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17% posts in Mantralaya are lying vacant, shows RTI query

If your administrative work is stuck in any of the government departments in the state secretariat, you may blame the delay on the shortage of staff here. Across 28 departments in the Mantralaya, there is a shortage of about 16.75% in the sanctioned manpower. This was revealed through a Right to Information (RTI) application filed by Mohammad Afzal, RTI activist.

The staff crunch is more prevalent among class II and class III officials --comprising section officers, clerks, stenographers, and typists - at 22%. Among class IV employees, the shortage of manpower stands at 16%
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RTI: Pathetic state of implementation

Added by: Manu Moudgil

JAIPUR: For a government harping on transparency and accountability, a glance through the websites of various departments brings to the fore the pathetic state of the implementation of the RTI Act. Incidentally, it was Rajasthan that laid the foundation for this law.

A survey by the Suchna Evum Rozgar Ka Adhikar Abhiyan, based on the websites of 64 government departments, shows that there are at l...............++++

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Order can be review on four grounds - SIC Punjab

Added by: SANJAY KUMAR MISHRA

Mr. P.P.S. Gill, State Information Commissioner Punjab delivered a judgement on 6-4-2011 on complaint No. AC No. 230 of 2011 titled Sanjay Kumar Mishra Vs Public Information Officer, O/o State Information Commission, Punjab that :-

Recall/review/re-open of a case is done only in such cases where there is :

1. Technical error in the documents ;

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Students employ RTI to bring change

Added by: Manu Moudgil

LUCKNOW: Some schoolchildren in the city on Saturday launched a campaign against smoking and sale of tobacco products at public places by filing applications under the Right To Information (RTI) Act 2005.

Nine RTI applications have been filed by the schoolchildren in UP government's health department demanding information on why tobacco retail shops are allowed to operate within 100 yards of educa...............++++

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Dying for data: the Indian activist killed for asking too many questions

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Baroni: December 28, 2010: Shashidhar Mishra was always a curious man. Neighbours in the scruffy industrial town of Baroni, in the northern Indian state of Bihar, called him "kabri lal" or "the news man" because he was always so well informed.