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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | RTI Bill 2019: Undermining autonomy of information commissions and transparency in governance -Prasanna Mohanty

RTI Bill 2019: Undermining autonomy of information commissions and transparency in governance -Prasanna Mohanty

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published Published on Jul 22, 2019   modified Modified on Jul 22, 2019
-IndiaToday.in

The amendment proposes to reduce the status of information commissioners and fix their term of office from five years or until the age of 65 years at present.

New Delhi:
After an aborted attempt in 2018, the central government proposes to amend the Right to Information Act of 2005 (RTI Act) to change the term of office and service conditions the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) and Information Commissioner (IC) at the central as well as state levels. These aspects are now proposed to be determined by the central government.

A Bill for the purpose was introduced in the Lok Sabha today.

What the amendment says

The Right to Information (Amendment) Act, 2019 proposes two fundamental changes.

One, it proposes to change the tenure of the CIC and IC at the centre and state levels from five years or until the age of 65 years at present to "for such term as may be prescribed by the Central Government". Two, it proposes change in their salaries and allowances "as may be prescribed by the Central Government".

The original law 1 provided that at the central level, the salaries, allowances and other terms and condition of service of the CIC and IC would be the same as that of the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and Election Commissioner (EC), respectively. At the state level, those for the State CIC and State IC will be the same as the EC and the Chief Secretary to the state government, respectively.

The Election Commission (Conditions of Services of Election Commissioners and Transactions of Business) Act of 1991 2 provides that the salary and other service conditions of the CEC and EC are equal to a Judge of the Supreme Court.

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IndiaToday.in, 19 July, 2019, https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/rti-bill-2019-undermining-autonomy-of-information-commissions-and-transparency-in-governance-1571439-2019-07-19?fbclid=IwAR08UMDZXzZ


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