This presentation provides preamble of the Right to Information Act 2005. RTI Act 2005 Preamble provides guidance for interpretation of the RTI Act.

1. Right to Information
Act, 2005: Preamble
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Right to Information Act, 2005: Preamble
 The Preamble is the touchstone of the Act as it
provides interpretative guidance. Just as the basic
features of the Constitution of India form the basis for
interpretation of laws so also the understanding of the
Preamble of the RTI Act assists in arriving at the
objectives of the Act.
 Thus, it is important to understand preamble of RTI
Act before understanding provisions of the Act.

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Right to Information Act, 2005: Preamble
 An Act to provide for
setting out the practical regime of right to information
for citizens to secure access to information under the
control of public authorities, in order to promote
transparency and accountability in the working of
every public authority,
the constitution of a Central Information Commission
and State Information Commissions and
for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

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Right to Information Act, 2005: Preamble (Contd...)
 WHEREAS the Constitution of India has established
democratic Republic;
 AND WHEREAS 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;
(Justifies constitutional need of Right to
Information)

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Right to Information Act, 2005: Preamble (Contd...)
 AND WHEREAS revelation of information in actual
practice is likely to conflict with other public interests
including efficient operations of the Governments,
optimum use of limited fiscal resources and the
preservation of confidentiality of sensitive information;
 AND WHEREAS it is necessary to harmonize these
conflicting interests while preserving the paramountcy
of the democratic ideal;
(Puts reasonable Restrictions on Right to
Information)

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Right to Information Act, 2005: Preamble (Contd...)
 Now, THEREFORE, it is expedient to provide for
furnishing certain information to citizens who desire to
have it.
 BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-sixth Year of
the Republic of India as follows:—
RTI Act, 2005 (Section 1-31, Schedule 1&2)

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