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Right to Information Crusade

June 20, 2008 by anuj

Mission Netaji's endeavour to access information pertaining to the Bose mystery has turned out to be a landmark in India's RTI movement.



On the one hand they have reiterated that there is nothing that the Government seeks to hide in this respect... on the other ... they say that the documents are so sensitive in nature that if disclosed could lead to chaos in the country.

The Commission is also aware of the fact that this is a matter of wide public concern and therefore of national importance. -- Central Information Commission (Full Bench), June 2007.



Latest news:

19 February 2008

Details about 31 PMO Netaji files to be disclosed

Central Information Commission has directed Prime Minister's Office to partially disclose the list of classified files on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. More


Media coverage: Rediff, The Times of India, Hindustan Times, The Hindu, Business Standard, Bhaskar, Deccan Herald, Express India, MSN India, Zee News, DNA, Outlook and more.

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