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The Central Information Commission has pulled up an official for "callous and casual" response for denying data on stranded migrant labourers under the RTI Act, and asked the Labour Ministry to upload on its website as much data as possible.
Information Commissioner Vanaja N Sarna came down heavily on the Central Public Information Officer (CPIO) of the office of Chief Labour Commissioner (CLC) who had told RTI activist Venkatesh Nayak that it has no data on stranded migrant labourers.
The official gave the response despite Mr Nayak having quoted an April 8 circular of the CLC that directed its regional office to count the number of stranded labourers.