13 civil society groups & 142 individuals have urged India's IT Ministry to hold public, multilingual, hybrid consultations on the draft DPDP Rules and also to publish the received comments. medianama.com/2025/01/223-dp…

No hike in #MGNREGA allocation despite deficits & pending dues. Due to the lower allocation in FY24-25, persondays generated plummeted to 239cr from 312cr in FY23-24. Avg. work days/ household also dropped from 52.08 to 44.62. Truly a “gift” on NREGA Diwas. #BudgetSession2025

Last week, we submitted our concerns & recommendations on Draft Digital Personal #DataProtection Rules, 2025 to Meity. Along with Rethink Aadhaar, we submitted that many provisions in Rules go against the principles of #dataprotection. Read full submission- rethinkaadhaar.in/blog/2025/3/8/…

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Rural Development, chaired by Saptagiri Ulaka, in its Demand for Grants report (2025-26), has recommended releasing MGNREGA funds to West Bengal, unjustly suspended by Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India for 3 consecutive FYs, fueling distress migration in the state

#HeardinParliament While speaking on #Budget for #Manipur in #RajyaSabha, Sushmita Dev, AITC highlighted problems faced by people due to #internetshutdowns: - 212 days of shutdown, 5088 hours out of total of 7812 hours nationwide in #Manipur alone Short #Thread

Response of Minster in Parliament - “Use of Aadhaar for issuance of mobile sim is not compulsory. Further there is also no requirement that a smartphone be linked to #Aadhaar All eligible beneficiaries can avail various Government scheme benefits without linking sim with Aadhaar”

Over 30 civil society organisations are calling for a rollback of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act's provision which amended the Right to Information Act which they say curbs the rights & ability of journalists, activists, & lawyers, to access info, reports Annapurna Roy

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According to the response by minister FoodOdisha today the number of pending applications is 6.80 lakh for 13.77 lakh members. The district wise pending applications. Total 29.16 lakh ration card holders are yet to do #ekyc in the state Right to Food Campaign, Odisha 12 Baje 12 minute

Since 2022, the Fact Check Unit of Press Information Bureau: - Received 72914 queries, out of which - 22861 or 31% were found actionable, of which - 1575 or 6.8% identified as #fakenews This information was given in response to a Q asked in #LokSabha. For year-wise break up, see

ECI plans to link #Aadhaar with Voter ID for proper identification. Meanwhile, Amit Shah in #LokSabha, while responding to debate on Immigration and Foreigners Bill: "Those who illegally enter country, get #Aadhaar card and then voter card made." So, how will linking help?

Mr. Ashwini Vaishnaw claims the RTI Act remains protected under the DPDPA, citing Section 3. This is misleading. Section 44(3) directly amends Section 8(1)(j) of the RTI Act, removing the public interest test—a critical safeguard for transparency. Here’s a fact check from

Rethink Aadhaar calls upon the Election Commission of India to immediately suspend the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar which risks disenfranchising many particularly migrant workers, women, informal sector workers, rural poor rethinkaadhaar.in/blog/2025/7/7/…

Mitron, #LokSabha just passed the 500+ clause #IncomeTaxBill WITHOUT any debate, within JUST 3 MINUTES 👏👏 (Must see video👇) But it didn't stop at that! Immediately after that, the Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2025 was also passed WITHOUT any debate, in next 1 MINUTE 👏👏

Gone in SEVEN minutes! On #OnlineGamingBill2025, the process of law making in #Parliament itself was reduced to a game 👏👏 Showing amazing speed, the #OnlineGamingBill, cleared by cabinet only yesterday, introduced in #LokSabha only hours ago, was just passed by the House,

🚨Report card of Govt during #MonsoonSession - 6 Bills passed WITHOUT debate amid protests, almost ALL bills were passed with NO Opposition participation in either or both Houses!🚨 Why stop Opposition protest - Prime Minister (pic 1) We will pass Bills without you -

Even before the Data Protection Act has been notified, it is being used to deny information related to PM Modi’s degree. Is this why the RTI law was amended through the Data Protection Act? Destroying people’s right to know in the name of data protection! #DelhiUniversity

Also, useful to remember that a long standing version of #DataProtection Bill was withdrawn, new version suddenly introduced & quickly passed with little debate, as opposition was protesting on #ManipurCrisis. The RTI amendment was surreptitiously inserted in this new version.