RTI 2005 - The Right to Information Act

RTI 2005 - The Right to Information Act

The Right to Information Act 2005 or RTI 2005, came into force in order to encourage a corruption free, transparent and accountable form of government in which the citizens feel a sense of power and safety.

India is a democratic nation and in order to encourage true democracy, every Indian citizen can demand certain information from the Government if desired.

This is the motto of RTI 2005: to grant freedom to the people in order to seek information from the Government.

RTI 2005 is applicable to all states of India except for Jammu and Kashmir.

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Under the act, a citizen can demand from any public or government authority any information (as long as it does not pertain to national security and defence or some personal information) and the authority is supposed to respond within a period of 30 days to the application.

Also, every government / public authority is supposed to computerize their records for wide distribution of information. On 15th June 2005 the Parliament had passed the law and on 12th October 2005, the law fully came to force. The first application for RTI was submitted at a police station in Pune.

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