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Right to Information codifies a fundamental right of the citizens of India. RTI has proven to be very useful, but is counteracted by the Whistle Blowers Protection Act, 2011. [4] The Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2019, seeks to amend Sections 13, 16, and 27 of the RTI Act.
The Central Information Commission is a statutory body, [3] set up under the Right to Information Act in 2005 [4] under the Government of India to act upon complaints from those individuals who have not been able to submit information requests to a Central Public Information Officer or State Public Information Officer due to either the officer not have been appointed, or because the respective ...
The National Campaign for People's Right to Information demanded the Whistleblowers Protection Bill, 2011, be amended, including by a clearer definition of victimization, protection for persons other than the whistleblowers who provide relevant information, penalty for mala fide revelation of the identity of whistleblowers, a time limit for complaints and provision for filing anonymous complaints.
The State Information Commission prepares report on the implementation of the provisions of State Information Commission act and submits an annual report to the state government which is placed by the later before the state legislature. [7] [1] [8] The commission on reasonable grounds can order inquiry into any matter related to the Act.
List of Central Information Commissioners [4] No. Name Portrait Took office Left office 1 Wajahat Habibullah: 26 October 2005: 19 September 2010: 2 A. N. Tiwari: 30 September 2010: 18 December 2010: 3 Satyananda Mishra: 19 December 2010: 4 September 2013: 4 Deepak Sandhu(First women CIC) 5 September 2013: 18 December 2013: 5 Sushma Singh: 19 ...
The Right to Information Act (RTI Act) was passed by Parliament on 11 May 2005 and was published in the gazette of India on 15 June 2005. It came into effect on 12 October 2005 [77] [78] replacing the erstwhile Freedom of information Act, 2002. The Supreme Court of India had, in several Judgments prior to enactment of both Acts, interpreted ...
The Amendment Act, 2008 includes several amendments to the original 2004 act to bring it closer in-line with the (Central) RTI Act, 2005, though it has been criticized by citizen's groups for "watering down" its key provisions. [5] The Amendment Act, 2008 was technically "in force" but was never implemented in spirit.
This is a list of official business registers around the world. [1] [2]There are many types of official business registers, usually maintained for various purposes by a state authority, such as a government agency, or a court of law.