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Comments on the Right to Information Rules, 2017

Posted by Amber Sinha at Apr 27, 2017 09:25 AM | Permalink

Filed under: Openness, RTI, Call for Comments

On March 31st, 2017, the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Personnel and Training released a Circular framing rules under the Right to Information Act, 2005 (“RTI Rules”). The Ministry invited comments on on the RTI Rules. CIS submitted its comments on April 25, 2017.

Open Government Data in India (v2)

Open Government Data in India (v2)

Posted by Pranesh Prakash at Aug 19, 2011 12:20 PM | Permalink

Filed under: Call for Comments, Open Data, Featured, Openness, e-governance

The first draft of the second version of the Open Government Data Report is now online. Nisha Thompson worked on updating the first version of the report. This updated version of the report on open government data in India includes additional case studies as well as a potential policy (National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy) that would create a central government data portal. The report was distributed for peer review and public feedback.

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