report. Zardari's Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) faced defeat in the general elections in the centre and three provinces and has formed government...
04:34 AM, Jun 03, 2013
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11:45 PM, Jun 02, 2013
CNN-IBN and its experts discuss the outcomes from a BCCI meeting in Chennai on Sunday. The most important development was the Indian board's appointment of Jagmohan Dalmiya as interim president. ...
11:27 PM, Jun 02, 2013
CNN-IBN profiles Jagmohan Dalmiya who was chosen interim BCCI president in Chennai on Sunday. ...
10:18 PM, Jun 02, 2013
In an extraordinary situation of affairs, embattled BCCI president N Srinivasan had said that he will relieve himself from his duties until September 30, during which time Jagmohan Dalmiya will take over as the interim chief. ...
09:39 PM, Jun 02, 2013
Interim president Jagmohan Dalmiya speaks to CNN-IBN about what led to his return to the BCCI's administration. ...
09:28 PM, Jun 02, 2013
Chennai: Unfazed by the decision of Secretary Sanjay Jagdale and Treasurer Ajay Shirke not to withdraw their resignation, head of BCCI's interim set-up Jagmohan Dalmiya on Sunday said if they did not join duty, he may have to do their work. "If they (Jagdale and Shirke) come back they will discharge their duties as Secretary and Treasurer. If they do not, then the responsibility of discharging the duties will be...
08:36 PM, Jun 02, 2013
Cairo: Egypt's apex court on Sunday struck down two laws as illegal by which upper house of Parliament and the Constituent Assembly were elected, dealing a major blow to the ruling Islamists' grip on power. In its ruling, the Supreme Constitutional Court said the law governing the elections of the Islamist-dominated Shura Council was unconstitutional as well as the criteria set for the selection of the Constituent Assembly members. Presiding...
08:35 PM, Jun 02, 2013
New Delhi: Jagmohan Dalmiya has returned to the corridors of power after BCCI president N Srinivasan, in an emergency meeting in Chennai on Sunday, distanced himself from the job and letting the former International Cricket Council (ICC) president into the breach until the spot-fixing probe is over. The 73-year-old Dalmiya, who headed the ICC from 1997-2000 before taking up the BCCI reins from 2001-04, is widely credited for bringing money...
07:23 PM, Jun 02, 2013
Chennai: In an extraordinary situation of affairs, embattled BCCI president N Srinivasan had said that he will relieve himself from his duties until September 30, during which time former ICC president Jagmohan Dalmiya will take over as the interim chief - a provision, however, that does not exist within the BCCI constitution. This statement came after an emergency board meeting in Chennai on Sunday, and sources have told CNN-IBN that...
05:29 PM, Jun 02, 2013
New Delhi: Board Of Control For Cricket In India (BCCI) President N Srinivasan is being asked to step aside unconditional, according to sources in the board. BCCI sources say they will not push for Srinivasan's resignation or impeachment but will ask Srinivasan to step aside till the inquiry into his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan's involvement in the IPL betting and spot-fixing scandal is over. Sources also add that there is no...
09:03 AM, Jun 02, 2013
New Delhi: BCCI president N Srinivasan has outrightly denied that the ICC warned the Indian board about his arrested son-in-law and Chennai Super Kings' CEO and Team Principal Gurunath Meiyappan's links with bookies. "I have received no information from the ICC," he said after CNN-IBN accessed the transcripts of conversation between arrested Bollywood actor Vindoo Dara Singh and Meiyappan, which led to this big revelation in the ongoing IPL scandal....
07:46 PM, May 31, 2013
Mumbai: President Pranab Mukherjee pitched for the involvement of the private sector in government's efforts to ensure economic growth and social welfare of the people of the country on Friday. "Government's efforts must be supplemented by the commitment of more resources by the corporate sector to development and social welfare activities," the President said at a function here. He also stressed that our foremost goal should be the revival of...
03:49 PM, May 31, 2013
