Right to information

Aruna Roy and Suchi Pande

Chapter 12 in Critical Issues in Human Rights and Development, 2021, pp 261-281 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: The right to information (RTI) has an implicit association with concepts such as transparency and accountability. Demands for transparency and accountability are normally a response to poor governance by States. In this chapter, we document the relations between the different actors and their different temporal and spatial interactions that shaped the framing, the content of the right and the struggle for India's right to information legislation. We focus on the potential of India's RTI legislation to strengthen transparency and accountability of the state as well as the iterative struggles over the construction of new rights, the process of law making from below, and the ongoing struggles to protect the Indian RTI law.

Keywords: Development Studies; Law - Academic; Politics and Public Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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