What is RTI and when did it come into force?
Right to Information (RTI) is
an Act of the Parliament of India "to provide for setting out the
practical regime of right to information for citizens" and replaces the
erstwhile Freedom of information Act, 2002. Under the provisions of the Act,
any citizen of india may request information from a "public
authority" (a body of Government or "instrumentality of State")
which is required to reply expeditiously or within thirty days. The Act also
requires every public authority to computerise their records for wide
dissemination and to proactively certain categories of information so that the
citizens need minimum recourse to request for information formally.
This law was
passed by Parliament on 15 June 2005 and came fully into force on 12 October
2005. The first application was given to a Pune police station. Information
disclosure in India was restricted by the Official Secrets Act 1923 and various
other special laws, which the new RTI Act relaxes. It codifies a fundamental
right of citizens.
Right to Information (RTI) is an Act of the Parliament of India "to provide for setting out the practical regime of right to information for citizens" and replaces the erstwhile Freedom of information Act, 2002. Under the provisions of the Act, any citizen of india may request information from a "public authority" (a body of Government or "instrumentality of State") which is required to reply expeditiously or within thirty days. The Act also requires every public authority to computerise their records for wide dissemination and to proactively certain categories of information so that the citizens need minimum recourse to request for information formally.
This law was passed by Parliament on 15 June 2005 and came fully into force on 12 October 2005. The first application was given to a Pune police station. Information disclosure in India was restricted by the Official Secrets Act 1923 and various other special laws, which the new RTI Act relaxes. It codifies a fundamental right of citizens.
