From Manmohan to Modi, government has been working to kill RTI Act

Amit Shah asserted last week that Indian citizens do not feel the need to file applications under the RTI Act because Modi government has set high standards in transparency,
No government wants something as “silly” as transparency to come in the way of making it more accountable.
Since 12 October 2005, when the RTI Act began to be implemented, successive governments have used every trick in the book to make it toothless and weaken its provisions.

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The Central and state governments did everything to keep information out of the public domain.
The higher judiciary, which used to be at the forefront of transparency movement, is also maintaining a studied silence.

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