GS2 · 15 marks · 250 words
Assess the effectiveness of the Right to Information Act, 2005 in ensuring transparency and accountability in governance in the last two decades.
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Syllabus: Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability, e-governance- applications, models, successes, limitations, and potential; citizens charters, transparency & accountability and institutional and other measures.
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Opening
- A constitutional or legal provision1 of 2
- No separate opening1 of 2
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- Points2 of 2
Close
- A summary1 of 2
- A way forward1 of 2
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