The Ambit of RTI and Political Parties- A Critical Analysis
The Author of this blog is Vikash Kumar, student of 5th year, BA LLB (H), School of Law, UPES, Dehradun Overview of the RTI Act The four major aspects of good governance are ‘Transparency’, ‘Accountability’, ‘Predictability’& ‘Participation’ and Right to Information (RTI) Act works as catalyst to achieve the same. Because of the RTI Act, every person is entitled to seek information from the government authorities and this also includes inspections of the documents and seeking certified copies of the documents. [1] The major objectives of the act is to eradicate corrupt practices by promoting transparency & accountability and most important to create a legal framework that ensure access of information to each and every class of the society. This legislation was the outcome of many grass-roots & civil society movements from Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan to National Campaign for People’s Right to Information and many mores. Apart from the different movements from al