 bill no 27 of  2016 the right to information (amendment) bill, 2016 by shri dushyant chautala, mp a billfurther to amend the right to information act, 2005be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:— 1 (1) this act may be called the right to information (amendment) act, 2016short title and commencement(2) it shall come into force on such date as central government may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint522 of 2005amendment of section 192 in the right to information act, 2005, in section 19, after sub-section (6), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:—10"(6a) the second appeal under sub-section (3) shall be disposed of within ninety days of the receipt of the appeal or within such extended period not exceeding a total of one hundred and twenty days from the date of filing thereof, as the case may be, for reasons to be recorded in writing" statement of objects and reasonsthe right to information act, 2005 is one of the highly-acclaimed welfare legislationsthe act seeks to secure for citizens access to information, promote transparency and accountability in the working of the government, contain corruption and make out democracy work for the people in real sense to achieve such objectives, it is important that information is being provided in a time bound mannerthough the act specifies time limit for providing information in case of first appeal by the public information officers, no such time limit has been set for second appeal before the commission as per the data available, as on 26 january, 2016, at the central information commission, a total of 27682 appeals are pending similar will be the case for various state information commissions this makes the objectives of the act defeatedthe proposed amendment seeks to put a time limit of ninety days for disposal of second appeals filed under sub-section (3) of section 19 of the act the proposed amendment also ensures that a person is not deprived of his legal right for an unreasonable time period moreover, one cannot ignore the plausibility of information losing its relevance over a period of timethus, the proposed amendment provides that the information is disclosed within a specified time period so as to maintain its relevance moreover, a time bound disposal of second appeal will create a sense of urgency and compel the commissions to fill up the vacancies in the offices of chief information commissioner and state information commissioners thus, to fill a gap in the parent act, the present amendment is being proposedhence this billnew delhi;dushyant chautalafebruary 10, 2016————a billfurther to amend the right to information act, 2005————(shri dushyant chautala, mp)gmgipmrnd—4228ls(s3)—26022016