| Knowledge will forever govern ignorance, and a | | | | good governance are parallel to each other. |
| people who mean to be their own governors, must | | | | Transparency is nothing but the availability of |
| arm themselves with the power knowledge gives. A | | | | information to the general public and clarity about |
| popular government without popular information or | | | | government rules, regulations, and decisions. In a |
| the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce | | | | state like Orissa, the generators and very limited |
| or a tragedy or perhaps both.-- James MadisonWant | | | | persons can access to any information, which should |
| to know how much money was earmarked for | | | | be disseminated among the citizens. That is main |
| repairing roads in KBK district, or how much money | | | | reason for the state to stand in the third position in |
| government allocates for your village medical? Now | | | | the less developed states. Access to accurate and |
| just ask the government and it is obliged to provide | | | | timely information about the economy and |
| the answer of your question with in a specified time. | | | | government policies can be vital for decision making |
| In the age of information affluence, everyone is | | | | on any issues by the citizens. On grounds of |
| starving for information. It may be related to the | | | | efficiency alone, such data should be freely and |
| family, village, town, district, state or nation. We have | | | | readily available to civil citizens.From Official Secrets |
| a custom to keep the essential information secretly. | | | | Act to Right to Information Act, we have covered a |
| We have also a misconception that if we hide some | | | | long journey with many ups and downs. After nearly |
| relevant information from the public then the | | | | a decade of hectic lobbying, we have won the |
| importance of that particular person relating to that | | | | hard-fought struggle for the freedom of Information. |
| particular issue is always been there. Those days are | | | | The campaign for entrenching the right to information |
| gone when everyone has tried to exercise power | | | | in India were finally rewarded on 15 June 2005 with |
| over each other by controlling access to information | | | | the President's assent to the Right to Information |
| and knowledge. Now sharing of information is the | | | | Act 2005. |
| main mantra of good governance. Transparency and | | | | |