Sunday, October 14, 2012

No dilution of RTI by any agency: Narayanasamy

Deccan Chronicle: New Delhi: Sunday, October 14, 2012.
The government on Saturday said it would not allow dilution of the Right to Information Act by “any agency.”
Speaking at the valedictory session of seventh annual convention of the Central Information Commission, minister of state for personnel and training V. Narayanasamy said “one more thing, very vital issue, burning issue... is recent SC judgment that is Namit Sharma’s case. You have a lot of grievances on the judgment, I also have a lot of grievances on the judgment.” “As far as the government is concerned, we have taken steps immediately...We have filed a review about two days back after taking views of the law ministry. I assure you in this forum that we will not allow dilution of the Right to Information Act at any cost by any agency,” he said.