<p>“It is not the RTI, but scams that have upset the system,” Roy said at a seminar here, promising to fight “ghosts of amendments” that could weaken the transparency act.<br /><br />“The prime minister should be more concerned with the lives of RTI activists rather than the discomfort of civil servants,” she said. Singh’s suggestion for a critical review of the RTI to accommodate the concerns of public servants was also criticised by the BJP as an attempt to dilute the law.<br /><br />India gained enormous prestige internationally for its transparency law, Roy said delivering the keynote address at a seminar on RTI and participatory democracy at the International Centre Goa. It had also empowered people in the most remote corners of the country.<br /><br /></p>
<p>“It is not the RTI, but scams that have upset the system,” Roy said at a seminar here, promising to fight “ghosts of amendments” that could weaken the transparency act.<br /><br />“The prime minister should be more concerned with the lives of RTI activists rather than the discomfort of civil servants,” she said. Singh’s suggestion for a critical review of the RTI to accommodate the concerns of public servants was also criticised by the BJP as an attempt to dilute the law.<br /><br />India gained enormous prestige internationally for its transparency law, Roy said delivering the keynote address at a seminar on RTI and participatory democracy at the International Centre Goa. It had also empowered people in the most remote corners of the country.<br /><br /></p>
