Volume : I, Issue : VII, April - 2012

RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT AND THE ROLE OF PRESS, MEDIA & NGO’S

Dr. Krushna Chandra Dalai

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The right to information is implicit in the Constitution of India, even so the dominant culture of the executive has been one of the secrecy and resolute denial of access of information to the citizen, Citizens groups The reverberations of this struggle led to a nationwide demand for a law to guarantee the right to information to every citizen, with widespread support from social activists, professional, lawyers, and persons with in the bureaucracy, politics and the media, who are committed to transparent and accountable governance and people’s empowerment. The detrimental denial of transparency, cumbersome and confusing procedures, proliferation of mindless controls, and poor commitment at all levels to reality results of public welfare. The media have a major professional role stake in the right to information because it would greatly aid the investigation of executive action. This paper will attempt to outline firstly the significance of the right to information, particularly in empowering ordinary citizens to combat state corruption. It will describe in some detail about the role of press, media and Ngo’s active participation in the right to information.

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Dr. Krushna Chandra Dalai RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT AND THE ROLE OF PRESS, MEDIA & NGO’S Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.I, Issue.VII April 2012

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