OLD: Draft Comments on The Public Interest Disclosure and Protection to Persons Making the Disclosure Bill
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This analysis is based on the 2002 Draft and news reports. Review of the 2010 Bill here Rationale and Need Summary of Bill Suggested Amendments Rationale and Need: The RTI Act has been seminal in improving transparency and state accountability. Complementary to the citizens right for information is an employee’s right to proactively expose institutional wrongdoing (also known as whistleblowing). Whistleblowing also has potential to fill the lacunae left by the RTI Act due to its scope (public authorities), organizations exempt under Section 24 and uneven implementation (denials, harassment, high pendency, inconsistent orders etc). This will also allow employees to make public information of wrong doing not ordinarily accessible under RTI Act because it’s not been brought on official record or where a deliberate attempt has been made to falsify records.
OLD: Draft Comments on The Public Interest Disclosure and Protection to Persons Making the Disclosure Bill
OLD: Draft Comments on The Public Interest…
OLD: Draft Comments on The Public Interest Disclosure and Protection to Persons Making the Disclosure Bill
This analysis is based on the 2002 Draft and news reports. Review of the 2010 Bill here Rationale and Need Summary of Bill Suggested Amendments Rationale and Need: The RTI Act has been seminal in improving transparency and state accountability. Complementary to the citizens right for information is an employee’s right to proactively expose institutional wrongdoing (also known as whistleblowing). Whistleblowing also has potential to fill the lacunae left by the RTI Act due to its scope (public authorities), organizations exempt under Section 24 and uneven implementation (denials, harassment, high pendency, inconsistent orders etc). This will also allow employees to make public information of wrong doing not ordinarily accessible under RTI Act because it’s not been brought on official record or where a deliberate attempt has been made to falsify records.