CPI MP P Sandosh Kumar writes to PM Modi, slams Economic Survey’s stand on RTI Act
The CPI MP said that any attempt to dilute its spirit strikes at the core of constitutional governance.
The CPI MP said that any attempt to dilute its spirit strikes at the core of constitutional governance.
The meeting focused on the selection of the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) and the Commissioner of the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC).
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday sharply criticised the Narendra Modi-led government for systematically weakening the Right to Information (RTI) Act, describing it as an attack on democracy and citizens’ fundamental rights.
A Pune-based activist Prafful Sarda had filed an RTI query in May seeking details and circumstances that culminated in the PM's photo plus message figuring on all the privileged, but provisional, Covid Vaccination Certificates (CVC).
Undoubtedly, the RTI Act in its original form was one of the most liberal pieces of legislation aimed at enhancing transparency and democratic values. As such, in order to fulfil their perceived role effectively, the CIC and the ICs had been given a status which would enable them to have the power to review the functioning of the government's public information officials and give suitable directions to serve public interest as understood by the rule of thumb definition.
In an RTI application, the ministry was asked to provide a copy of the notice to Rahul Gandhi and details of the response received from him.
The apex court and the Central Information Commission had earlier held that the RBI cannot refuse to put the inspection reports in the public domain under the transparency law.
Currently, we do not have much clarity in public domain or information on decisions on the basis of which a particular URL is blocked.
Officials at Higher Education said that now in the case of other private educational institutions, which are not financed substantially, the provisions of the HP Private Education Institutions (Regulation) Act, 1997 will be applicable to enforce the RTI ACT.
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