NewsX: Parliament panel clears bill to keep parties out of Right to Information
- 5 years ago
As a parliamentary standing committee on Tuesday gave the green signal to the Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2013, seeking to exempt political parties from being subjected to RTI queries, MP and National Advisory Council (NAC) member Anu Aga put in a dissent note, arguing that political parties, which perform a public duty, must disclose information about themselves to citizens in public interest.
The department-related standing committee on personnel, public grievances, law and justice, in its report tabled on Tuesday, disagreed with a June 2013 order of the CIC ruling political parties as "public authorities" that ought to be brought within ambit of the RTI Act. It recommended passage of the RTI (Amendment) Act, 2013, to nullify the CIC order.
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The department-related standing committee on personnel, public grievances, law and justice, in its report tabled on Tuesday, disagreed with a June 2013 order of the CIC ruling political parties as "public authorities" that ought to be brought within ambit of the RTI Act. It recommended passage of the RTI (Amendment) Act, 2013, to nullify the CIC order.
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