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--The Indian Express&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Government has introduced amendments giving itself powers to set salaries and service conditions for Information Commissioners. How does it change the existing Act, and why is the Opposition protesting? &lt;br /&gt;
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What has changed?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;Government has introduced amendments giving itself powers to set salaries and service conditions for Information Commissioners. How does it change the existing Act, and why is the Opposition protesting? &lt;br /&gt;
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What has changed?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
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--The Indian Express<br />
<br />
<em>Government has introduced amendments giving itself powers to set salaries and service conditions for Information Commissioners. How does it change the existing Act, and why is the Opposition protesting? <br />
<br />
New Delhi: </em>ON FRIDAY, the government introduced in Lok Sabha the Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2019, which proposes to give the Centre the powers to set the salaries and service conditions of Information Commissioners at central as well as state levels. The government&rsquo;s move triggered protests from the Opposition.<br />
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What has changed?</em><br />
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<br />
Section 16 of the original Act deals with state-level Chief Information Commissioners and Information Commissioners. It sets the term for state-level CICs and ICs at five years (or 65 years of age, whichever is earlier). The amendment proposes that these appointments should be for &ldquo;such term as may be prescribed by the Central Government&rdquo;. And while the original Act prescribes salaries, allowances and other terms of service of the state Chief Information Commissioner as &ldquo;the same as that of an Election Commissioner&rdquo;, and the salaries and other terms of service of the State Information Commissioners as &ldquo;the same as that of the Chief Secretary to the State Government&rdquo;, the amendment proposes that these &ldquo;shall be such as may be prescribed by the Central Government&rdquo;.<br />
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<em>Government has introduced amendments giving itself powers to set salaries and service conditions for Information Commissioners. How does it change the existing Act, and why is the Opposition protesting? <br />
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Explained: What changes in RTI Act mean -Shyamlal Yadav

--The Indian Express Government has introduced amendments giving itself powers to set salaries and service conditions for Information Commissioners. How does it change the existing Act, and why is the Opposition protesting? New Delhi: ON FRIDAY, the government introduced in Lok Sabha the Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2019, which proposes to give the Centre the powers to set the salaries and service conditions of Information Commissioners at central as well as state levels. The government’s move triggered protests from the Opposition. What has changed? The Bill amends Sections 13 and 16 of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005. Section 13 of the original Act sets the term of the central Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioners at five years (or until the age of 65, whichever is earlier). The amendment proposes that the appointment will be “for such term as may be prescribed by the Central Government”. Again, Section 13 states that salaries, allowances and other terms of service of “the Chief Information Commissioner shall be the same as that of the Chief Election Commissioner”, and those of an Information Commissioner “shall be the same as that of an Election Commissioner”. The amendment proposes that the salaries, allowances and other terms of service of the Chief Information Commissioner and the Information Commissioners “shall be such as may be prescribed by the Central Government”. Section 16 of the original Act deals with state-level Chief Information Commissioners and Information Commissioners. It sets the term for state-level CICs and ICs at five years (or 65 years of age, whichever is earlier). The amendment proposes that these appointments should be for “such term as may be prescribed by the Central Government”. And while the original Act prescribes salaries, allowances and other terms of service of the state Chief Information Commissioner as “the same as that of an Election Commissioner”, and the salaries and other terms of service of the State Information Commissioners as “the same as that of the Chief Secretary to the State Government”, the amendment proposes that these “shall be such as may be prescribed by the Central Government”. Please click here to read more.