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PMO Says It Does Not Readily Know Which Trusts Are Headed by Prime Minister
The office denied information under an RTI application, saying collecting and compiling this information would disproportionately divert resources of the public authority.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Photo: pmindia.gov.in
Rights17/Feb/2021
New Delhi: The prime minister by virtue of his office or post is the chairman of several religious, cultural and even financial trusts. However, in response to a Right to Information (RTI) query recently, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) denied knowledge about these, citing Section 7(9) of the RTI Act which exempts providing any information if “it would disproportionately divert the resources of the public authority or would be detrimental to the safety or preservation of the record in question”. ....

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