requires an informed citizenry and transparency of information which
are vital to its functioning and also to contain corruption and to
hold Governments and their instrumentalities accountable to the
governed; "
Here emphasis has been laid on the words " to contain corruption " .
As per Transparency International's annual survey India has slipped
from 84th position to 87th. It means India has become more corrupt
than year before despite there being an important tool called " RTI
act 2005 " to contain corruption .
The Scale which ranges from zero (perceived to be highly corrupt) to
10 (thought to have little corruption). India scored 3.3 in the
corruption perception index, which ranks countries on a scale from 10
(highly clean) to 0 (highly corrupt).
Corruption's ultimate consequences has to be borne by the poor ,
vulnerable and deprived section of the society . This section
constitutes a major chunk of India's Population.
So this is the time the Governments and civil societies in India
should introspect as to for what purpose the RTI act was enacted and
if it is serving that intended purpose . If no , then what are the
factors responsible for this contradictory situation of rising
corruption despite there being a strong tool called " Right to
Information Act 2005 " .
--
Urvashi Sharma
RTI Helpmail( Web Based )
aishwaryaj2010@gmail.com
Mobile Rti Helpline
8081898081 ( 8 A.M. to 10 P.M. )
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