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&lt;em&gt;NEW DELHI: &lt;/em&gt;The Central Information Commission and the state information commissions want the government to introduce a legal filter in the Right to Information Act to sift out vexatious, flippant and frivolous applications. The National Federation of Information Commissions in India, the apex body headed by the chief of CIC, has recommended that the Centre introduce a filter in the transparency legislation so that the RTI Act cannot be misused by applicants.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;We have had talks with the state commissions. They are unanimous in their view that genuine applications need to be separated from frivolous applications,&amp;quot; Chief Information Commissioner Vijai Sharma told ET. &amp;quot;Vexatious and frivolous applications are clogging the system,&amp;quot; he said. The federation at its meeting last week decided to recommend to the government that a legal filter be introduced.&lt;br /&gt;
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<em>NEW DELHI: </em>The Central Information Commission and the state information commissions want the government to introduce a legal filter in the Right to Information Act to sift out vexatious, flippant and frivolous applications. The National Federation of Information Commissions in India, the apex body headed by the chief of CIC, has recommended that the Centre introduce a filter in the transparency legislation so that the RTI Act cannot be misused by applicants.<br />
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