Following Amendments were made in RTI 2005 of India Judges and their personal information do not come under RTI http://www.hindu.com/holnus/000200903041741.htm
Ministers and their wealth description does not come in RTI http://www.ndtv.com/ndtvfuture/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20090082176 All amendments by Manmohan Singh himself!! On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Kris Dev <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Dear all, > > The following memorandum on "Transparency and open government", is an > initiative of Barack Obama; it is relevant to every government of the world > and must be followed in letter and spirit to introduce accountability of > government to its citizens - the stakeholders in a democracy!! > > Would the Honourable Prime Minister of India create such a transparent and > open government in India too, for the sake of true democracy in India?! > > Wednesday, January 21st, 2009 at 12:00 am > Transparency and Open Government > > MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES > SUBJECT: Transparency and Open Government > > My Administration is committed to creating an unprecedented level of > openness in Government. We will work together to ensure the public trust and > establish a system of transparency, public participation, and collaboration. > Openness will strengthen our democracy and promote efficiency and > effectiveness in Government. > > Government should be transparent. Transparency promotes accountability and > provides information for citizens about what their Government is doing. > Information maintained by the Federal Government is a national asset. My > Administration will take appropriate action, consistent with law and policy, > to disclose information rapidly in forms that the public can readily find > and use. Executive departments and agencies should harness new technologies > to put information about their operations and decisions online and readily > available to the public. Executive departments and agencies should also > solicit public feedback to identify information of greatest use to the > public. > > Government should be participatory. Public engagement enhances the > Government's effectiveness and improves the quality of its decisions. > Knowledge is widely dispersed in society, and public officials benefit from > having access to that dispersed knowledge. Executive departments and > agencies should offer Americans increased opportunities to participate in > policymaking and to provide their Government with the benefits of their > collective expertise and information. Executive departments and agencies > should also solicit public input on how we can increase and improve > opportunities for public participation in Government. > > Government should be collaborative. Collaboration actively engages > Americans in the work of their Government. Executive departments and > agencies should use innovative tools, methods, and systems to cooperate > among themselves, across all levels of Government, and with nonprofit > organizations, businesses, and individuals in the private sector. Executive > departments and agencies should solicit public feedback to assess and > improve their level of collaboration and to identify new opportunities for > cooperation. > > I direct the Chief Technology Officer, in coordination with the Director of > the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Administrator of General > Services, to coordinate the development by appropriate executive departments > and agencies, within 120 days, of recommendations for an Open Government > Directive, to be issued by the Director of OMB, that instructs executive > departments and agencies to take specific actions implementing the > principles set forth in this memorandum. The independent agencies should > comply with the Open Government Directive. > > This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any right or > benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by a > party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its > officers, employees, or agents, or any other person. > > This memorandum shall be published in the Federal Register. > > > BARACK OBAMA > > > http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Transparency_and_Open_Government/ > > >
