UPA Chairperson and Congress Legislative Party chief in Parliament Sonia Gandhi has slammed the amendments in RTI bill which was passed in Lok Sabha on Monday. Sonia Gandhi in a strongly worded statement has said that is it matter of concern that Centre is 'hell bent on completely subverting' the RTI act. The Central Information Commission, which deals with the central government, is headed by the Chief Information Commissioner with 10 more members called information commissioners. They are chosen by a panel comprising the prime minister, the leader of the largest opposition party in the Lok Sabha and a member of the Union Cabinet. The RTI Act 2005 gives them a fixed tenure of five years or till reaching the age of 65 years, whichever is earlier.

Source: dna July 23, 2019 05:03 UTC