Do you think official secrets act is an hindrance in free flow of information?
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The Official Secrets Act 1923 is the anti-espionage act of India held over from the British colonial period. The objective is to prevent helping an enemy state against India and that no one can approach, inspect, or even pass over a prohibited government site or area. It extends to the whole of India and applies also to servants of the Government and to citizens of India outside India. It became a contentious issue after the implementation of the Right to Information Act since the Official Secret Act does not define “secret” or “official secrets”. But public servants could deny any information terming it a “secret” when asked under the RTI Act.
According to this Act, helping the enemy state can be in the form of communicating a sketch, plan, model of an official secret, or of official codes or passwords, note or document include the transfer or transmission of the sketch, plan, model article, to the enemy.
Considering the objectives of the act, it is not a hindrance to the free flow of information but a necessity for the country and her people.