Confusion over RTI persists

Do PPP ventures come under RTI Act? Planning Commission says not its call

New draft rules for RTI draws flak

Activists say the rules undermine the spirit of the law

Slumdog sleuths unearth scam

Housing authority was rehabilitating them in illegally built multi-storeys

Blood, sweat and tears

For RTI activists of Bihar the cost of exposing corruption is life

Civil society & politics

Shareholders, too, complain against Dow

One lake vanishes

ADB averse to sharing information

Governments should give information, says bank

Ears have been picked, where is the info?

Pentavalent takes its toll

The vaccine is suspected to have killed at least 13 infants. Experts want data analysed

Drug trials in India killed 2,031 persons

Only 22 compensated in four years, admits drugs controller during RTI hearing

RTI assessment

Asbestos: it cements the government

Tribals play hardball on land rights

Dissatisfied with RTI answers on traditional land rights, tribals of Thane file appeals

“MoU virus” hits Arunachal Pradesh

Non-profits ask for white paper on the upfront payments received

Biodiversity—India’s other scandal

CAG slams the national biodiversity authority for allowing questionable patents

Stage set for GM crops

Centre hastily tables Bill on biotech regulation in Parliament

Karnataka bans endosulfan

State appeals to the Centre for a nationwide ban

Commercial breach

Patna High Court restores the right of second appeal under RTI law

Orders amendment in state rule that was contrary to RTI Act

Coastal management rules under review

The information is public

Annihilation of caste and copyright claims

Ambedkar’s works have been published widely and yet pose a copyright conundrum

Punjab slips for sand mine, again

Ropar authorities plan mining in 776 hectares when only 30 hectares is allowed

Pesticide trap

India extensively uses pesticides banned globally, show RTI responses