Govt trashes `speculation´, says no bid to dilute RTI Act
(WorldNews Environment)

NEW DELHI: The government has sought to reassure the opposition and others questioning the proposed changes in right to information act by clarifying that the RTI (Amendment) Bill, 2019 merely seeks to streamline the administrative set-up under the act without diluting in any way the independence or autonomy of central or state-level information commissions. `The RTI (Amendment) Bill only seeks to give powers to the central government to frame rules regarding the terms of service of the chief information commissioner and...