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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Data Reveals Decline in Access to Information Since BJP Came to Power -Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar

Data Reveals Decline in Access to Information Since BJP Came to Power -Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar

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published Published on Mar 20, 2016   modified Modified on Mar 20, 2016
-TheWire.in

There appears to be a deliberate effort to restrict the access to information and move away from transparency in governance.

New Delhi:
Since the Narendra Modi government came to power, access to information through the Right to Information (RTI) Act has diminished greatly, according to the annual report of the Central Information Commission (CIC) for 2014-15. The number of instances where information was denied for reasons other than those permitted under the Act has risen. The level of dissatisfaction with the information provided by public information officers (PIOs) and the reduction in the penalties imposed on PIOs for not furnishing relevant information has also increased, indicating a concerted effort to curtail the flow of information in response to applications.

Although the report is not yet available online, Venkatesh Nayak, of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative’s access to information programme, obtained a copy on request from the CIC.

Incidentally, Modi and RTI do not seem to go well together. The Guajarat RTI commission suffered from shortage of commissioners throughout Modi’s tenure as the chief minister. Similarly, due to differences with the Centre, Gujarat did not have an ombudsman, or Lokayukta, for much of Modi’s rule.

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TheWire.in, 19 March, 2016, http://thewire.in/2016/03/19/data-reveals-decline-in-access-to-information-since-bjp-came-to-power-25260/


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