What are the advantages of right to information act 2005 in india?

Answer 1

According to my opinion ...

Official Secrets Act 1923 is the father of RTI act 2005 ,

According to Official Secrets Act 1923, RTI can only provide certain amount of information to the people.

Well about RTI , RTI needs a long term procedure, and the officials controlling this are the same officials working for that suspected Officer once or some maybe continuing to work, their is a series of chain, if the suspect is found guilty , the whole chain becomes guilty according to the law, RTI is good to get the information out , like to know how the system works in our high level of understanding but RTI is still not the best remedy to decide the Resignation. Filling an RTI is very easy , anyone can file it , but the complexity during RTI is again just a MIND GAME played by higher officials. Do you know why there is no RTI in Jammu and kashmir ??

And according to me RTI act doesnot promote transparency and but provides a little amount of accountability, how we can expect transparency if father of RTI , i.e, Official Secrets Act 1923 , is already present at the first place . ha ha ha...

by, tanakiron

Answer 2

The Right to Information Act 2005 (RTI) is an Act of the Parliament of India, passed by the UPA Government , in favor of the people of India.

It implements freedom of information legislation in India on a national level "to provide for setting out the practical regime of right to information for citizens."

The Act applies to all States and Union Territories of India, except the State of Jammu and Kashmir.

Under the provisions of the Act, any citizen 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 computerize their records for wide dissemination and to proactively publish certain categories of information so that the citizens need minimum recourse to request for information formally.

This law was passed by Parliament on 15 June 2005 and came fully into force on 13 October 2005 . Information disclosure in India was hitherto restricted by the Official Secrets Act 1923 and various other special laws, which the new RTI Act now relaxes.

As far as the act is concerned, there is no hidden risk involved. Citizens are free to know from the Government authorities about any matter they wish to know