Modi Blames Opposition For Violent Protests Against India S New In an advertisement for the top post of the central information commission (cic) released tuesday, the government did not specify the terms and salary of the chief commissioner — in keeping with the amendments it had proposed in july. The congress and other opposition parties had resolved in a meeting to demand in the rajya sabha that seven of 16 pending bills, including the rti amendment bill, be sent to a select.
Third Eye Govt Begins Move To Amend Rti Act Move To Amend Rti Act Parliament approved the amendment to the rti act, with rajya sabha on thursday passing it after negating an opposition sponsored motion to send it to a house committee for greater scrutiny. the motion was negated by 117 members voting against the motion and 75 members voting in favour. The rajya sabha has cleared the right to information (amendment) bill, 2019, which seeks to amend the rti act, 2005, despite the opposition's objections on thursday. The narendra modi led nda government is expected to table a bill to amend the right to information act for bringing the terms of service of chief information commissioners under its control. New delhi: a year after it first issued a notice of intention to introduce “the right to information (amendment) bill 2018”, the narendra modi government has again resurrected the.
Bill To Amend Rti Introduced Amid Opposition Protests The Economic Times The narendra modi led nda government is expected to table a bill to amend the right to information act for bringing the terms of service of chief information commissioners under its control. New delhi: a year after it first issued a notice of intention to introduce “the right to information (amendment) bill 2018”, the narendra modi government has again resurrected the. Amid protests by opposition parties in the lok sabha, a bill which seeks to take away the stature of information commissioners from the equivalent of election commissioners and give the centre the power to set their salaries and service conditions was introduced. The right to information (rti) bill seeking significant changes to the transparency law has passed the rajya sabha test despite the opposition’s objections, with the government bringing the fence sitters on board. The petition said the amendment poses a serious risk of undermining the people’s ability to access critical information under the rti act. The provision to amend the rti act was also criticised by the opposition parties and civil society activists during the consultation period last year and when the bill came up for discussion in parliament.
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