RTI act amendment 2019 ?
In the ongoing session of Parliament one more amendment has come upon table. The Government now proposes to amend the Right To Information act (RTI) 2005. The RTI act, which was enacted in Parliament on 22 June,2005 and it came into power on 12 October 2005. The main convenor of this act was Aruna Roy. Basically it extended all over the India except Jammu and Kashmir. Though It is not constitutional body, it is statutory body. It is equated to election commission of india, not like a constitutional body but as given authority. The authority under this act is called quasi judicial authority. The RTI act provides Indian citizens fundamental right to access to the information of any institutions and authorities under government of India as well as political parties. Under this Act Government department must have to computerize its data. The official secret act 1923 that restricted the disclosure of government data, also was given relief. Though the official secret act now a...