THE GOVERNMENT ENACTED RTI ACT ,2005 WHICH CAME INTO FORCE W.E.F 12
OCTOBER 12,2005 AND CAME INTO AFFECT AFTER 120 DAYS FROM THE ENACTMENT
EXTENDS TO THE WHOLE OF INDIA EXCEPT THE STATE OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR
INDIAN CITIZEN TO SEEK INFORMATION FROM A PUBLIC AUTHORITY IN THE
PRESCRIBED MANNER IN ORDER TO PROMOTE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN
THE WORKING OF SUCH PUBLIC AUTHORITY
A CITIZEN HAS RIGHT TO RECEIVE INFORMATION AND THAT RIGHT IS DERIVED
FROM THE CONCEPT OF FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND EXPRESSION COMPRISED IN ARTICLE
19(1)(a)