Hindustan Times: National: Tuesday, 7th October
2025.
Close to 30,000 appeals are pending before the CIC and it now takes at least a year for an appeal to be heard for the first time.
October 12 marks 20 years
of implementation of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, the only law that
empowers citizens to access official information. The decadal anniversary comes
at the time when the law is facing its worst existential challenges.
It is not only because of the amendment to the RTI Act through Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act that prohibits providing of “personal” information, the bigger danger is the governments’ seemingly non-serious approach in implementing the law in letter and spirit.
Close to 30,000 appeals are pending before the CIC and it now takes at least a year for an appeal to be heard for the first time. The average time for the appeal to be disposed of is two-three years, which was less than a year before 2014.
Close to 30,000 appeals are pending before the CIC and it now takes at least a year for an appeal to be heard for the first time.
It is not only because of the amendment to the RTI Act through Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act that prohibits providing of “personal” information, the bigger danger is the governments’ seemingly non-serious approach in implementing the law in letter and spirit.
Close to 30,000 appeals are pending before the CIC and it now takes at least a year for an appeal to be heard for the first time. The average time for the appeal to be disposed of is two-three years, which was less than a year before 2014.
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