Facts for Prelims (FFP) Source: IE Context: The government has excluded the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), the national agency responsible for addressing cybersecurity threats, from the Right to Information Act, 2005. What is CERT-In (founded 2004; HQ: New Delhi)? It is an office within the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. It is …
GS Paper 2 Syllabus: Statutory, regulatory and various quasi-judicial bodies Source: TH Direction: This is an editorial article. The article highlights how the 2019 amendments to the RTI Act affected the functioning of the Central Information Commission. Context: The Central Information Commission’s (CIC) most important role is to decide whether particular information sought …
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GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability. Context: A report on the Performance of Information Commissions in India, 2021 was recently released. Key findings: CIC has three vacancies left and has not functioned at its full strength of 10 Commissioners. There were delays in disposing of cases due to …
GS Paper 2 Topics Covered: Separation of powers between various organs dispute redressal mechanisms and institutions. Context: Recently, the Central government informed the Delhi High Court that the PM CARES Fund is “not a fund of Government of India and the amount does not go in the Consolidated Fund of India”. Background: The …
Context: This year marks 15 years of the enactment of the Right to Information (RTI) law, which has empowered millions to assert their citizenship and show truth to power. A report by the Satark Nagrik Sangathan and the Centre for Equity Studies has pointed out that more than 2.2 lakh Right to information cases are …
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