RTI (IIPM-News)

In October 2005, the landmark Right to Information (RTI) Act came into being, with an aim to challenge the status quo represented by the corrupt bureaucratic and political class in the country. It gives Indian citizens the right to inspect works, documents, records; take notes, extracts or certified copies of documents or records; in other words obtain information from public records. But the bureaucratic machinery maybe uneasy to let go and awareness levels are still low. Some NGOs and active civil society advocates are invoking the RTI in their own ‘active’ sphere, till date no major landmark use has been made of this path-breaking act.

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