https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=18903 The Central Information Commission held that the Special Investigation Team on black money is a Public Authority under Section 2(h) of the RTI Act, 2005 because it was constituted by central government notification, is largely government-funded, and performs the public duty of recovering unaccounted foreign assets. The Commission observed that some information had been withheld by the Finance Ministry citing fiduciary and investigation exemptions, and that the SIT had not appointed a designated Central Public Information Officer or First Appellate Authority, but nevertheless must be answerable to RTI requests within the statutory framework. en-us Wed, 11 Oct 2017 14:22:43 +0530 Wed, 11 Oct 2017 14:22:43 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=18903 The Central Information Commission held that the Special Investigation Team on black money is a Public Authority under Section 2(h) of the RTI Act, 2005 because it was constituted by central government notification, is largely government-funded, and performs the public duty of recovering unaccounted foreign assets. The Commission observed that some information had been withheld by the Finance Ministry citing fiduciary and investigation exemptions, and that the SIT had not appointed a designated Central Public Information Officer or First Appellate Authority, but nevertheless must be answerable to RTI requests within the statutory framework. News - Wed, 11 Oct 2017 14:22:43 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=18903