RTI Amendment Act 2019

2 notes tagged RTI Amendment Act 2019.

• Polity

  Central Information Commission: Why Its Term Is No Longer Fixed by the RTI Act Itself

  Section 12 sets the CIC's composition and appointment; the 2019 Amendment removed Section 13's own fixed 5-year term and handed the actual number to Central Government rules, currently set at three years.

• Polity

  State Information Commission: The Same 2019 Rule Shift, at State Level

  Section 15's Governor-appointed, Chief Minister-led committee, and why a Central Government rule, not the state, fixes the State Information Commission's own term of office.