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Volume : III, Issue : IV, May - 2013 THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION IN INDIA: CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND PARADIGM SHIFT IN DEVELOPMENT APPROACH SUNITA ARYA DOI : 10.9780/22307850, Published By : Laxmi Book Publication Abstract : To strengthen the process of paradigm shift from state centric to citizen centric
model of development the Right to Information Moment in India came into existence in
1990s by resolving a major contradiction between the Colonial Acts, which prevents
access to information and the post-independent Indian Constitution, which recognizes
the seeking information as a fundamental right to promote transparent, accountable,
responsible, participatory and decentralized democracy. As a result of grassroots
movement for the Right to Information to combat the corruption, well informed citizens
and to promote the Good Governance, the state has responded in the form of Right to
Information Act – 2005. With the introduction of the Right to Information Act – 2005 the
Colonial Acts such as the official Secrets Act, Indian Evidence Act and the Civil Service
Code of Conduct Rules, which contain provisions that restrict the Fundamental Right to
Information as ensured to the citizens in the Constitution has become irrelevant. Keywords : Article : Cite This Article : SUNITA ARYA, (2013). THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION IN INDIA: CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND PARADIGM SHIFT IN DEVELOPMENT APPROACH. Indian Streams Research Journal, Vol. III, Issue. IV, DOI : 10.9780/22307850, http://oldisrj.lbp.world/UploadedData/2362.pdf References : - Dr. E. Venkatesu, Centre for Panchayati Raj National Institute of Rural Development Rajendra Nagar, Hyderabad
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