Even as courts pass orders saying that disclosure of interest is needed when an applicant seeks personal information under the Act, experts are concerned that such orders defeat its very objective.
The Central government has replied a categorical “No”, to Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s written question in Parliament today on the status of PM CARES vis-à-vis the RTI Act.
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday has dismissed the PIL seeking direction to the PM CARES Fund to divulge information under the Right to Information Act, 2005.
The Prime Minister’s Office in stated that the PM CARES fund doesn’t come under the scope of "public authority" under the RTI Act, in response to RTI application filed seeking details on the fund