An Act to provide for setting out the practical regime of right to information for
citizens to secure access to information under the control of public authorities,
in order to promote transparency and accountability in the working of every public
authority, the constitution of a Central Information Commission and State Information
Commissions and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. WHEREAS the
Constitution of India has established democratic Republic; AND WHEREAS democracy
requires an informed citizenry and transparency of information which are vital to
its functioning and also to contain corruption and to hold Governments and their
instrumentalities accountable to the governed; AND WHEREAS revelation of information
in actual practice is likely to conflict with other public interests including efficient
operations of the Governments, optimum use of limited fiscal resources and the preservation
of confidentiality of sensitive information;
AND WHEREAS it is necessary to harmonise these conflicting interests while preserving
the paramountcy of the democratic ideal;
NOW, THEREFORE, it is expedient to provide for furnishing certain information to
citizens who desire to have it.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-sixth Year of the Republic of India as
follows:—
For More
WB RTI Rules:-
|