Clipped from: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/will-data-protection-law-sound-the-death-knell-for-rti-act/articleshow/102694894.cms
Several parliamentarians and civil society activists have raised concerns that the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act — passed by Parliament last week — may be the final nail in the coffin for the Right To Information (RTI) Act.
When it came into force in 2005, it was hailed as a ‘sunshine law’ that would make governments transparent and accountable. But even before the DPDP Act, RTI had suffered a thousand cuts.
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