Tweaking the RTI Act through Amendment.

In the year 2005 the Right to Information Act was enacted as well as enforced. This enactment enabled the general public to demand by right from public authorities the information available with them.If the information saught is held by or is under the control of the public authority and such information as saught is otherwise not exempted from it being furnished, the Act makes the Public Information Officer responsible for supplying such information within 30 days from the date of filing application for the purpose. If the applicant is not provided with the information saught or the information furnished is not to his satisfaction the matter may be raised by way of appeal before the first appellate authority. There is provision of second appeal also under the Act. The Central Information Commissioner(CIC), depending upon the nature of information saught, acts as the Second Appellate Authority. The term of office and conditions of service of the Central Information Comm...