Socio-Economic Profile of Rural India: South India

Meaningful substantive democracy ought to be founded on the notion of an informed public adequately equipped to participate thoughtfully and actively in the governance of the country. If transparency and accountability are the imperatives for sustaining democratic governance, access to information is a vital instrument of societal transformation. The Right to Information Act, 2005 has been enacted to provide for setting out the practical regime of right to information for the citizens to ensure