Right to Information Act (RTI ACT 2005) A perspective study on government employees of India

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The study seeks to give the perspective of Right To Information (RTI Act 2005) from the lens of Central Public Information Officer (CPIO). Right to Information act is a fundamental human right of each individual. The famous French philosopher Michel Foucault once pronounced, power is derived from knowledge and information is the basic component of knowledge. Information makes men wise and it is competent enough to cope up with the modern world. In this way, it is the obligation of government to illuminate subjects about everyday happening whatever inside the government. The change from administration to great administration is conceivable, if there is probability of expanding participation of individuals in administration and free access of Information. By figuring it out this reality, Indian Parliament has passed Right to Information act, 2005 to make government, responsible, capable, effective and straightforward. This paper tries to feature the essential rules of RTI act, the connection between Right to Information Act 2005 and good governance and the issues relating to RTI act. In closing part, the paper gives some suggestions for fruitful working of RTI act.

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RESEARCH ARTICLE
Right to Information Act (RTI ACT 2005) A perspective study on
government employees of India
Rajath Bafna. D.
Christ (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560076.
*Corresponding Author E-mail:
ABSTRACT:
The study seeks to give the perspective of Right To Information (RTI Act 2005) from the lens of Central Public
Information Officer (CPIO). Right to Information act is a fundamental human right of each individual. The
famous French philosopher Michel Foucault once pronounced, power is derived from knowledge and
information is the basic component of knowledge. Information makes men wise and it is competent enough to
cope up with the modern world. In this way, it is the obligation of government to illuminate subjects about
everyday happening whatever inside the government. The change from administration to great administration is
conceivable, if there is probability of expanding participation of individuals in administration and free access of
Information. By figuring it out this reality, Indian Parliament has passed Right to Information act, 2005 to make
government, responsible, capable, effective and straightforward. This paper tries to feature the essential rules of
RTI act, the connection between Right to Information Act 2005 and good governance and the issues relating to
RTI act. In closing part, the paper gives some suggestions for fruitful working of RTI act.
KEY WORDS: RTI Act 2005. Central Public Information Officer, Fundamental Right, Parliament, Right to
Information and Administration.
INTRODUCTION:
The main objective of the RTI act 2005 is to harmonize
the public interests, that is, ensuring transparency to
bring accountability and containing corruption on the
one hand, and at the same time ensure that the revelation
of information, in actual practice, does not harm or
adversely affect other public interests which include
efficient functioning of the governments, optimum use of
limited fiscal resources and preservation of
confidentiality of sensitive information.
Received on 27.11.2018 Modified on 15.04.2018
Accepted on 28.08.2018 © A&V Publications all right reserved
Int. J. Ad. Social Sciences. 2019; 7(3-4):55-62.
The RTI ACT 2005 is a part of fundamental rights under
article 19(1) of the Constitution of India. It empowers
citizens to know their entitlement to avail a particular
public service, and redress the grievance, if any. It also
includes right to be heard and consumer education, I;e
education about his rights. It is based on the rationale of
participatory, transparent and accountable governance.
Under the RTI ACT 2005, public servants can also be
questioned on their conduct and, thus, made accountable.
It is also critical for giving the disadvantaged a voice in
the formulation of local decisions that affect their lives
(Pathlavath, 2016). RTI will help in this process.
This act will have jurisdiction over every Public
Authority in the country. In States, which have already
passed or plan to pass such laws, both the state and
Central Acts will co-exist - giving citizens a choice. The
RTI has become strong tool in bring transparency in the
governmental bodies, but the effort must be made to

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strengthen the system by resolving the problems not only
faced by the applicants but also addressing the problems
faced by the various public authorities Central Public
Information Officer (CPIO)/ Assistant Public
Information Officer (APIO).
To get the first-hand knowledge of how RTI works in the
various department & what all are the problems CPIO
face, the researcher took interest and visited Central
Information commission, New Delhi & Rajya Mahiti
Aayog (Karnataka state information commission) under
the RTI cell of Department Of Legal Affairs and analyse
the Problems faced by the CPIO with respect to
section/APIO and come up with the suitable suggestions
and land mark decisions passed by CIC. Dialogue
process of various stakeholders in the process makes
more evident (Pathlavath, 2018).
OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY:
The researcher aims to understand how lack of
awareness about RTI Act among citizens is causing
mental harassment to the CPIO/APIO and how lack of
amendments in act is been used as weapon to give
torture to the government officials.
REVIEW OF LITERATURE:
There is long history of RTI Act 2005 in India. It
required a considerable measure of exertion and time to
make RTI (Right to Information) a reality for national.
There were numerous existing rules contrary to the right
to information. Researcher will be providing various
challenges and evolution of RTI in India. The first half
talks about the challenges and the next half talks about
the evolution of RTI Act 2005. In the long history of RTI
Act 2005 in India, there were different difficulties to
overcome. Since British circumstances, there have been
numerous laws that denied execution of ideal to data.
Essential laws that denied Right to Information in
India is created underneath:
The Official Secrets Act, 1923: This law was the most
imperative test in the historical backdrop of RTI Act
2005 in India because it precluded every open hireling
from revealing any data to people in general.
(Madbhushi Sridharacharyulu)
Section 123 of the Indian evidence Act 1872: No one
might be allowed to give any confirmation got from
unpublished authority records identifying with any issues
of State, aside from mind the consent of the officer at the
leader of the division concerned, who should give or
withhold such authorization as he supposes fit. Vow by
the Public Servant: Before joining obligation, open
hireling swears that the data is a state mystery.
New delivery channel to commence and be useful to
masses, it is worthwhile to examine various components
of its interface with payment systems, technology,
security, regulatory aspects and functionality (Anil
Kumar Pathlavath, 2013).
Rule 11 of The Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules,
1964: No Employee of the Secretariat might, aside from
as per any broad or unique request of the Secretariat or
in the execution in accordance with some basic honesty
of the obligations appointed to him/her, convey,
straightforwardly or in a roundabout way, any official
record or any part thereof or data to any Employee of the
Secretariat or some other individual to whom he/she isn't
approved to impart such archive or data.
Rule 9 of The All India Services (Conduct) Rules, 1968:
No individual from the Service should aside from as per
any broad or uncommon request of the Government or in
the execution in compliance with common decency of
obligations relegated to him, convey straightforwardly or
by implication any official archive or part thereof or data
to any Government worker or some other individual to
whom he isn't approved to impart such record or data.
Archives Policy Resolution of 22 December 1972: States
that all archives are grouped for a long time and from
there on just non-secret material is accessible to a limited
scope of individuals. Indeed, even unclassified material
can't be conveyed to anybody outside the legislature
without consent. The previously mentioned predominant
laws are viewed as principle obstacles to appropriate to
data in the historical backdrop of RTI Act 2005 in India.
what really matters, argue many development experts, is
what happens after people are connected to technology.
(Pathlavath, A, K, 2013)
Evolution of RTI Act 2005:
Every now and then, there have been numerous moves
by government and in addition private organizations to
convey appropriate to data to the native. I have recorded
underneath different vital occasions in the advancement
of the RTI Act, 2005 that left a mark on the world of RTI
Act 2005 in India.
1977: Janata Government headed by Morarji Desai
constituted a working gathering to discover if the
Official Secrets Act, 1923 could be altered to encourage
more noteworthy stream of data to the general
population. The working gathering suggested that the
Act of 1923 ought to be held without change.
1986: In the renowned instance of Mr. Kulwal v/s Jaipur
Municipal Corporation the Supreme Court gave obvious
mandate that Freedom of Speech and Expression gave
under Article 19 of the Constitution specifies that Right

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to Information as without information the freedom of
speech and expression cannot be fully used by the
citizens.
1990: Heading the National Front government, Prime
Minister V.P Singh, first legislator to lay accentuation on
RTI, worried on the significance of Right to Information
as an administered right. He endeavoured to sanction
enactment in 1989-90. Be that as it may, because of the
political flimsiness at the time, the thought did not
emerge and V P Singh was expelled from office in 1990,
as his administration lost the certainty vote in Lok
Sabha.
1994: MazdoorKisan Shakti Sanghatan (MKSS) began a
grassroots battle for Right to Information – requesting
data concerning advancement works in provincial
Rajasthan. This development developed and the battle
brought about the administration of Rajasthan instituting
a law on Right to Information in 2000.
1995: Draft Act was defined in a gathering of social
activists at the LBSNAA, Mussoorie, 1995.
1996: National Campaign for People's Right to
Information (NCPRI), one among a few common society
gatherings, was established with the goal of getting
enactment on RTI passed. Because of the developing
interest for ideal to data, the Press Council of India under
direction of its Chairman Justice P B Sawant drafted a
law which was later refreshed and changed at a
workshop and renamed "The Press Council– NIRD
Freedom of Information Act, 1997.
1997: Tamil Nadu turned into the main state in India to
have passed a law on Right to Information.
1997: The Madhya Pradesh Government issued official
requests to 36 divisions to actualize Right to Information
which later expanded to in excess of 50 offices.
1997: Goa law making body established a law on Right
to Information.
1998: When the NDA came to control, Prime Minister
A. B. Vajpayee guaranteed the country that a Law on
Right to Information should be ordered soon.
1999: Government controlled Ministers.
1999: Union Urban Affairs Minister passed a regulatory
request on straightforwardness in the Urban Affairs
Ministry.
2000: Freedom of Information Bill, 2000 was presented
in Parliament, and was alluded to a Select Committee of
Parliament.
2001: NCT Delhi get together passed a law on Right to
Information.
2002: Report of Select Committee in mid 2002.
2002: In September, Maharashtra Government passed
RTI Ordinance that overwrote the Maharashtra RTI Act,
2000.
2002: The Hon'ble Supreme Court of India, by its
request dated second May, 2002 in Civil Appeal No.
7178 of 2001 (Union of India versus Relationship for
Democratic changes and another) guided the Election
Commission to call for data on testimony by issuing vital
request in exercise of its energy under Article 324 of the
Constitution of India from every hopeful looking for race
to Parliament or a state lawmaking body as a
fundamental piece of his selection paper.
2003: On 31st January MP Government passed MP RTI
Act.
2003: In August, Maharashtra Government changed over
its Ordinance into new RTI Act.
2004:UPA Government came to control in 2004. The
National Advisory Council (NAC), otherwise called the
shadow government, was framed under Mrs. Sonia
Gandhi. The fundamental target of the Council was to
screen usage of government conspires and exhort
government on strategy and law.
2004: NCPRI defined revisions to Freedom of
Information Act, 2002 and sent to the NAC. NAC
supported with minor changes and prescribed to the
Government (Prime Minister). There was hesitance
among government officials and civil servants in
embracing these progressions. There was an endeavour
made to re-tell the prior Freedom of Information Act;
This move confronted across the board dissents by
subjects and common society.
2004: Finally, on 23rd December 2004, UPA
Government tabled the RTI Bill 2004, pertinent just to
the Union Government. The common society was not
content with this. A large portion of the data required by
the basic man was from state governments. The bill did
not fill the need of the regular man. A few individuals
from the NAC too were miserable with this. After
overwhelming campaigning by NCPRI and different
associations the Right to Information Act, 2005 was
passed with 150 alterations. Bill is currently relevant to
States moreover.
2005: RTI Bill was passed in Lok Sabha on eleventh
May 2005, and in Rajya Sabha on twelfth May 2005. It

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got consent of President of India on fifteenth June 2005,
and was distributed in the Gazette of India on 21st June
2005. RTI Act, 2005 came into compel with impact from
twelfth October 2005, and known as Right to
Information Act, 2005 (Act No. 22 of 2005). Above
reviewed are some of most influential events that led to
the evolution of RTI Act 2005 in India.
METHODOLOGY:
Research methodology is a systematic process that
solves a problem and reaches to a precise solution as the
formulation of problem is more important than the
formulation of solution. Albert Einstein famously said
that “If I had 20 days to solve a problem, I would take 19
days to define it.” That’s how important formulation of a
problem is.
The methodology adopted for this study is content
analysis. A mixed method of both quantitative and
qualitative approach has been adopted and the one to one
indepth interview of Central Information Commisioner
Madbhushi Sridharacharyulu, Registar Babulaji, legal
assistants: Prasad sir, Mohendra , Srikanth, Richha, RTI
Activist Paras Jain, Subhaschandra Agarwal, K.G. Thang
CPIO, Lalitha.K Assiatant Public Information officer
(APIO) of Department of Legal affairs, ministry of Law
and Justice, Government of India, L. Krishnamurthy
State Chief Information Commissioner Government of
Karnataka has been taken and has been analysed on the
basis of each section of the RTI Act 2005 through the
CPIO’S perspective. Two prominent blogs and two
social networking sites have also been analysed. The
reason why the researcher has adopted a mixed method
is that it has given him the realistic perspective of how
RTI Functions at various government levels. The same
has been done by also by analysing the content of RTI
Blogs and the online presence of RTI and the role played
in increasing awareness about RTI has also been
carefully looked at.
The researcher got an opportunity to go and study the
working of Central Information Commission under the
guidance of central information commissioner
Madbhushi Sridharacharyulu. He has witnessed the
hearings for four days and got the first hand experience
from the commissioner about the history and functioning
of RTI. He also got an opportunity to interview the legal
assistants working at CIC, where he was introduced to
the real world of Right to Information. Later on, legal
assistants took him to the registrar and told him about the
various appeals that come to the commissioner’s office.
The researcher has also studied 100 cases pertaining to
ministry of law and justice and these cases were
considered to be landmark decisions passed by the
commissioner.
The cases ignited the curiosity in the researcher as to
why the CPIO’S/APIO’S and the First appellate
authority failed to furnish the information on time and
that led to the second part of his research journey.
Through the contacts of commissioner, he got an
opportunity to visit the Ministry of Law and Justice,
Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi and got an appointment to
interview the CPIO/APIO, the first Appellate Authority
and also the government officials of various departments
in Shastri Bhavan. The visit to Shastri Bhavan helped
him look at the other side of the RTI Act and how it has
been used as a weapon by appellants to mentally harass
the government officials, and this is an issue that the
researcher has analysed in detail. Efforts have been made
to explain the problems faced by particular sections of
the act. The field visit to the CIC and Shastri Bhavan,
New Delhi and the interactions with the government
officials helped him come up with the loopholes in the
act and the remedies to make the act free from loopholes
and make it more efficient.
To overcome all the limitations to express their rights
and issues. The dialogue between the stakeholder gives
scope to share the problems and community people
advised to rise on specific issues that concerned them
(Anil kumar Pathlavath, 2018).
During his stay in Delhi, he also met a few RTI activist
like Paras Jain of a blog called ‘Whistle for public
interest’ that is dedicatedly working on how RTI can be
used to expose the scams and bring transparency. He
also met Subash Chandra Agarwal, an RTI activist who
suggested the researcher to refer and analyse the content
on two blogs called RTIIndia blog and IndiaRTI blog to
get a theoretical knowledge about the functioning of
RTI. Also, these activists have a great presence on social
media and are addressing the query of appellants and are
helping them use the act more efficiently without mental
harassment to public authority.
Analysis and Discussion of the data
Analysis of two prominent RTI Blogs from Web
journals: There are many websites that have discourses
identified with RTI Act. For this exploration, two online
journals were taken for examination in light of the
quantity of clients. The two most conspicuous sites
rtiindia and Indiarti were picked as they had the greatest
number of guests. A concept is chosen for examination,
and the analysis involves quantifying and tallying its
presence. The focus here is on looking at the occurrence
of selected terms like RTI Critic, RTI INDIA New
Features, RTI Success Story, My view point on RTI Act,
RTI Application, RTI Replies, First Appeal, Second
Appeal, RTI Issues, Income Tax RTI Matter, Provident
Fund, RTI Issue, Passport RTI Issue, Cooperative
Housing Society RTI Matter, Media and RTI, Central

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Information Commission, State Information Commission
etc.
RTIindia blog –This blog has classes in giving the data,
and guests can read the data shared by the enrolled
client. On the off chance that the guests need to share the
data on RTI, they can likewise enlist and make account
in this blog and offer data. The classifications in which
the guest can get to data on the blog are My Experiences,
landmark decisions of Central Information Commission,
RTI Critic, RTI INDIA New Features, This blog has a
download called RTI toolbar, as other apparatus bar
which give simple access to joins, data. This toolbar
additionally set on the highest point of the website page
give the client simple access on the blog and destinations
identified with RTI. There is a committed connection
called ‘Media and RTI’ which covers issues in light of
media
Indiartiblog –This blog contains data on the examples
of overcoming adversity, where the examples of
overcoming adversity clarify how the candidates utilized
RTI for getting data and how they uncovered different
tricks. They additionally give data, for example, NGOs
in RTI, RTI help lines, RTI Videos, Resources, Govt
sites, PIO and AA list, Rules, Text of the Act, IC sites,
Find volunteers in your general vicinity, Appeal rules,
FAQs, Understanding RTI, RTI as an anticorruption
instrument, RTI examples of overcoming adversity. For
any guest they can make utilize this blog for
comprehension the RTI and encourages them to clear up
the inquiries they have. This blog likewise has chronicle
of examples of overcoming adversity from Dec 2005 to
Feb 2012. Additionally this blog give the guest an office
to buy in the post through the membership of the blog by
simply giving the email id of the guest the blog
proprietor is rtiindia, and the remarks are mostly given
by two RTI activists in particular Karira and Tarus.
Table 1:
Location
Delhi
Secunderabad
Chennai
Total Posts
113
33505
2131
Posts per day
0.07
17.37
1.24
Download of
messages per day
1
42
10
Upload of messages
per day
39
70
0
Refferals
158
90
4
Helped in posting
6
80
5
(Details of the frequent users of the rtiindia blog)
There are many individuals who visit the blog, rtiindia is
blog proprietor, though Karira and Tarus are visit guests
and they are social activists who remark or answer to the
questions posted by the blog guests.
Content taken for examination from the blog: The 30
recent discussion are taken for analysis from the blog
Category of subjects in rtiindiablog. The blog has
ordered the posts into following points
• Media and RTI: RTI issues that are talked about in
media
• Provident store RTI issue: PF issues are examined and
there are questions raised by guests on the best way
to utilize RTI for dealing with PF issue
• RTI issue: The general RTI issues like filling RTI and
answer isn't acquired so the guest approaching how
to go for bid or the methodology to approach for
court
• RTI application: guest raise inquiry on the most
proficient method to document RTI application
• Passport RTI issue: Passport issues are talked about
and there are questions raised by guests on the best
way to utilize RTI for dealing with international ID
issue
• RTI faultfinder: Criticism on RTI
• RTI Act: The RTI Act itself is talked about for bringing
issues to light
• Uncategorized: the various points talked about are
clubbed into this uncategorized gathering
Table 2:
Media and RTI
2
6.7
Provident fund RTI ISSUE
1
3.3
Karira's experience
4
13.4
RTI Issue
1
3.3
RTI application
1
3.3
Passport RTI Issue
2
6.7
RTI Critic
1
3.3
RTI Act
1
3.3
Uncategorised
17
56.7
(Category of topics in rtiindiablog.)
The class of the message posted is said in the blog.
• Uncategorized means present that are connected on
RTI, a few presents related on customer mindfulness
and identified with instruction. This has the higher
level of 56.7 contrasted with different classes
• Media and RTI and international ID RTI issue shares
just 6.7% each
• Experience from RTI, it can be either positive or
negative offers 13.4% of the posts
• Other classifications like provident store RTI issue,
RTI issue, RTI application, RTI pundit, RTI Act
shares 3.3% each
Category of points in indiartiblog: The blog has sorted
the posts into following subjects Expose: This
classification contains present that are connected on
presentation of tricks, or subsidizes remain unutilized by
open experts Landmark choice: Decision made by the
State Information Commission (SIC) or Central
Information Commission on the interest made to them

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Success stories: Success stories of guest on how they
utilized RTI for looking for data
Table 3::
Expose
14
46.7
Landmark decisions
7
23.3
Success stories
9
30
(Category of themes in indiartiblog)
The class of the message posted is said in the blog
• Expose is the class wherein there are numerous realities
that are uncovered through RTI, it might be trick, or
subsidizes left unutilized et cetera. This classification
takes the most noteworthy level of 46.7%
• Landmark choice is the classification on which the
choices made by court or the data commission either
the state or the focal chooses and give their judgment
on some issue which contacted them for advance.
This classification takes 23.3% of alternate
classifications.
• Success story is the one which is identified with the
stories that got prevailing through recording RTI
application, this class takes 30%
Posts in these two online journals identified with
social change:
In this exploration the social change in the blog content
is ordered into
• Awareness of RTI: Awareness that may help the guest
to comprehend RTI and enable them in documenting
RTI for looking for data them to require. From this
the guest may get a plan to look for data through RTI
and they can be a dependable native.
• Education identified with RTI: RTI utilized for training
reason. Getting a change the instructive segment will
affect the future age for a social change.
• Information identified with RTI: Information on RTI
cases that may help the guest to comprehend what is
going on in the State Information Commission or
Central Information Commission. So the guests may
get the information on RTI and they can likewise
develop thought on recording RTI for looking for
equity
• Exposure of Scams through RTI: When tricks are
conveyed to the familiarity with individuals,
legislator or government authorities may have a
dread that this Act may likewise uncover them in the
event that they include in debasement. Likewise it
will make individuals mindful of the defilement and
furthermore help them to battle against degenerate
practices and lawmakers.
Table 4:
No. of
posts
%
No. of
posts
%
Awareness of RTI
3
10
3
10
Education related to RTI
5
16.7
3
10
Information on RTI
7
23.3
11
36.7
Exposure of scams
through RTI
10
33.3
9
30
Discussions not related to
RTI
5
16.7
4
13.3
(Posts on the online journals rtiindiablog and indiartiblog identified
with Social change)
Social Networking Sites: The prevalence of any issue or
sharing of learning and data and making mindfulness is
done basically on long range interpersonal
communication destinations (SNS) in the present
situation. Facebook and twitter are two prominent SNS
in our nation. Social change is made conceivable through
these SNS, henceforth these exploration investigations
the talk and substance of these SNS identified with
social change.
Facebook: In the famous Social Networking webpage
Face book, there exists an open gathering called
'Appropriate To Information and an Anti idebasement
India' which is a Complete Online Community Portal for
Right to Information in India, giving legitimate
understanding of RTI Act to help Citizens, Officers,
Activists, Media, Lawyers, NGO's, Social help Groups
and Research researchers. This page goes for Rightful
understanding of Right to Information Act giving help to
Indian Netizens, Officers, NGO's, Lawyers, Social
Workers, RTI Activists, Media for distributing news, and
Research Scholars. RTI India entrance now has more
than 3,971 confirmed clients. In this way consistently
there is some quantum of dialog being carried on by the
clients. They share photographs, news articles, reports on
RTI
Twitter: This is additionally a prevalent long range
interpersonal communication site where there exists a
page called RTI ACT & Right to Information Act Portal
India
Appropriate to Know-The page bolster those conjuring
Right to Information by method for legitimate
understanding and group bolster. India
Tweets
5
792
Following
652
74
Followers
294
3920
(Source: One more page called RTI INDIA @rtiindia Official RTI
INDIA Twitter Account. Right to Know- The page support those
invoking Right to Information by way of rightful interpretation and
community support. India http://www.rtiindia.org)

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Social change in Social Networking Sites (SNS) with
exceptional reference to Facebook and Twitter:
According to the exploration the social change in the
SNS content is grouped into.
• Awareness of RTI: Awareness that may help the guest
to comprehend RTI and enable them in documenting
RTI for looking for data them to require. From this
the guest may get a plan to look for data through RTI
and they can be a dependable national.
• Education identified with RTI: RTI utilized for
instruction reason. Acquiring a change the instructive
area will affect the future age for a social change.
• Information identified with RTI: Information on RTI
cases that may help the guest to comprehend what is
going on in the State Information Commission or
Central Information Commission. This brings social
change when individuals are given the possibility of
the interest methodology at SIC or CIC and
furthermore they can likewise develop thought on
documenting RTI for looking for equity
• Exposure of Scams through RTI: Social Chang
happens when the tricks are conveyed to the
consciousness of individuals, consequently legislator
or government authorities may have a dread that this
Act may likewise bring them out on the off chance
that they include in debasement. There are different
dialogs on RTI done on this site. The substance of the
whole week is taken for examination. There are 214
posts in the watched week (Jun 8-14).
In twitter there are 96 tweets found, for which the
examination was finished
Table 5
No. of
posts
%
No. of
posts
%
Awareness of RTI
119
55.6
50
52.1
Education related RTI
17
7.9
29
30.2
Information on RTI
55
25.7
12
12.5
Discussions on scams
23
10.8
5
5.2
(Discussions and posts on social change in Social Networking Sites)
At the point when the talks of the SNS are examined,
• Awareness on RTI brought by Facebook and twitter is
of 55.6% and 52.1% individually
• In expediting social change through dialog instruction
identified with RTI was accomplished more by
twitter taking 30.2% while Facebook has just 7.9%
• Information on RTI, such as sharing data about the Act
involves 25.1% by Facebook and twitter has 12.5%
• Discussions on tricks are examined vary by Facebook
when contrasted with Twitter. They take 10.8% and
5.2% repectivelyRecent tweet exchanges are
predominantly on the incorporation of RTI Act in the
school syllabus. A portion of the fascinating tweets
posted as of late are prameetdharamshi@PrameetD
The Center is thinking about presentation of lessons
on different features of the Right to Information Act
in the school educational programs.
VishweshwarRaste@VMRaste working of rti to data
in #india - #transparency in general society life/issues
is a MUST @PMOIndia sec 4 of the rti
demonstration says Right To Information Act has
revealed many scams. With more national activism,
thousands more will soon be uncovered.
CONCLUSION:
We started this research paper identifying the problems
and the mental harassment faced by the government
officials due to the lack of awareness about RTI Act
2005 among the masses. The researcher has also taken
efforts and analysed two prominent RTI blogs and their
presence on social media, the contribution of RTI on
social media is evolving as the digital infrastructure in
the country is growing. Also, the digital activism by
karira is creating mass online awareness among the
appellants and helping them how to use RTI Act
effectively. After the implementation of Right to
Information Act 2005, subjects have discovered a device
to bring in transparency and responsibility at all levels of
administration.
Specifically, the Right to Information Act has a
substantially higher effect on the personal satisfaction of
poor people and underestimated area of the general
public. Notwithstanding, the energy of the Act is still to
be completely figured it out. The nationals, government,
media and common society associations need to
complete a great deal to achieve the expected target of
the Act and to address different issues and requirements
in getting to the information under the Act. Right to
Information Act has satisfactory “teeth” to bring
transparency and reduce corruption.
In the meantime it acknowledged that the Act has not yet
achieved the phase of execution which was imagined. In
any case, it is as yet a matter of pride that we have given
to ourselves, an instrument which can possibly introduce
transparency, and reduce corruption. While the attention
to the significance of transparency has in reality
expanded, framework should be worked around it to
enable it to work better. In the meantime, the way to
expanding responsibility of open specialists lies in
realizing attitudinal changes – which is something that
requires some investment. The Right to Information Act
of India plainly states in its exceptionally introduction,
"democracy requires an educated citizenry and
transparency of information which are essential to its
working and furthermore to contain corruption and to
hold governments and their instrumentalities responsible
to the represented." Without data being made accessible
to the general population, there can be no democracy.
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estimations of rule of law, fairness, equity, participation,
transparency, responsiveness, consensus, economy,
productivity and viability or more all impeachable
responsibility and administer of rule of law.
As individuals are sovereign and every one of the
activities in government are intended for individuals in a
democracy, responsiveness to individuals is the hallmark
of democratic governance. Corruption in broad daylight
organizations has antagonistically influenced good
governance. Individuals have shortcomings; and it can
be contended that no framework can be free of manmade
vices; yet numerous nations have indicated effective
change from poor administration to great administration.
The Right to Information must develop forward and
backward linkages with other organisations to provide
strength and creativity to it.
From the above data and figures we can come to a
conclusion that the Act should not be allowed to be
misused or abused, to become a tool to obstruct the
national development and integration, or to destroy the
peace, tranquillity and harmony among its citizens. Nor
it should be converted into a tool of oppression or
intimidation of honest officials striving to do their duty.
The efforts must be made to bring necessary changes by
amending the RTI Act 2005 and thereby overcoming the
loopholes that have surfaced with the misuse of the
many fundamental concepts.
Findings from the discussions with the CPIO and
other Government officials:
A strong opinion need has been felt to provide some
guidelines which will serve the interest of both the
parties. There are certain urgent amendments required in
the RTI ACT 2005:
a. Increase the fee or at least set word limit or minimum
limit for the questions to be asked in one RTI
application.
b. Provision to penalise the applicant for abusing his
Right to Information or clogging public office for
asking nonspecific information, such as, copy of all
records, minutes of meetings, repetitive questions etc.
c. Provision should be made which describes the format
of how to seek the information by the applicant,
illegible handwriting with typical format will not be
entertained.
d. There must be monitoring body which looks into the
matter of the implementation of CIC’s orders.
e. Powers of CIC must be increased so that they can
penalise the appellants for making vague, repetitive
questions which clogs and hampers the time of public
authority.
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