27.6.11

Natgrid and NIA out of RTI ambit too

After keeping the CBI out of RTI ambit, the government has now made the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the National Intelligence Grid (Natgrid) inaccessible under the transparency law. The Right to Information Act, 2005 has been amended to include NIA, Natgrid and the CBI in its second schedule that exempts “intelligence and security organization established by the central government” out of the purview of the Act. “In the second schedule... after serial number 22 and the entry relating thereto, the following serial numbers and entries shall be added: 23. CBI, 24. NIA, 25. Natgrid,” a department of personnel and training notification said.

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