Certain amendments to RTI Act ordered to make CIC toothless -Jairam Ramesh

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Why are these amendments being brought about now? It is very interesting

Why are these amendments being brought about now? It is very interesting. It is very important to understand that the timing of these amendments is not so innocuous; it is not so innocent; and after reviewing RTI decisions some of which have already been alluded to by Mr Singhvi, I have here five cases that have propelled the government to bring forward these amendments.

Between 2003 and 2013, the Chief Minister of Gujarat came to the Planning Commission, and the Planning Commission would ask him uncomfortable questions on the state of health in Gujarat, on the state of education in Gujarat; why social development in Gujarat was not commensurate with economic development in the state.

In 2014, the chief minister of Gujarat became the Prime Minister of India (expunged) and abolished the Planning Commission. Today, the Prime Minister of India is (expunged) on these five cases.

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Edited excerpts from Congress MP in the Rajya Sabha, Jairam Ramesh, speaking during the debate on the RTI (Amendment) Bill, 2019, on July 25, 2019

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