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RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT: A STUDY ABOUT AWARENESS

    1 Author(s):  JASPAL SINGH

Vol -  7, Issue- 5 ,         Page(s) : 90 - 93  (2016 ) DOI : https://doi.org/10.32804/CASIRJ

Abstract

India is the largest democracy of the world. Democratic governments are based on government public trust. Availability of information in public domain helps to form a truly democratic society. Government-citizen information sharing promotes discussion in public sphere. It helps the citizen to inform a transparent and accountable public sphere. Social scientist believes that public participation is must for a participatory development in a democratic country. In this context RTI is an important tool of citizen empowerment. It has been used by the citizen in all spheres of public life i.e. in Political, administrative, development and economic issue. It is rightly pressuring the policy maker to act on the guidelines of public welfare. This paper is an effort to study the awareness about RTI Act among college teachers

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