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Cong seeks removal of a Section in Data Protection Act

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Sunday urged Minister of Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw to repeal Section 44(3) of the Data Protection Act, 2023, which he claimed “destroyed” the RTI Act, 2005. In a letter to Vaishnaw, Ramesh said,...
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Congress leader Jairam Ramesh. PTI file
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Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Sunday urged Minister of Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw to repeal Section 44(3) of the Data Protection Act, 2023, which he claimed “destroyed” the RTI Act, 2005. In a letter to Vaishnaw, Ramesh said, “The Proviso in Section 8(1)(j) of the RTI Act, 2005, which gives citizens equal right to information as legislators who represent them is totally eliminated,” Ramesh said. Section 44 (3) of the Data Protection Act seeks to substitute Clause j (information which relates to personal information) in sub-section (1) of Section 8 of the Right to Information Act, 2005, Ramesh said.

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