Jammu and Kashmir

Some changes are badly needed to strengthen the draft and to make it more applicable, suggest Paul La Porte, Dr. Muzafar Bhat and Shah Faisal.

An excellent, well researched article about the history, current state and politics of the RTI act in Jammu and Kashmir, written by Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, New Delhi.

The amendment introduced on August 31, 2007 in the State Legislative Assembly bring the Jammu and Kashmir RTI act at par with the Central Right to Information Act 2005 lacks teeth to make it effective.

Section 7(1) of central RTI Act in which any information sought that concerns life and liberty of a person has to be furnished in 48 hours, is not present in the current amendment.