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Forest Ministry bound to give info under RTI' [1]

Babus in the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest can no longer deny information to applicants under the RTI Act on the pretext that the information has to be collected from different sources. The CIC has recently rescinded a circular by the ministry under which ministry officials denied information to people under RTI.

Publication Date: 
17/07/2008
Indian Express (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Forests [3], Public Interest Litigation (PIL) [4], Right To Information (RTI) [5], Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF) [6]
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