PM CARES , ||PM CARES: PMO refuses to inform under RTI||
In its latest attempt to block information about the PM-CARES Fund being requested through right to information queries, the Prime Ministers Office has said providing such information would disproportionately divert the resources of the office. The PMO has cited Section 7(9) of the RTI Act to deny the information request despite rulings by high courts and the Central Information Commission stating that the section cannot be used this way.
In the past, an over-guarded PMO has warded off all attempts to garner information about the PM-CARES Fund, which was set up to meet the challenges arising out of the COVID-19 crisis and attracted donations running into thousands of crores. In May, the PMO stated that the Fund is not a not a public authority under Section 2(h) of the Right to Information Act, 2005, and therefore it wont be able to divulge information sought in the application.
This time, when noted RTI activist Commodore Lokesh Batra (retired) approached the PMO with a query on RTI applications filed with respect to the PM-CARES Fund as well as the PM National Relief Fund, the respondent took refuge behind Section 7(9) of the RTI Act. Courts and the Commission have repeatedly said, though, that this section does not allow denial of information but denial of providing the same in the form in which it has been sought.
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PM CARES , ||PM CARES: PMO refuses to inform under RTI|| In its latest attempt to block information about the PM-CARES Fund being requested through right to information queries, the Prime Ministers Office has said providing such information would disproportionately divert the resources of the office. The PMO has cited Section 7(9) of the RTI Act to deny the information request despite rulings by high courts and the Central Information Commission stating that the section cannot be used this way. In the past, an over-guarded PMO has warded off all attempts to garner information about the PM-CARES Fund, which was set up to meet the challenges arising out of the COVID-19 crisis and attracted donations running into thousands of crores. In May, the PMO stated that the Fund is not a not a public authority under Section 2(h) of the Right to Information Act, 2005, and therefore it wont be able to divulge information sought in the application. This time, when noted RTI activist Commodore Lokesh Batra (retired) approached the PMO with a query on RTI applications filed with respect to the PM-CARES Fund as well as the PM National Relief Fund, the respondent took refuge behind Section 7(9) of the RTI Act. Courts and the Commission have repeatedly said, though, that this section does not allow denial of information but denial of providing the same in the form in which it has been sought.