But there is a requirement of an act which would prevent wrongful dissemination of confidential information. There are Acts for armed forces but confidential civil data also needs to be protection.
This does not affect the
RTI movement because as per the provisions of the
RTI Act, the Official Secrets Act is already nullified in its application to Indian citizens if we use the
RTI route. But it is important to protect the information from foreign nationals. To this extent the OSA is still relevant and cannot be fully scrapped.