Daily Archives: August 8, 2006

RTI Amended, India Blinded

The Union Cabinet has decided to amend the Right to Information Act, 2005 to exclude file notings, Cabinet papers and examination answer sheets from the Act’s purview. This would leave the Act toothless. An act which in Arvind Kejriwal‘s words is taking India “from being a representative democracy to a participatory democracy.” The Act has [...]