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Heeralal Samariya is the first Dalit to hold the post of Chief Information Commissioner. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering. His areas of expertise include administration and governance.

Gujarat University argued, in the High Court, against providing the PM's degree certificate to Delhi CM This was in relation to an RTI application based on a CIC order Justice Biren Vaishnav reserved his order on the petition by the Gujarat University

Central Information Commission (CIC) has pointed out the failure of Delhi Government in implementation of the RTI Act, 2005, showing lack of transparency and accountability in issues of core governance involving genuine public interest.

Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha was sworn in as the new Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) on Saturday. President Ram Nath Kovind administered the oath at a ceremony this morning. The post was vacant after Bimal Julka had retired from the chair on August 26, 2020.

The govt has clarified that Aarogya Setu app is completely safe It said that the app has been developed in a most transparent manner Centre issued the clarification after a row over its creator

The Central Information Commission has pulled up an official for "callous and casual" response in denying data on stranded migrant labourers under the RTI Act, and asked the Labour Ministry to upload on its website as much data as possible on them.

The government has appointed Sudhir Bhargava as new Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) along with four new Information Commissioners in the Central Information Commission which had been functioning with just three of them as against a sanctioned strength of 11, including the Chief Information Commissioner.

The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has refused to share details on the quantum of black money brought back from abroad, citing a provision of the RTI Act that bars disclosure of information that may impede investigation and prosecution of offenders.

The CIC has also asked the Prime Minister's Office, the Finance Ministry and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to make public the letter of former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan on bad loans.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is covered under the RTI Act and answerable to the people of the country. 

The commission has denied the appeal of a petitioner who had also sought to know the rules governing extension of security cover to a private individual and the authorities, which foot the bill of such cover to a private individual.

The new premises of the Central Information Commission in Delhi is a state-of-the-art green building.

The new building for the transparency watchdog is being inaugurated nearly 12 years after it came into being.

The Central Information Commission has directed the external affairs ministry to disclose records related to the expenses incurred on chartering Air India aircraft for abroad visits of the prime minister from 2013 to 2017.

Denial of information for the lack of Aadhaar card is a serious breach of the right guaranteed under the RTI Act, the CIC has held.

How did my husband encash his NSC returns three years after his death?

The CIC has directed a probe into the exchange of demonetised currency at a post office in Palam here as it emerged from an RTI response that there were prima facie irregularities in the exchange of notes.

CIC has constituted a larger bench to hear complaints against six national political parties not adhering to the CIC order bringing them within the ambit of the RTI Act.

CIC has directed the government to proactively put in the public domain data about officials facing corruption cases in each department.

Guha who was also deputed by the Supreme Court in the Committee of Administrators to run the BCCI had made sensational claims in his letter in which he had questioned the stardom and conflict of interest by some members.