People who attended the various meetings and dharnas (sit-ins) in support of the right to information (RTI) legislation in India often had a special word of praise for the creative use of puppets in spreading the message about the importance of RTI.

In particular, they were impressed by a glove puppet called ‘Moofat' (Mr. Loudmouth). True to its name, this puppet could say anything and everything without apparently offending anyone.

The use of puppets enables social movements to not only enliven their campaign and attract people, but also enables them to handle difficult and sensitive ...

Info panel says right to info reserved for citizens; complainant argues rules have replaced word ‘citizen’ with ‘person’
Dismissing two cases of a Punjabi woman who is an American citizen, the Punjab State Information Commission on Tuesday said only citizens of India have right to information.

A double bench of the panel, comprising Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) RI Singh and commissioner PPS Gill, said non-citizens can enjoy freedoms or rights, but in case of their breach, they ...

Information in case of tender can be generated because of two source:
a) Govt.
b) Tender applicant
Time: Before Finalization of Tender
a) To be disclosed
b) To be disclosed after third party or can be disclose after applying severablity clause.
Time: After Finalization of Tender
a) To be disclosed
b) To be disclosed unless a specific reason is available under Sec 8
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One of the Gas agency has transferred the gas connection of a consumer but the other agency to whom the connection was transferred has refuse to accept the transfer stating that transfer of consumer within the same are was not permitted. The poor man was running between two agencies and none of them help out. ...

Supply of LPG as kitchen fuel is covered by the Essential Commodities Act, which requires the cylinder to be delivered at home within 48 hours of booking. However, many get it up to a week or even a fortnight later. Some activists have invoked the RTI Act successfully to shake up the oil companies and the gas agencies

LPG kitchen fuel is covered by the Essential Commodities Act. ...