Achla Sinha posted as Additional Secretary, CIC

Achla Sinha has been appointed as Additional Secretary (Joint Secretary level) in the office of Central Information Commission (CIC). She […]

National News: March 2009

[This article was published in the March 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

Centralised IT Processing Centre in Bangalore

Under RTI Act Info Provided Through Website Not Enough

The Central Information Commission has issued directives that Posting information on Government websites may not be enough under the Right to Information (RTI) Act. In addition to making the information available online public authorities need to make available printed or CD copies of information to RTI applicants even if the same data is available online.

Call Center for Right to Information (RTI)

Minister of State, Prithiraj Chauhan in his remarks said that RTI is an enabling tool for citizens. To make information under RTI available on phone, a pilot project on call center for RTI on phone has been approved…

IT to Stimulate Democratic Participation

[This article was published in the September 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

The egov India 2007 conference was part of the eINDIA 2007 event.

Empowering people: But how?

[This article was published in the August 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]