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The Times of India
The Times of India
National
Jignesh Parmar | TNN

Slum re-development in Ahmedabad a 'state secret', says civic body

AHMEDABAD: "You cannot ask for the minutes of meetings concerning municipal slum-redevelopment projects," the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation said in reply to a Right to Information (RTI) application, because they are a "state secret" of status no lower than "state cabinet papers, which include deliberations of the council of ministers and secretaries...".

This is how the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) interprets information relating to its slum-redevelopment projects and the decisions of committees, which are proactively disclosed by all municipal corporations in the country, under Section 4(1)(b) of the RTI Act.

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