There is a preparation to keep the armed forces completely out of the purview of the Right to Information Act, 2005 on grounds of national security. In the recent high level government meeting, support has been given to give this exemption. Apart from the Army, the nodal agency dealing with cyber security threats, CERT-In (“National Agency for Indian Computer Emergency Response Team”), Directorate General of Analytics and Risk Management (DGARM) and GST-Tax Evasion Analytics Wing are also excluded from RTI. There has been discussion about keeping
However, no information has been made public about what is the final decision on this issue. While the final decision has not been made public. At the same time, the Department of Personnel and Training is finalizing the modalities of the relaxation regime. It is believed that a notification in this regard will be issued soon.
In fact, recently there was a meeting of the Committee of Secretaries with the Cabinet Secretary. In which it has been learned that the three armed forces, CERT-In and DGARM, are likely to be included in the second schedule of the RTI Act, 2005.
26 intelligence and security organizations like Intelligence Bureau, RAW, CBI, National Security Council Secretariat, paramilitary forces, Narcotics Control Bureau and NTRO have been placed in the Second Schedule. These have been kept out of the purview of the RTI Act due to security reasons. Explain that the Central Government has the right to make changes in the Second Schedule at a time interval, add or remove the names of the organizations present in the Schedule.
Significantly, the Right to Information Act came into force on October 12, 2005, after it was passed by the Indian Parliament. Through this law, every Indian citizen gets the Right to Information (RTI). Due to this, any citizen of the government can ask for information. Copies of government decisions can also be found. Through this, one can inspect government documents and also inspect government works.