The Rajya Sabha passed the RTI Amendment Bill on Thursday. The RTI Amendment bill proposes to give the Centre the power to set the tenure and salaries of the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) and Information Commissioners.
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Wednesday demanded that the RTI amendment bill be sent to a select panel and alleged that the government was passing bills in Parliament without any "scrutiny".
A bill proposing to give the Centre the power to set the tenure and salaries of the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) and Information Commissioners was passed in the Lok Sabha on Monday amid strong objection from the Opposition.
New Delhi, Aug 12: A bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha today to keep political parties out of the ambit of the RTI Act and negate a Central Information Commission (CIC) order to this
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