Question

In India, Right to Information is a -------- right.
1. Fundamental
2. Personal
3. Legal
4. Ex-officio

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : Fundamental

The correct answer is Fundamental.

• RTI or Right to Information Act is a fundamental right and is an aspect of Article 19 (1)(a) of the Indian Constitution.
• Right to Information replaced the Freedom of Information Act, 2002.
• RTI helps Indians receive information about the government in a systemic, time-constrained, and hassle-free manner by enabling them to question certain delays in projects and accounts of spending from the taxpayer's money in various projects.

• The right to information offers an invaluable tool, which every person in India can use to find out information that can make their lives better.
• 2005 was a momentous year for the right to information in India because it saw the enactment of a national right to information law.
• The Central Act was passed by the Indian Parliament on 12 May 2005 and received Presidential assent on 15 June 2005.
• It came into force on 12 October 2005.

• The Right to Information (RTI) is an act of the Parliament of India which sets out the rules and procedures regarding citizens' right to information.
• It replaced the former Freedom of Information Act, 2002.
• Under the provisions of the RTI 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.
• In case of the matter involving a petitioner's life and liberty, the information has to be provided within 48 hours.
• The Act also requires every public authority to computerize their records for wide dissemination and to proactively publish certain categories of information so that the citizens need minimum recourse to request information formally.
• The RTI Bill was passed by the Parliament of India on 15 June 2005 and came into force with effect from 12 October 2005.
• Every day on average, over 4800 RTI applications are filed.
• In the first ten years of the commencement of the act over 17,500,000 applications had been filed.