Volume : VI, Issue : II, February - 2017

TEN YEARS OF RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT- A REVIEW PAPER

M. Jai Ganesh

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 The progress of paradigm shift from ‘State-centric’ to ‘Citizen-centric’ model of development, came into existence in India with the enactment of Right to Information Act, 2005 (hereafter referred as the Act) .Various Colonial Acts such as Officials Secrets Act, Indian Evidence Act, Civil Services Code of Conduct Rules etc., which contains the provisions that restricts the fundamental right to information was removed with the implementation of this Act. In the modern democracy, the accountability and transparency have become the indeed tools in shaping the countries progress and development, only with the access to information that can be archived, But the colonial laws have restricted the access of information to the citizens’.

 

But time has changed now with the implementation of Right to Information Act 2005, people can access the government held information which allows the individuals to better understand the role of government and the decision made on their behalf. The progress of democracy always depends on the informed citizens’. The access to information enables peoples to participate fully in the decision making along with the government.       

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M. JAI GANESH, TEN YEARS OF RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT- A REVIEW PAPER, GLOBAL JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH ANALYSIS : Volume-6, Issue-2, February‾2017


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