Lacuna in the Right to Information Act-2005 in India with Respect to Human Rights

Abstract: International organizations like Common Wealth Human Rights Initiative strongly advocates that the Right to Information (RTI) is fundamental to the realization of rights and for effective democracy Democracy 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. Says the preamble of the Indian Right to Information (RTI) Act. The act provides effective access to information for citizens of India, which is under the control of the public authority. It promotes transparency and accountability in the working of every public authority. The Right to Information Bill, 2005 was passed by the Lok Sabha on May 11, 2005 and by the Rajya Sabha on May 12, 2005 and received the assent of the President of India on June 15, 2005 and came into force on October 12, 2005.However, there are still some lacunaes in the Act that need to fixed up in order to ensure smooth functioning of the government. The present research work is based on the theoretical study of this topic. The theoretical work will deal with the literature relating to right to information of a citizen from its government. A comprehensive study shall be conducted through the websites, journals, and newspapers and books. On the basis of the above discussion, it is proposed to divide the research paper into the following parts:-