The article was originally published in The Logical Indian. Read here. RTI filed by Saurav Das on behalf of The Logical Indian reveals that Centre’s Rs 15,000 Crore COVID-19 Package announced in April 2020 was entirely financed through international loans, with experts calling it “absolutely unnecessary, a currency risk” and that it “significantly adds to repayment costs”….
The article was originally published in The Logical Indian. Read here. RTI filed by Saurav Das on behalf of The Logical Indian reveals that despite it being 6 months since the first national lockdown, UP CM Yogi Adityanath is yet to provide food under the Mid-Day Meal scheme to all the 1.8 crore eligible children of the…
The article was originally published in The Quint. Read here. Many pandemics-related RTI appeals, including those filed under ‘threat to life & liberty’ aren’t being prioritised. The Modi government has ‘gagged’ the Parliament from asking questions during the upcoming Monsoon Session. Though, after a massive hue and cry, it has allowed unstarred questions (which can be answered…
Original article here. A public interest litigation petition has been filed in the Madras High Court, highlighting how efforts to obtain information under the Right to Information (RTI) Act of 2005 are getting frustrated due to non-prescription of a time limit for disposal of second appeals by information commissions, even in matters related to life or…
The article was originally published in The Logical Indian. Read here. Lavasa had opposed giving ‘clean chit’ to PM Modi and HM Amit Shah in the 2019 General Elections for model code violations. Later his family members were subjected to investigations by ED and IT Department. Govt rejected RTI filed by Saurav Das on behalf of The…
The article was originally published in The Logical Indian. Read here. Lalit Modi, currently residing in London is wanted by Indian investigative agencies on several charges of corruption and money laundering. RTI filed by Saurav Das on behalf of The Logical Indian reveals that a request for CBI probe against him is pending for 3 years with…
The article was originally published in The Wire. Read here. As it happens, there is no overarching framework of rules to prevent news channels from airing untruths and indulging in sensationalism even over sensitive subjects. Note: This article contains mentions of suicide. On June 18, the National Human Rights Commission, after hearing my complaint alleging sensationalisation…
Video interview here. RTI activist Saurav Das who had filed an RTI query in connection with the JNU Showdown has stated that the RTI reply reveals several discrepancies the most major flaw being the Delhi police’s FIR having a wrong date.
Original article here. The Home Ministry has neither confirmed nor denied whether it purchased the Pegasus malware, in response to an RTI query. “It is informed that no such information is available with the undersigned CPIO”, says the response from the Cyber and Information Security Division of the Home Ministry. The RTI query was filed by Saurav Das, a…
The article was published here. Summary below. While the last release from the Finance Ministry in November 2017 had put the figure of undisclosed credits arising out of the Panama Papers investigations at Rs 792 crore, an RTI reply to Saurav Das, a journalism student, has shown that it now stands at approximately Rs 1,088 crore.