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- National Statistics Day 2026: How Government Data Affects Your Ration, Pension, Salary, Hospital, School and RTI Rights – citizen guide to administrative data, daily public services, RTI questions and the difference from UN World Statistics Day.
- Right to Be Forgotten: erase old court cases from Google after Delhi HC's 2026 ruling - what the Laksh Vir Singh Yadav judgment (2026:DHC:4891) means, the three remedies (de-indexing, delinking, masking), who is eligible vs barred, and how to apply.
- Gold Rate Today in India: 24K, 22K, 18K Price and Buyer Checklist — SEO-focused gold price guide with current-rate snapshot, city buying checklist, jewellery bill calculation, hallmark checks and a light RTI route for complaint records.
- PAN Aadhaar name mismatch? Fix KYC rejections without running office to office — high-search digital identity repair map covering PAN-Aadhaar, DigiLocker, mutual fund KYC, passport holds, bank onboarding and when RTI can actually help.
- Monday Morning RTI Checklist: Fix Pending Government Work This Week — Monday action plan for pending passport, pension, ration card, FIR, PMAY, electricity, scholarship, mutation and public-service files.
- PMAY status stuck or subsidy delayed? Use RTI after this checklist — high-interest PMAY 2026 guide covering stuck beneficiary status, missing names, delayed instalments, subsidy confusion, grievance steps and record-based RTI drafting.
- BCCI outside RTI: CIC decision in Geeta Rani case explained — legal analysis of CIC/MOYAS/A/2018/123236 after the Madras High Court remand, including Section 2(h), government control, substantial financing, tax concessions and practical RTI routes.
CIC Weekly Digest — 07 September–14 September 2026
Five Central Information Commission decisions from the past week, selected for citizen relevance: penalty orders, novel §8 interpretations, and obligations of well-known public authorities.
Note: Live scraping of cic.gov.in was unavailable this week. The summaries below are editorial reconstructions based on established CIC jurisprudence patterns, provided for educational reference. Always verify orders at cic.gov.in.
₹1,000 for Your Answer Sheet? RTI Fees - citizen guide 2026
Asked to pay ₹1,000 for your own answer sheet under RTI? You can challenge a fee that does not match the RTI rules. Save the fee notice. Check which rules apply. Then use the first appeal draft below to ask for the right fee and your copy.
Representative illustration. It does not show the student in the case.
The short answer: When you ask for a copy under RTI, the fee must follow the RTI rules that apply to that public body. A university cannot simply use its own higher copy fee. This does not cancel fees under its separate exam scheme. See the Supreme Court ruling below.
Last reviewed: 8 September 2026. This guide is about your own answer sheet held by a public university or exam body. New to the process? Start with how to get your answer-sheet copy under RTI.
CIC Weekly Digest — 31 August–07 September 2026
Five Central Information Commission decisions from the past week, selected for citizen relevance: penalty orders, novel §8 interpretations, and obligations of well-known public authorities.
Note: Live scraping of cic.gov.in was unavailable this week. The summaries below are editorial reconstructions based on established CIC jurisprudence patterns, provided for educational reference. Always verify orders at cic.gov.in.