Vinita Deshmukh

Pune

Consulting Editor at Money Life

Editor at Corporate Citizen Magazine

Editor, Corporate Citizen magazine; Consulting Editor,MoneyLife; RTI user; Books: The Mighty Fall; co-author,To the last bullet.

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Articles

CIC Slams Applicant, Ignores AIIMS' Disclosure Failures Under Section 4

1 week ago | moneylife.in | Walter Vieira |Rahul Deodhar |Sanjay Bakshi |Vinita Deshmukh

Recently, the newly appointed state chief information commissioner (SCIC) of Maharashtra, Rahul Pande, at a public event, expressed grave concern about a handful of individuals filing multiple RTI applications on the same issue, thus spiking the number of second appeal pendency.
New SCIC Rahul Pande Vows to Reboot RTI in Maharashtra, To Focus on Suo Motu Disclosures under Section 4

2 weeks ago | moneylife.in | Walter Vieira |Rahul Deodhar |Sanjay Bakshi |Vinita Deshmukh

As against former bureaucrats holding posts of state chief information commissioners (SCIC) in Maharashtra, the newly appointed Rahul Pande, who was a mainstream journalist for over two decades, was appointed in this coveted position last fortnight. Prior to his current role, Mr Pande served as the information commissioner in Nagpur from October 2021 to October 2024. During this tenure, he also held additional responsibilities for the Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar and Amravati divisions.
An RTI Applicant’s 49 RTI Applications, Filed on Maharashtra’s Online Portal, Failed and he Is not Alone

3 weeks ago | moneylife.in | Walter Vieira |Rahul Deodhar |Sanjay Bakshi |Vinita Deshmukh

In what can be termed as the height of bureaucratic apathy, veteran journalist and RTI activist Dr Shahid Raza Burney has slammed Maharashtra’s Maha IT department and the general administration department (GAD) for a massive failure in the processing of his 49 Right to Information (RTI) applications that he filed online through the official portal https://rtionline.maharashtra.gov.in/.
CIC Pulls Up Applicant for Abusing the System

1 month ago | moneylife.in | Walter Vieira |Rahul Deodhar |Sanjay Bakshi |Vinita Deshmukh

Right to information (RTI) applicant Shiv Kumar Kanoi, who filed over 100 RTI applications including 65 from January to December 2024 to the Central Bank of India’s Kolkata and Mumbai branches, with the same number of first appeals and second appeals, was reprimanded with all his appeals being dismissed by the central information commission, last week, on 28 April 2025.
Pune Activist’s RTI Blocked by PMC; Consumer Court Order Goes Missing

1 month ago | moneylife.in | Walter Vieira |Rahul Deodhar |Sanjay Bakshi |Vinita Deshmukh

Just like the toll plaza that we pay irrespective of the bad condition of roads and other services on expressways, property tax has to be promptly paid by citizens irrespective of pathetic civic amenities, Pune being a sterling example.
Pune Activist Forum Seeks Daily Medical Records to End Patient Exploitation

1 month ago | moneylife.in | Walter Vieira |Rahul Deodhar |Sanjay Bakshi |Vinita Deshmukh

In a significant step toward reforming healthcare delivery in Maharashtra, last week, several citizens, activists and healthcare experts formed the Medical Services Transparency Forum against the backdrop of Pune’s Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital issue wherein the delay in attending to an emergency patient had created an uproar.
Oriental Insurance Faces CIC Heat for Denying Survey Report under RTI to Fire Victim

1 month ago | moneylife.in | Walter Vieira |Rahul Deodhar |Sanjay Bakshi |Vinita Deshmukh

A major fire insurance claim dispute involving Oriental Insurance Company Ltd led to a series of right to information (RTI) applications, in which the applicant requested information pertaining to his factory that was gutted and subsequently filed a complaint with the central information commission, accusing the insurer of claim settlement irregularities and giving false reason of unavailability of the information, which is a gross violation of the RTI Act.
How Pune’s ‘Charitable’ Hospitals Flout RTI

1 month ago | moneylife.in | Walter Vieira |Rahul Deodhar |Sanjay Bakshi |Vinita Deshmukh

There are 121 private and charitable hospitals in Pune which are on the panel of the contributory medical assistance scheme under the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC)’s health department and Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital is one of them. Hence, the health department of the PMC is bound by the pro-active disclosures under section 4 of the Right to Information (RTI) Act and compelled to update information at regular intervals, on its website www.pmc.gov.in.
Strange! Information Commissioner Rules Official Email IDs of Supreme Court Judges Don't Come under the RTI Act

2 months ago | moneylife.in | Vinita Deshmukh |Walter Vieira |Rahul Deodhar |Sanjay Bakshi

In a shocking order, the central information commissioner (CIC), upheld the reply of the central public information officer (CPIO) of the Supreme Court of India, the denial of information under the Right to Information Act (RTI) pertaining to the official email addresses of the judges of this highest judicial authority.
Over 100 Hoardings on Mumbai Railway Land Have No Known Owner, Reveals RTI

2 months ago | moneylife.in | Vinita Deshmukh |Walter Vieira |Rahul Deodhar |Sanjay Bakshi

A recent right to information (RTI) query has exposed alarming irregularities in the installation of hoardings on railway land in Mumbai, revealing that no ownership records exist for 103 out of 306 hoardings. The findings point to the growing influence of the hoarding mafia operating on land owned by the Central and Western Railways, with municipal authorities failing to maintain transparency.