The Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2019

On 22nd July 2019, Lok Sabha passed The Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2019 which aims to amend the Right to Information Act, 2005.

The Bill proposes to give the Central government power to set the tenure and salaries of state and central Information Commissioners.

Salient Features of the Bill

  • Term of Information Commissioners: It seeks to modify section 13 (related to Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) and Information Commissioners (ICs)) and section 16 of the Act (related to State Chief Election Commissioner (SCIC) and State Information Commissioners (SICs)), which states that the CIC and other ICs (appointed at the central and ....
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