Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Jansunwanis
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• Chief Ministers Conference on “effective and
responsive govt” was held on 24th May 1997
wherein the need to enact a law on right to
information was recognized.
• The parliamentary standing committee on
home affairs in its 38th report recommended
that the govt should take measures for the
enactment of such a legislation
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• Report of the National Commission on
Working of the Constitution: 2002
Recommended amendment to art 19(1)(a) as
under :
“ All citizens shall have the right to freedom of
speech and expression which shall include the
freedom to hold opinions and to seek, receive
and impart information and ideas”
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• 179th Report of Law Commission of India:
in constitutional democracies, it is
axiomatic that citizens have a right to know
about the affairs of the Govt., which having
been elected by them seeks to formulate
sound policies of governance aimed at their
welfare
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State Acts:
1. The Tamil Nadu Right to Information Act- 1997
2. The Goa Right to Information Act –1997
3. The Karnataka Right to Information Act- 2000
4. The Rajasthan Right to Information Act- 2000
5. The Delhi Right To Information Act-2001
6. The Assam Right to Information Act -2001
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7. The Madhya Pradesh Right to Information
Act- 2003
8. The Maharashtra Right to Information
Act- 2003
9. The J & K Right to Information Act- 2004
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• The govt of India also appointed a working
group on Right to information and Promotion
of Open and Transparent Govt under the
chairmanship of late Shri H.D.Shourie
• The working group submitted its report in
May 1997 along with a draft of Freedom of
Information Bill to the govt.
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• The report was considered by the
Parliamentary Standing Committee on
Home Affairs chaired by Shri Pranab
Mukherjee.
• The committee gave its positive report on
July 10,2001.
RTI ACT 2005
• The Right To Information Bill,2005 was
passed by the House of People on
11th May,2005.
• By Council of State on
12th May,2005
• Accented by President on
15th June,2005
RTI ACT 2005
• Paradigm shift:
From secrecy under The Official
Secret Act 1923
to
Disclosure under RTI Act 2005.