NEW DELHI: One third of the requests for information filed with public sector banks were turned down last year. Of the 79,148 applications filed in 2014-2015, 30.5% were rejected. About 24 banks dealt with 79,148 RTI applications which amounts to 56.4% of the total volume of RTI applications received by the ministry of finance.
Incidentally, finance ministry received the highest number of RTIs (1.4 lakh) among all public authorities. Analysis of Central Information Commission annual report by CHRI reveals the State Bank of India being the largest banking network across the country received the most number of RTIs–24,783– more than 31.3% of the total number. Bank of India with 9,080 RTI applications came second followed by Punjab National Bank at third place with 7,779 RTIs dealt with in 2014-15.
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