Question

What do you mean by transparancy and what sort of right given to indian citizen in order to keep transparancy in decision making?

Answer 1

In a broad sense, transparency is about: how much access to internally-held information citizens are entitled to; the scope, accuracy and timeliness of this information; and what citizens (as "outsiders") can do if "insiders" are not sufficiently forthcoming in providing such access.

Excessive secrecy can undermine the quality of public decision-making and prevent citizens from checking the abuses of public power. This can have a corrosive effect on virtually all aspects of society and governance. Transparency -- in terms of both information disclosure and dissemination and access to decision-making -- is therefore very important as it better enables civil society to:

• hold government and/or key decision-makers to account;

• promote good governance;

• improve public policy and efficiency;

• combat corruption.