Right to Information by Palak Lotiya
RIGHT TO INFORMATION, since the conception of the very thought has
remained a controversial issue and has contracted a dilemma –‘To be or
Not to be’.
India has witnessed a long transition period to diversify from the repressive climate of official secrets act to one where citizens can demand the right to information.
The system of governance in India has traditionally been opaque, with the state retaining the colonial Official Secrets Act enacted in 1923 as it continued to operate in secrecy at the administrative level.
The flurry of interest in transparent governance spurred up in 1980 with the collapse of authoritarianism and the emergence of new democracies that gave rise to constitutions that include specific guarantees on right to information.
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