Answer:
The
'Right to Information Act was passed by Indian Parliament on 15 June 2005 and
replaced the erstwhile Freedom of In for motion Act 2002.
The act covers the whole of India except Jammu and Kashmir.
This law has empowered people to act as watchdogs of democracy in the
following ways
(i) This act has given people an
extensive right to know what is happening in the government.
(ii) This act enabled people to know about every details of any
programmes from the levels of planning to implementation. By this, they can know
lapses, misappropriation, etc if any, by any officials and file a complaint.
(iii) This law helped control corruption and supplement
the existing laws that ban corruption and impose strict penalties.
(iv) This law help to know who has taken the decision was
the decision taken as per the established norms and procedures. So the executive
have to think twice before taking any biased decision.
(v) Through this law, people are empowered with the right
to know the source of income, details of expenditure, etc. This puts an
effective control over the government officials while dealing with the funds.
(vi) In normal course, information to an applicant shall be supplied
within 30 days from the receipt of application by the public authority. If information
sought concerns the life or liberty of a person, it shall be supplied within 48
hours.
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