: How the proposed Data Protection Bill will undermine India’s Right to Information #IndiaNEWS India’s Right to Information Act, 2005, has been hailed as one of the best transparency laws in the

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How the proposed Data Protection Bill will undermine India’s Right to Information #IndiaNEWS
India’s Right to Information Act, 2005, has been hailed as one of the best transparency laws in the world. It recognises that citizens are the rulers of the nation. As a consequence, the Act acknowledges their right to access all information from their government.The law effectively states that the default mode is that they can access all information. It exempts only ten types of information from disclosure.Unfortunately, the proposed Data Protection Bill on page 30 (point 30
) proposes a damaging amendment to the RTI Act. It says that all information that can be related to a person may be denied. In effect, it allows the Right to Information Act to become a Right to Deny for public information officers.As it turns out, most information sought by applicants relates to a person. This proposed amendment is the latest attempt to undermine the RTI Act, which has made those wielding power uncomfortable because it effectively transfers power to the citizens.Weakening the ActThe first attempt to weaken the law by the government in less than a year in 2006 by trying to amend it by broadening the scope of the exemptions. Since there was a strong protest by citizens across the country, the attempt was aborted. Some more...Read more

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