Question

RIT acts as watchdog for democracy?

Answer 1

Information Act was implemented by Indian Parliament on 15th June, 2005 and replaced the earlier Freedom of Information Act, 2002. The act covers the whole of India except Jammu and Kashmir. RTI as a Watchdog of Democracy
This law has empowered people to act as watchdogs of democracy in the following ways:
(i) This act has given people an extensive right to know what is happening in the government.
(ii) This act enabled people to know about every detail of any programme from the levels of planning to implementation. By this, they can know lapses, misappropriation, etc if any, by any officials, and file a complaint.
(iii) This law helped control corruption and supplement the existing laws that ban corruption and impose strict penalties.