New Delhi : The CIC has directed the PMO to produce one representative file related to foreign travels of the Prime Minister after the top office refused an RTI applicant access to these documents citing safety concerns.
The case relates to Commodore (Retd) Lokesh Batra who had sought details related to the expenditure incurred on foreign travels of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his predecessors, which the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) had denied citing sections of the RTI related to security.
The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) had refused the information citing personal safety.
