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I Did Not Violate Any Law in Issuing a Notice to the RBI Governor: Information Commissioner

Interview with M. Sridhar Acharyulu | 09 Nov 2018

Interviewed by Paranjoy Guha Thakurta
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The RTI Act, 2005, over-rides other statues that have been cited by the Reserve Bank of India to deny information about wilful defaulters of bank loans, says Information Commissioner M. Sridhar Acharyulu in an exclusive interview to Newsclick.

The Right to Information Act, 2005, over-rides other statues that have been cited by the Reserve Bank of India to deny information about wilful defaulters of bank loans, says Information Commissioner M. Sridhar Acharyulu in an exclusive interview to Newsclick.

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