Question

write a brief note on rti act

Answer 1

This is about RTI act in India. But it can be generalized since the concept is same

Right to Information (RTI) is an Act of the Parliament of India to provide for setting out the practical regime of right to information for citizens and replaces the erstwhile Freedom of information Act, 2002. Under the provisions of the Act, any citizen of India may request information from a "public authority" (a body of Government or "instrumentality of State") which is required to reply expeditiously or within thirty days. The Act also requires every public authority to computerise their records for wide dissemination and to proactively certain categories of information so that the citizens need minimum recourse to request for information formally.

The Act covers the whole of India except Jammu and Kashmir, where J&K Right to Information Act is in force. It covers all constitutional authorities, including the executive, legislature and judiciary; any institution or body established or constituted by an act of Parliament or a state legislature. It is also defined in the Act that bodies or authorities established or constituted by order or notification of appropriate government including bodies "owned, controlled or substantially financed" by government, or non-Government organizations "substantially financed, directly or indirectly by funds"

Answer 2

Passed by Parliament on 15 June 2005 and came fully into the process on 12 October 2005, the RTI is an act that supersedes the former Freedom of information Act, 2002. This act provides for setting out the working government of the right to information for citizens. Through the implementation of this act, any resident of India may ask information from a "government administration" (a body of Government or "agency of State") which is expected to respond within thirty days. All the states of India come under the provision of this act except of Jammu and Kashmir (where the J&K RTI Act is in force).