“RIGHT TO INFORMATION : A BABY OF HEALTHY DEMOCRACY AND TRANSPARENT GOVERNMENT” (original) (raw)

Evolution of Right to Information in India;It’s Problems and Challenges in Implementation

International Journal of Research, 2014

The present article aim to introduce the readers with national international laws and development that led to the enactment of Right to Information Act, 2005 in India. There were various enactment existed such as Official Secret Act 1923 which made impossible for the citizen to seek information from the government. The access to information and leakage of information by the official and the citizen was a punishable offence.The Article also emphasis on the struggle made by NGO's,Media and Activists in India to bring right to information as a reality.It will help every one to know how national international development led to enactment of RTI law in India.It includes rationale behind the introduction of RTI in India;Scope of RTI;Provisions of RTI;Problems and Challenges in Implementation.

An Indian Perspective of Right to Information and its Application

Right to Information or in popular sense RTI is an essential step in ensuring transparency and accountability in governmental systems and processes. When a country’s government is transparent, there are very few chances exist for corruption and mismanagement of country’s resources and that government is presumed to be more accountable towards its citizens. This is the main reason of the growing importance of RTI and are therefore now-a-days becoming the standard of international arena. The Right to Information generally understood simply as the .right to have access to information held by public authorities. It is not just a necessity of the citizens but it is a condition precedent to a good and transparent government. To be more specific, Right to Information or RTI makes democracy more vibrant, participatory and meaningful and allows citizens to participate in the process of governance of the county. In other words, it can be stated that the Right to Information in true sense of the term empowers the ordinary/poor citizens or the so called mango people of the country especially them who lives mainly in the rural parts of our country.

Legislative Provisions on Right to Information in India

International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas in Education, 2018

The purpose of the paper is to highlight the conceptual framework of Right to Information in India, its role in improving social, economical, political and cultural development and the problems associated with the industrialization. In this paper an attempt is also made to discuss the various constraint and limitations of Right to Information in India. The findings of the paper will help the planners to frame an exact and benefiting policy for legislative provisions on right to information in India.

Right to Information Vis A Vis National Security

International Journal of Legal Developments & Allied Issues

RTI Act 2005 is the welfare legislation and one of the most progressive reforms in recent years, which enhance the ambit of Fundamental Rights available to citizens under Part III of the Indian Constitution. RTI Act is considered an advancement of the Right to freedom of speech and expression under Article 19(1)(a). Various judicial pronouncements held that Right under Article 19(1)(a) includes the Right to know where citizens can acquire information from public authorities. Democracy and RTI are interrelated, ensuring good governance, transparency, and government accountability towards its citizens. Previously Government was immune from answering its action. People electing democratic Government had no idea about policy matters, their progress, and implementation. That led to various instances of corruption, nepotism, and favouritism. Thus, the Right to know through RTI Act, 2005 is a tool in the hands of the citizens, which ensures “participatory democracy” and reasoned exercise o...

THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION IN INDIA :- SOME REALITIES

Great Governance is essential for popular government. Such administration incorporates a few factors, for example, straightforwardness, responsibility, standard of law and individuals' investment. India is a vote based nation and in each law based nation, there is a need of good administration and straightforwardness. In each improvement organization encounters demonstrated that there has dependably an earnest requirement for improving government .Today in India there is exceptional debasement at all dimensions. All vibe its squeeze yet debasement is thundering high. The fundamental factor behind the defilement is mystery, which was taken as an apparatus of reliability towards government in past time. On the off chance that we need straightforwardness in administration, there is a need to break the debasement by splitting the dividers of mystery. The pervasiveness of debasement, strip of responsibility, proficiency and viability requests the imperative changes and changes to guarantee great administration. Data is control and at International dimension it is perceived that data is basic for improvement thus numerous nations have established Right to Information Act. Toward that path administration of India also presents another time of good administration through the establishment of Right to Information Act in 2005.1t furnish a chance to connect with the authorities and foundations. Appropriate to Information is an intense weapon to battle against debasement, assertion and abuse of intensity. RTI has huge bearing on great administration and improvement. The Right to data (R11) is an essential device for good administration. Straightforwardness and responsibility are for good administration. In the event that there is no straightforwardness, responsibility can't be fixed. There ought to be most extreme exposure and least classification. The Main push of RTI law is to change the way of life of mystery, red tapism and standoffish quality that has since a long time ago tormented India's solid and hazy administration. Present paper is an undertaking to talk about the significant pointers of good administration, job of RTI in great administration and destruction of defilement in India through RTI. Alongside that, this paper talks about the situation of India in contrast with neighboring nations as per Transparency International (TI) on the essential of administration markers.

RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT IN INDIA: AN OVERVIEW

Journal of the Knowledge Economy, 2015

The need for transparency and accountability in governance system of the country becomes more important especially to achieve the goals of the good governance. In this context, the Government of India in last one decade provided a number of rights to its citizens, like the right to employment through MGNREGA, right to education, etc., but above all, the mother of all the rights is the right to information (RTI), which makes rulers of the country responsible towards its citizens in a true sense. The present article attempts to study and analyse the RTI Act and its implementation in India and suggests few measures to make it more effective. Already, the RTI Act has completed the 6 years of its existence and it is the right time to do it.