Citizens awareness about RTI ACT: a study of Panchkula city of Haryana

Access to information not only promotes transparency, accountability, Responsiveness and openness, in administration, but it also encourage the effective participation of people in democratic governance development. In this path the RTI Act 2005 is a landmark in the democratic system of India as it has tried to put together a new institutional system for ensuring accountability and transparency in the functioning of Public Private Institutions. The root of the RTI Act is to create an information privilege government in which information can be accessed by any citizen within the provisions of the Act. For this every individual and every young citizen must know about the proper use of RTI Act. This study aimed to assess the awareness among citizens about Right to Information Act in Panchkula city of Haryana. The data has been collected from 100 citizens (including male and female) from Panchkula city. The results revealed that the citizens are aware about RTI and they are less concerned with its proper use.