The only law that empowers people — the Right To Information Act — is facing its worst danger within seven years of its birth from the government which created it and judiciary, mandated to uphold the law. Read more

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Posted by Chetan Chauhan on Saturday, October 13, 2012 at 5:04 pm
Filed under Citizen rights, India · Tagged Aruna Roy, Arvind Kejriwal, Chetan Chauhan, ecostani, Hindustan times, Right to Information, RTI, RTI activists
With the Central Information Commission joining hands with the Government, country’s Right to Information (RTI) Act is surely heading for slow death, a desire of both politicians and bureaucrats. Read more

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Posted by Chetan Chauhan on Saturday, August 11, 2012 at 12:58 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Aruna Roy, Central Information Commission, Chetan Chauhan, CIC, civil society, hindustantimes, NAC, National Advisory Council, Right to Information, Right to Information (RTI) Rules 2012, RTI, RTI activists
Voice of poor Indians is seldom heard in Raisina Hills, the power center of Indian government. Only when civil society leaders such as Aruna Roy or Anna Hazare hit the streets the political class in the corridors of power wake-up from the slumber. Read more

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Posted by Chetan Chauhan on Saturday, March 3, 2012 at 2:31 pm
Filed under environment · Tagged Anna Hazare, Aruna Roy, Chetan Chauhan, ecostani, Foreign Currency Registration Act, Forest Rights Act, Gujarat, hindustantimes, Jairam Ramesh, Kudankulam nuclear plant, NGOs, Raisina Hills, Right to Information, SEWA, Tamilnadu, US