Right to information a key to good governance

The right to information Act 2005 is a comprehensive legislation enacted to confer statutory rights on the citizens of India for seeking information from any public authority. This has opened new vistas of governance through transparency and accountability in administration. True democracy cannot exist unless all citizens have a right to participate in the affairs of the polity of the country. The right to participate in the affairs of the country is meaningless unless the citizens are well informed on all sides of the issues in respect of which they are called upon to express their views. A successful posits an 'aware citizenry'. One sided information, disinformation, misinformation and non-information makes democracy a farce. Right to information can be used to elevate democracy to participatory democracy.