CIC Current Affairs, GK & News
“Who Created Arogya Setu” issue: NIC rejects its role in creation in a RTI query
The National Informatics Centre recently claimed that it did not create the Arogya Setu mobile application. NIC claimed so in its reply to a Right to Information Query. Highlights The Ministry of Electronics and IT had earlier claimed that the Arogya Setu Application was launched by Government of India in Public-Private Partnership mode. According to ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020
Category: Legal & Constitution Current Affairs
Topics: Aarogya Sethu App • Arogya Setu • Central Information Commission • CIC • COVID-19 • mobile application • National Informatics Centre • Right to Information
New Draft Rules for CICs and ICs
The CIC-Chief Information Commissioner and IC-Information Commissioner currently hold tenure of 5 years and their perks are similar to that of the Chief Election Commissioners as defined in Right to Information Act, 2005. According to the new draft rules from DoPT (Department of Personnel and Training), the terms and perks of the CICs and ICs ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2019
Topics: Chief Election Commissioner • Chief Information Commissioner • CIC • IC • RTI Act • Supreme court
Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman raises red flags over MPLADS
Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman who is the ex-officio Chairman of the Committee on MPLADS (MP Local Area Development Scheme) has red-flagged the problems plaguing the MPLADS with Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MOSPI). Findings of the Deputy Chairman The deputy chairman has cited observations from several CAG reports, findings of the Programme Evaluation Organisation ..
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: CAG • Central Information Commission • CIC • Lok Sabha • Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation • MoSPI • MP Local Area Development Scheme • MPLADS • Rajya Sabha
Government Proposes Committees to decide on complaints against CIC and ICs
The government has proposed setting up bureaucrat-led committees that would sit and decide on complaints against the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) and Information Commissioners (ICs). The government has proposed setting up of two committees: One to receive and decide on complaints against the CIC. The committee would include the Cabinet Secretary; Secretary, DoPT; and a ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2019
Topics: Cabinet Secretary • Chief Information Commissioner • CIC • DoPT • IC • Information Commissioner • political executive • RTI Act • Supreme court
EVM is ‘information’ under RTI Act: CIC
The Central Information Commission (CIC) has ruled that the EVM machine is information under the Right to Information Act and directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to respond to appellant who had sought an EVM. What was the case? The applicant Rajaak Khan Haider had sought an EVM from the Election Commission. The Election Commission had rejected the ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2019
Topics: Central Information Commission • CIC • ECI • Election Commission of India • EVM • Right to Information Act