He added that the changes being suggested "must be opposed by every Indian". Gandhi tagged a letter by the National Campaign for People's Right to Information, which has challenged the amendments on the ground that they undermine the independence of information commissions.

Under the RTI Act, information commissioners have a fixed tenure of five years or till they attain the age of 65, whichever is earlier. The chief information commissioner gets a salary equivalent to the chief election commissioner, while information commissioners at the CIC are at par with election commissioners. The government said it is considering a proposal to amend the RTI Act, 2005, to frame rules on salaries and services of chief information commissioner and information commissioners.

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