Deccan Chronicle: Hyderabad: Friday,
February 03, 2017.
RBI has
refused to provide information about demonetisation sought by a city-based
person invoking provisions of the Right to Information Act.
Mr Dubbudu
Rakesh Reddy, a Hyderabad-based RTI activist and founder of ‘Factly’, accused
the Reserve Bank of India of evading his questions on demonetisation.
Mr Reddy
sought the details of the indent and supply of legal tenders of Rs 100, Rs 500
and Rs 1,000 from April 2016 to till date. He also sought the information on
the indent and printing of new Rs 500 and Rs 2,000 notes from April 2016 and
their the supply.
He also
sought more information on defects found in the new notes. Though RBI had
informed him that the indent and supply of old notes would be available on its
website, Mr Reddy could not find any such details. “The RBI denied providing
information stating that it was exempted under section 8(1) (a) and 2(f) of the
RTI Act,” he said.
Accepting the
contention that the nature of information sought was similar, the appellate
authority directed the PIO to revisit the exemption. “It directed PIO to verify
the records to check if any information is available.”