https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=58579 The document alleges that the government weakened the Right to Information Act through amendments affecting information commissioners' tenure and pay, by leaving key Central Information Commission posts vacant, and by enacting the Digital Personal Data Protection Act which, it is claimed, narrows the RTI's public interest exceptions by expanding personal-information exclusions. It cites RTI disclosures on high-profile matters as motivating these measures and records a pending constitutional challenge to the amendments along with calls to amend the data-protection law to protect access to information about public life. en-us Sun, 12 Oct 2025 19:31:03 +0530 Sun, 12 Oct 2025 19:31:03 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=58579 The document alleges that the government weakened the Right to Information Act through amendments affecting information commissioners' tenure and pay, by leaving key Central Information Commission posts vacant, and by enacting the Digital Personal Data Protection Act which, it is claimed, narrows the RTI's public interest exceptions by expanding personal-information exclusions. It cites RTI disclosures on high-profile matters as motivating these measures and records a pending constitutional challenge to the amendments along with calls to amend the data-protection law to protect access to information about public life. News - Sun, 12 Oct 2025 19:31:03 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=58579