Your right to get information from the government has become slightly more difficult.The government has prohibited public information officers (PIOs) from providing information marked as confidential by another department with- out consulting the latter.
The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), the nodal office implementing the Right To Information (RTI) Act, has curbed the power of information officers by invoking the "third party" clause for sharing inter- departmental information with RTI applicants.
The third party clause under the RTI was mostly applied in cases of an individual about whom an information would be sought.The RTI law clearly says third party information cannot be provided without prior consent of the concerned party.
But, there have been instances of a department pro- viding the information it received from another depart- ment as part of inter-depart- mental consultations to RTI applicants, apparently creating disharmony. So, the DoPT arrived at the conclusion that the third party clause under RTI law is also applicable to inter-government information.
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With thanks : source : Hindustan Times
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