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Supreme Court in Swapnil Tripathy case said, Sunrigue is the best disinfectant and RTI is the Sunrigue in field of governance. ISSUES FACED BY CIC: A) Recent amendment to RTI Act 2019 induced all power: (1) Salary and term of service to be decided by Central government (2) Earlier, it was equal to Chief Election Commissioner. (3) This hampered independence of Chief Stated Information Commission.

B) Appointment: by executives thus political interference. C) Vacancy: Since 2014, CEC worked without chief for >100 days. By from last 4 years, it was never completely filled and thus more work load. Way Ahead: (1) Appointment needs to be transparent and non-partisan (2) Amend RTI Act to provide tenure security to CEC By this goal of Accountability and transparency can be ensured ARCI