The Government is considering a proposal to amend the Right to Information Act, 2005.

A notice of intention has been given to introduce “The Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2018” in the Rajya Sabha for consideration and its passage during the current session of Parliament.  The purport of the amendments proposed is to provide for enabling provision under the RTI Act to frame Rules regarding salaries, allowances and conditions of service for Chief Information Commissioners and Information Commissioners and State Information Commissioners.  Presently, there are no such provisions available under the RTI Act.

Consultations with Department of Expenditure, Department of Legal Affairs and Legislative Department have been undertaken while preparing/formulating the RTI (Amendment) Bill, 2018.

This information was provided by the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North-Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.

Enabling provision for rulemaking on salaries and service conditions of information commissioners proposed under RTI Act. The proposed amendment would insert an enabling provision in the Right to Information Act permitting rulemaking for salaries, allowances and conditions of service of the Chief Information Commissioner, Information Commissioners and State Information Commissioners, filling a present statutory gap; the Bill has been prepared following consultations with administrative and legal departments and a notice issued for its introduction in the Rajya Sabha.