Thursday, September 3, 2009

The Right To Information Act-Transparent Governance

"".....much of the common man's distress and helplessness
could be traced to his lack of access
to information,and lack of access to decision-making processes,
and that the government must assume a major responsibility
and mobilize skills to ensure flow of information to its citizens........""

Now in a democracy like ours ,importantly ,information belongs not to the state,
the government of the day or civil service but to the public!
It is recognised by United Nations that

"Freedom of Informaton is a Fundamental Human Right and the touchstone of all freedoms to which the United Nations is consecreted "

The Act is itself based upon
(i) transparancy of the decsion making process
(ii)accountablity,and a consequent duty to disclose information public
(iii) the need for an informed citizenry for strenghthenng of the institution of the democracy
what the government has done to change the mind set of its Services barng exemptions granted in the act?
IT HAS DONE NEXT TO NOTHING
iT IS HERE THAT THE ROLE OF THE CITZENS GROUPS COMES IN TO MAKE AWARENESS ABOUT THE ACT A REALITY AND SPREADD THE MESSAGE TO CHANGE THE MIND SET OF THE BEAURACRACY!
So the citizens have to wake up to this fact otherwise this " age of information affluence " shall turnout to be a night mare

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