A Great and Revolutionary Law? The First Four Years of India’s Right to Information Act
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6360496 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alasdair Roberts (0000-0002-2881-9558, University of Missouri, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 70 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 925-933 |
| Publication date | 2010-10-26 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Public Administration Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-3352 • E-ISSN: 1540-6210 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2010.02224.x |
| OpenAlex | W2109009420 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 32 |
| References cited | 4 |
India's Right to Information Act (RTIA), adopted in 2005, is among dozens of national laws recently adopted that are modeled on the United States' Freedom of Information Act. A large number of studies completed in 2007-2009 have examined challenges in implementing the law. Indian citizens filed about two million requests for information under the RTIA in its first two and half years. However, use of the law has been constrained by uneven public awareness, poor planning by public authorities, and bureaucratic indifference or hostility. Requirements for proactive disclosure of information are often ignored, and mechanisms for enforcing the new law are strained by a growing number of complaints and appeals. Nonetheless, RTIA advocates have demonstrated the transformative potential of the new law, and continue to press energetically for proper implementation. Public authorities and civil society organizations have developed innovations in practice that may be useful to other developing countries adopting similar laws
Bureaucracy · Freedom of information · Political science · Politics · Public law · Sociology · Transformative learning · Freedom of Expression and Defamation · Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection · Law · Privacy, Security, and Data Protection · Public Administration
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| Citations per year | 2 |
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| Citation span | 2010 - 2025 (16) |
| Highly cited | No |