FOI - India

Press release - National Campaign for People’s Right to Information (NCPRI)

On the eve of the Right to Information Act coming into force, the National Campaign for People’s Right to Information (NCPRI) is disturbed by newspaper reports indicating that the Government of India has decided to appoint primarily retired and serving civil servants to the Information Commission of India. If this is in fact correct, then it is very unfortunate that, despite earlier protests by many civil society groups and the NCPRI, the Government of India has nevertheless opted for appointing not one or two, but all four of the Commissioners and the Chief Information Commissioner from among retired and serving civil servants.

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