The Modi Government Wants to Weaken the RTI Act

The Bill introduced in the Lok Sabha to amend the RIght to Information Act seeks to empower the central government to decide the tenures and remuneration structures of Information Commissioners in states thereby eroding their independence and autonomy, argued RTI activist Anjali Bhardwaj.

The Bill introduced in the Lok Sabha to amend the RIght to Information Act seeks to empower the central government to decide the tenures and remuneration structures of Information Commissioners in states thereby eroding their independence and autonomy, argued RTI activist Anjali Bhardwaj.