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Srishti MishraAIR 95· 2023

Question 16GS2GS2

Central Information Commission stands as the guardian of democracy, with an unwavering relevance to good governance. Justify the content in terms of the inadequate of the CIC. Has the statutory status of good governance, with an unwavering relevance to good governance, been limited the effectiveness of the commission in recent times?

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Introduction

The Central Information Commission is a statutory body set up under the Right to Information Act and DoJ

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Main Body

The Central Information Commission is a statutory body set up under the Right to Information Act and DoJ as the Central authority to guard citizen's right to information. Mandate Status of CIC. It is the highest authority in case of jurisdiction on any RTI application when breaches out first to the Public Information Officer, then follows 1st appeal and 2nd appeal breaches CIC - to ensure reception of information.

One Chief Information Commissioner and 10 Information Commissioners exist at the head of the CIC. Investigation are carried out and reports are established to survey and promote the spread of information. Thus, CIC as a body, ensures that citizens are not denied their right to a transparent accountable governance mechanism. Statutory Status for limited CIC: Effectiveness. Setting amends to the RTI Act led to some concerning changes: salary, tenure of office will now be determined by the Central Government [earlier there were fixed as per the act].

This creates possibility of political pressure & interference in the role of CIC. It reduces independence of the body and creates menus between political heads at Centre and the guardians of democracy. Coupled with Section 8 of RTI and the new Digital Personal Data Protection Act as well as Official Secrets Act, it creates space for government to legally hold data of any human. Information & Truth are the fundamentals of a functioning democracy. CIC must be constitutional zed to make it a relevant and strong guardian of the basic human right to information.

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Conclusion

Information & Truth are the fundamentals of a functioning democracy. CIC must be constitutional zed to make it a relevant and strong guardian of the basic human right to information.

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Topper

Srishti Mishra

AIR 952023

Subject & Paper

GS2GS2

Topic

Statutory, Regulatory and Quasi-judicial Bodies

Quasi-judicial Bodies

Central Information Commission

Writing Stats

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