Economic
Times: National: Thursday, October 25, 2018.
Despite
opposition from parties and activists, the Centre is firm on the controversial
move to amend Right to Information (RTI) Act.
It
has advertised for the top job of Central Information Commissioner without
specifying service terms or emoluments which is in sync with the proposed
amendments that Parliament is yet to pass. The department of personnel and
training (DoPT) brought out an advertisement on Tuesday calling for
applications for CIC as the incumbent R K Mathur is retiring on November 24.
However,
the advertisement does not specify the terms of service. It reads, “the salary,
allowances and other terms and conditions of services of the chief information
commissioner shall be as may be specified at the time of appointment of the
selected candidate.”
The
advertisement does not conform to the present RTI Act that specifies the term
of office as five years or till he attains 65 years of age or whichever is
earlier. The Act also specifies the salary of the chief would be the same as
CEC.
The
advertisement, however, is in sync with the proposed amendments, which were
circulated during the monsoon session of Parliament.
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