Right to Information (RTI)
- October 12, 2021
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
- Category: DPN Topics
No Comments
Right to Information (RTI)
Subject – Governance
Context – Over 2 lakh RTI pleas pending
Concept –
- Sixteen years after the RTI Act came into force on October 12, 2005, it is a tool for citizens to demand accountability in governance, with an estimated 40 lakh to 60 lakh RTI requests being filed every year.
- When a request for information is denied by a government body, however, appeals are filed in the Central and State Information Commissions, which act as transparency watchdogs under the law.
To know about RTI Act, please click here.
To know about Chief Information Commissioner(CIC), please click here.
To know about State Information Commission, please click here.