Credit Card case
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Anonymous
(Querist) 24 December 2010
This query is : Resolved
Dear Sir,
Kindly advice.
Can we obtain copy of all the decisions by Distt.Consumer Forum, State Consumer Forum,National Consumer Forum and Banking Ombudsman of All states involving SBI Card,in CD or hard copy.If yes, kindly provide the address, or link,and process.
CIC has declared SBI card is a public entity and under the preview of RTI act.However SBI card and its Nodal Officer,is not supplying the information asked for.
Who should be approached the Nodal Officer of the promoter public Sector bank "State Bank of India" or what should be done.
Kindly advice.
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Anonymous
(Querist) 25 December 2010
Central Information Commission says SBI Cards under RTI net
Posted: Saturday, Sep 08, 2007 at 0000 hrs IST
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The Central Information Commission (CIC) has ruled that SBI Cards, a joint venture between state-owned SBI and General Electric (GE), is a public authority, allowing customers to seek any information about the entity under the Right to Information Act.
Disposing of separate applications by SBI cards customers Arun Kumar Verma and Dileep Ayachit, CIC has directed the SBI to take a decision on setting up a proper information redressal mechanism within 15 days. The CIC has given SBI the option to either designate its own officers for providing information about SBI Cards or set up a separate mechanism within the subsidiary to provide information under the provisions of the RTI Act.
“...SBI, being a public authority, should ensure that some agency is available to answer the citizens when they seek information about their own cards. It can not wash off its responsibility after having allowed SBI Cards to use its brand name...
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Central Information Commission says SBI Cards under RTI net
Posted: Saturday, Sep 08, 2007 at 0000 hrs IST
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and logo,” information commissioner Padma Balasubramanian said in his decision. The card holders filed the application with CIC after SBI and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) turned down their request for information on the ground that SBI Cards was not a ‘public authority’ within the meaning of the RTI Act.
The CIC ruled that SBI Cards was a public authority as SBI owns more than 51% shares in the JV. SBI holds 60% equity in the SBI Cards, which was incorporated in 1998. The remaining portion is owned by GE. ...
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Anonymous
(Querist) 27 December 2010
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