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"It was from the villagers that I learnt that what we need actually is answers from the government," according to Aruna Roy who led the mass movement for a law making the government answerable to the people.
Roy was speaking at a function to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the introduction of the Right to Information Act by the UPA government in 2005.
The RTI Act has changed the way people pursue their problems with the government. Armed with crucial information millions of people have managed to get their due rights from the otherwise stonewalling ways of the government, according to many speakers at the function held at Delhi's Lady Irwin college on October 14 to mark the milestone in India's democratic evolution.
Eight million questions are annually posed to the government by people across the country using the provisions of Right to Information Act. Questions relate to the status of their ration card applications, tender details about certain roads in villages, amount spent on projects, unjust application of state powers and why certain social benefits are being denied. The RTI is now seen as a powerful too in the hands of the citizens. The RTI Act of 2005 replaced the rather sterile Freedom of Information Act of 2002.
What is RTI?The Right to Information Act, 2005 is a law that makes it mandatory for the public officials to reply to questions from citizens within 30 days. If they fail to give information, they should state the grounds for the same. That action can be appealed at another level. |
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