Right to Information
The Central Information Commission (CIC) released its annual report (for 2019-20), which covers over 2,000 public authorities across the federal government and Union Territories.
Constitutional and Legal Aspect of Right to Information
- Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005 and its amendment in 2019.
- Article 19(1)(a) and Article 21, by implication, guarantee to the citizens of India the right to know everything done by public functionaries.
Significance of RTI
- Right to information has been seen as the key to strengthening participatory democracy and ushering in people centred governance.
- Access to information can empower the poor and the weaker sections of society ....
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