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Background
Overview
Crucial for understanding citizen's rights, good governance, transparency, accountability, and the functioning of democratic institutions. It's a key instrument for administrative reforms and public participation, often linked to judicial activism and constitutional interpretation.
The Right to Information Act, 2005, is a landmark parliamentary legislation that empowers citizens to secure access to information from public authorities in India, promoting transparency and accountability in governance. It aims to operationalize the fundamental right to information, implicitly guaranteed under Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution.