Write any two aspects that you can appreciate in rti act

• Study Material • Magazine Download • PYQ download • UPSC Notes • 1 minute read • Daily MCQ • Difference b/w • Full Forms • Free Courses • Free content for download • Video Lectures • UA Batches • Prelims • Environment • Agriculture • Geography • History-Freedom Struggle • Art & Culture • Polity • International relation • Sci & Tech • Economy • Mains • GS 1 • GS 2 • GS 3 • GS 4 • Exam Updates • UPSC Syllabus • Exam Dates • Results • Eligibility Criteria • Mains Syllabus • Prelims Syllabus • Notifications • Test & Practice • Daily MCQ • Prelims PYQs • Mains Questions • Rankers Guide • Topper Notes • Topper Interviews • Exam Tips • Paper Analysis The Right To Information refers to the right to seek details of any government work. It ensures that every citizen shall have the legal right to “access information under the control of public authorities” in accordance with the definitions specified in the act. It aims at promoting transparency and accountability in the working of every public authority across India. Under this act, all citizens who are Indian nationals can apply for information requests anonymously. The RTI Act has given people the opportunity to participate in their own governance. It has given them the confidence to hold their governments accountable. It has helped to create a participatory democracy. The Right to Information Act, 2005 The Right to Information Act, 2005 ( Act 22 of 2005) protects citizens’ right to learn about the functioning of their governmen...

An RTI Application Form is a letter through which an Indian citizen can request information from the offices and departments of the state and central governments, also known as " Public Authority". This can be used for any kind of information which is supposed to be in public knowledge. An RTI Application specifies the information sought from the department and the period for which the information is required. This letter can be used to seek information from the Central Government to Local Governments and any such public offices. This includes: 1. Disclosure on their organization, functions and structures; 2. Powers and duties of its officers and employees; 3. Financial information. The right to information is regulated under the Right to Information Act, 2005 (RTI Act). The Public Authority includes bodies of self-government established under the constitution or under any law or government notification. It also includes any entities (for instance Non-Government Organization) owned, controlled or substantially financed by the government. Under the RTI Act, Public Authorities (government officials) are required to disclose various aspects of their structure and functions. The Right to Information under the RTI Act includes the right to: • Inspect works, documents, records; • Take notes, extracts or certified copies of documents or records; • Take certified samples of material; • Obtain information in the form of printouts, tapes, video, or any other electronic mode. Some in...

By, Amrita Dasgupta, South Calcutta Law College. An 82 year long movement came to an end in May, 2005 when the Right to Information Act was passed unanimously by both the Houses of Parliament. It is marked as the dawn of a new era. It is a powerful tool for the citizens to know the system better and also how tax on their hard-earned money is being used by the authorities. It became effective on and from October 13, 2005 and extends to the whole of India except the state of Jammu and Kashmir. The Central Information Commission (CIC) consisting of a Chief Information Commissioner and the Information Commissioners not exceeding 10, is given the authority to interpret the RTI Act, 2005. Right to Information Act is a basic human right protected by the Constitution of India. Just like it has empowered the citizens to beseech the public authorities for any information on governmental functions, it also has categorically exempted information relating to certain public authorities from release. Other statutes like the Official Secrets Act, 1923 and the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 contain certain provisions according to which some types of information are immune from disclosure. Moreover, it is only the public sector where the Right to Information Act is applicable. Therefore, the Act has limited area of operation. Also in People’s Union for Civil Liberties v. Union of India AIR 2004 SC 1442: (2004) 2 SCC 476, a Division Bench of the Supreme Court of India, constituted by Justice S.B....

Anjali Bharadwaj, a transparency activist based out of New Delhi, made a simple query with the Chief Labour Commissioner seeking the details of allocations made to states from the PM-CARES fund. Her RTI request was transferred five times before it was answered. Queries by other activists about the relief fund — the date on which it was granted an FCRA licence and income tax rebate, for instance — remain unanswered. The Prime Minister’s office has stonewalled all queries, stating that the PM-CARES fund, set up to receive grants and provide relief during the Covid-19 pandemic and other such situations in the future, is not a public authority and bears no scrutiny under the Right to Information (RTI) Act. For four years, RTI activist Venkatesh Nayak has been fighting to find out the name of the Deputy Governor who placed the demonetisation proposal before the RBI board and the representations it received; his queries on electoral bonds and the representations received have also gone unanswered. With the landmark transparency law set to complete 15 years on October 12, responses to queries on various aspects of the government’s functioning continue to be delayed, or simply ignored. Read: Posts vacant The government’s actions over the past years have further weakened the RTI regime: amendments have diluted various mechanisms under the Act; there is undue delay in filling up vacancies in the Central Information Commission (CIC), leaving it without a person in charge for the fift...

Table of Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Introduction Citizens have the right to know about the government and the way it functions while making decisions, this is what the Right to Information Act endeavours. However, the right is not absolute and it can be legitimately restricted on certain grounds. The judiciary is also applying law related to Right to Information on a case to case basis approach.This article deals with the issue of exemptions from disclosure of information under the Right to Information Act, 2005. Section 8 of the RTI Act, 2005 The Right to Information Act is not unqualified. It is understood that not all government information is releasable for the public eye. If the government and the public should agree on something, it is that some confidential information is of such sensitive nature that there is a potential of serious harm or threat to paramount interest, and it cannot be released under the circumstances present at the time of such request for information. A simplified example, to better gather this qualification, is that if someone desires information of the number of troops being deployed by the country during the war, it is the job of the government to ensure that these details are kept safe and not released because such a divulsion can give rise to risks to national security. However, if someone filed an application to release the same information a whole two years after the war, it would become hard for the gov...

By Deeksha, Prince, and Sanya Editor’s Note: The legislative intent is clear; we are entitled to know how our money is spent. The onus is on us to make the Act work. In effect, therefore, the right conferred on the citizen is an exhaustive one. It allows him to assess and examine every government decision, to study the reasons recorded by the government for taking a particular step, and to utilize information so gathered to ensure that government acts in a transparent and just manner. Indeed, the preamble to the Act puts it well when it says, “democracy requires an informed citizenry and transparency of information” and adds these “are vital to its functioning and also to contain corruption and to hold Governments and their instrumentalities accountable to the governed”. The RTI Act , as it stands today , is strong tool to uphold the spirit of democracy. The need of the hour is that the RTI Act should be implemented to ensure that the objects of the RTI Act are fulfilled. INTRODUCTION “The real Swaraj will come not by the acquisition of authority by a few, but by the acquisition of capacity by all to resist authority when abused”. When Mahatma Gandhi said this, he may not have imagined that one day India will have to make a law to empower people for something as basic as seeking information about the development of the country. The date of 12th October 2005 shall be remembered as a new era of empowerment for the common man in India. It is applicable everywhere except the s...