NEW DELHI: Sidestepping concerns of civil society, the Centre on Thursday notified the date from which the recent changes in the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005 will come into force.
The Central Government hereby appoints October 24, 2019 as the date on which the provisions of The Right to Information (Amendment) Act, 2019 shall come into force, a notification by the Personnel Ministry said, without giving further details.
The Government had in July introduced a bill to amend the transparency law, a move criticized by transparency activists who termed it “an attack on the independence of the panel”. (AGENCIES)
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