India Right To Information

It has become imperative to fine-tune the Right to Information Act (RTI) by bringing in amendments, besides giving more powers to State Information Commissions. Speaking to The New Indian Express, Coimbatore Consumer Cause secretary Kathir Mathiyon said the RTI Act introduced in 2005, a path-breaking initiative by the Congress-led government, had failed to achieve its purpose. Lack of adequate powers for State Information Commissions to take penal action against the official concerned for either delay or denial of information is the reason for the sorry state of affairs, he said.

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