PMO rejects RTI on Modi trips as ‘vague’

ACTIVIST NUTAN THAKUR HAD ASKED FOR DETAILS OF THE EXPENSES INCURRED AS PART OF ALL THE FOREIGN TRIPS TAKEN BY MODI AND MANMOHAN FROM JAN 2010 ONWARDS

The Prime Minister’s Office has denied information on expenses incurred as part of the foreign trips undertaken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his predecessor Manmohan Singh, terming the query “vague”, an RTI activist said.

Activist Nutan Thakur told IANS on Saturday that she had asked for details of the expenses incurred on various arrangements made for all the foreign trips taken by Modi and Singh from January 2010 onwards.

On Thursday, central public information officer and under secretary in PMO, Parveen Kumar, while denying the details, said the application was “too vague and wide”.

In her poser to the PMO under the Right To Information Act, Thakur had on June 10 asked for copies of all files, including notes and various letters and documents exchanged between the PMO and different offices.

Having denied the RTI, Kumar, however, informed Thakur that for the purpose of section 19 of the RTI Act, 2005, Syed Ekram Rizvi, director PMO, south block, was the appellate authority. Thakur said she would definitely knock the doors of the appellate authority in New Delhi for answers to her query.