Acharyulu also expressed his astonishment over the Supreme Court asking the Centre to submit details of the decision-making process of the Rafale deal. He said, “I am surprised that now the Supreme Court has asked the government for the information regarding the decision-making process of the Rafale deal. Technical details of the deal are not important. Besides, why should the SC even ask for this information in the first place,” said Acharyulu
Pune: Accusing the Union government of trying to interfere with the independence of the central information commission (CIC) by proposing amendments to the Right to Information (RTI) Act, professor Sridhar Acharyulu, information commissioner of India, expressed his staunch opposition to the proposed changes in the RTI Act.
The proposed amendments include enabling the Centre to prescribe the term of office, salaries and allowances and other terms and conditions of service of chief information commissioners, information commissioners, state chief information commissioners and state information commissioners.
Acharyulu was in the city to deliver a lecture on the topic ‘How RTI empowers democracy and transparency’ at a programme organised by the NGO Moneylife Foundation and Pune Union of Working Journalists at the Patrakar Bhavan on Saturday.
Hitting out at the Union government, Acharyulu, said, “The amendments proposed by the central government in the RTI Act, verily mitigate the power of the commission. By amending the existing act, the government is trying to reduce the status and the power of the central information commission.”
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