In a twist of irony, the very authority that is supposed to promote transparency and uphold the Right to Information (RTI) Act, has instead been withholding information from the public. Activist Jeetendra Ghadge revealed that since 2015, the State Information Commission (SIC) has stopped uploading a list of actions taken against government officers who do flout the RTI Act. This was revealed after Ghadge filed an RTI application to find out how much fine had been imposed on public information officers (PIO) for such violations since 2010.

Anil Galgali