Moneylife: New Delhi: Wednesday, August 01, 2018.
The Central
government has provided categorized security cover to 308 persons, out of which
24 have been provided the highest Z-plus cover, according to the answer to an
RTI query.
As per
information provided by S.C.L. Das, Joint Secretary in the Union Home Ministry
to city-based activist Nutan Thakur, two dozen persons have been given Z-plus
security, 59 persons have been given Z security, 109 have been given Y-plus, 34
have been given Y and 82 persons have been given X category security.
The ministry
however declined to provide other information sought by the RTI activist,
including the number of security persons and other paraphernalia provided under
each of these security covers, as per the fixed norms as also the total monthly
remunerations given to these security personnel who have been assigned to
various persons with different security covers.
"He
refused to provide other information under section 8(1)(g) of RTI Act dealing
with threat to life and safety along with section 8(1)(j) dealing with personal
information and section 24 dealing with exemptions from the RTI Act, Thakur
told IANS on Tuesday.
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