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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.
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…
Original video here. 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.
Original article here. The Public Information Officer of the Supreme Court has refused to disclose the details of a report submitted by former SC Judge, Justice AK Patnaik, on the probe into the “larger conspiracy” behind the sexual harassment allegations levelled against the then Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi. In response to an RTI application…
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…
The original article can be read here. The Delhi High Court has said that the purpose of the Right to Information Act is to ensure transparency and questioning the motive for the details sought is not covered under the Act, The Times of India reported on Sunday. Justice Subramonium Prasad was hearing a plea filed by an RTI activist and journalist…
Original article here. In an apparent first, Twitter appears to have withheld a tweet globally in response to a “legal demand” in India. Journalist and Right to Information (RTI) activist Saurav Das posted a screenshot of two past tweets, one of which appears to quote Union Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah, with a message from…