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Centre notifies RTI act amendments, ignores civil society concerns The government had in July introduced a bill to amend the transparency law, a move criticised by transparency activists who termed it “an attack on the independence of the panel” Current Affairs :Avoiding worries of common society, the Center on Thursday told the date from which the ongoing changes justified to Information (RTI) Act, 2005 will come into power. The focal government therefore names October 24, 2019 as the date on which the arrangements of The Right to Information (Amendment) Act, 2019 will come into power, a notice by the Personnel Ministry stated, without giving further subtleties. The legislature had in July acquainted a bill with change the straightforwardness law, a move censured by straightforwardness activists who named it “an assault on the freedom of the board”. Priest of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh had then said that it was intended to further streamline and organize the R...