<h1>Opposition says 2019 RTI amendments, long regulator vacancies and DPDP Act provision excluding 'personal information' undermine transparency</h1> An opposition party alleges the ruling government has systematically weakened the Right to Information (RTI) Act through 2019 amendments, prolonged vacancies at the Central Information Commission and measures that render it largely ineffective. The party contends those actions followed RTI disclosures adverse to the government and warns that the new Digital Personal Data Protection Act, particularly a provision excluding 'personal information' from RTI, could further curtail access to public-interest information. The opposition challenged the 2019 amendments in the Supreme Court; that litigation remains pending several years later.