Amendment in RTI Act
Posted On: 18 JUL 2018 3:34PM by PIB Delhi
The Government is considering a proposal to amend the Right to Information Act, 2005.
A
notice of intention has been given to introduce “The Right to
Information (Amendment) Bill, 2018” in the Rajya Sabha for consideration
and its passage during the current session of Parliament. The purport
of the amendments proposed is to provide for enabling provision under
the RTI Act to frame Rules regarding salaries, allowances and conditions
of service for Chief Information Commissioners and Information
Commissioners and State Information Commissioners. Presently, there are
no such provisions available under the RTI Act.
Consultations
with Department of Expenditure, Department of Legal Affairs and
Legislative Department have been undertaken while preparing/formulating
the RTI (Amendment) Bill, 2018.
This
information was provided by the Union Minister of State (Independent
Charge) Development of North-Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel,
Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra
Singh in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
