Union Cabinet decides not to amend RTI Act

01 Nov 2012 Evaluate
The Union Cabinet on Thursday has accepted the proposal to withdraw controversial draft amendments to the Right to Information Act in 2006 that had sought to restrict disclosure of file notings only to social and developmental issues. The move came after Congress President Sonia Gandhi opposed the amendments. 

Though the amendments were seen as dilution of the RTI Act, the dilutions had also planned to curb providing information about public examination and evaluation of an individual for appointment in the government.  Addressing the seventh Convention of Central Information Commissioners in New Delhi, expressing concerns about the loopholes in the RTI Act in its present form, the Prime Minister had emphasized that a fine balance is required between the RTI and the right to privacy and reiterated that a citizen's right to know should definitely be circumscribed if disclosure of information encroaches upon someone's personal privacy.

Moreover, Manmohan Singh had in 2011 also mentioned the government wishes to make Right to Information a more effective instrument for ensuring transparency but wanted a critical look at it to address certain concerns.  He, however, had denied suggestions that he had pitched for dilution of Right to Information Act. 

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