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 ====== DPDP Rules, 2025: The amendment to Section 8(1)(j) of the RTI Act ====== ====== DPDP Rules, 2025: The amendment to Section 8(1)(j) of the RTI Act ======
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 +metatag-description=(A practitioner note on what changed on 14 November 2025, how the amended clause must be read, and what Public Information Officers, First Appellate...)}}
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 +**Did you know?** The **14 November 2025 amendment** to Section 8(1)(j) quietly removed the proviso that said //information which cannot be denied to Parliament cannot be denied to a citizen//. It is the most significant structural change to the RTI Act since 2005.
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 //A practitioner note on what changed on 14 November 2025, how the amended clause must be read, and what Public Information Officers, First Appellate Authorities, and applicants should do differently.// //A practitioner note on what changed on 14 November 2025, how the amended clause must be read, and what Public Information Officers, First Appellate Authorities, and applicants should do differently.//
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 19 April 2026 19 April 2026
  
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 +**New to RTI? File your first application in ten minutes.** See [[:file-rti-online-india|How to File RTI Online in India — 2026 Step-by-Step Guide]] with a ready-to-use English and Hindi template, the Rs 10 online fee flow, and the appeal path. 
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 +**More from the site.** [[:file-rti-online-india|File an RTI online in 2026]] · [[:why-rti-gets-rejected|Why RTI applications get rejected]] · [[:faq|The twenty-five-question FAQ]]. 
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 +===== Related ===== 
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 +  * [[act:start|The RTI Act, 2005]]. 
 +  * [[blog:raj-kumar-goyal-chief-information-commissioner|Raj Kumar Goyal sworn in as Chief Information Commissioner; CIC reaches full strength]]. 
 +  * [[blog:rti-at-twenty-commission-report-card-2025|Right to Information at twenty: the Information Commissions' report card for 2024-25]]. 
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 +{{tag>rti dpdp section-8 personal-information amendment 2026}}
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