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RTI Activist Saurav Das Has said he filed RTI on numbers of deaths in UP and found discrepancy in the numbers. He has added the pattern of fudging data is similar to other states.
By Akshit Chawla. Original article here. Experts have highlighted several concerns in the draft of the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Bill, 2022, but one major problem lies outside of it – in the consultation process. Along with the bill, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) published a notice inviting feedback from the public. It says that the…
The original post is here. The Delhi High Court has directed the Union Government to file an affidavit specifying if there are any file notings or written communications between the stakeholders in the creation of Aarogya Setu app or if the same happened orally via video conferencing. While hearing a plea seeking various information about…
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.
Original article here. New Delhi: The Central Information Commission has directed the Union government to provide within 10 days details of meetings, discussions and agendas of the empowered nine-member group sub-committee on oxygen that was set up to ensure adequate availability of oxygen in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Commission said that the Union government’s…
Original article here. The Centre on Friday denied a Right to Information (RTI) activist the official records relating to the management of medical oxygen by a government panel during the pandemic, saying no such panel had been set up in April 2020. In June this year, the government had denied Saurav Das the information sought by…
Original article here. NEW DELHI: The evasive response from National Informatics Centre and the Information Technology ministry to an RTI asking, “who developed Aarogya Setu app,” drew sharp reactions from digital rights activists and politicians. On Wednesday, #AarogyaSetuApp was one of the top trends in India, with Twitter users questioning its origin. “This app was made…