{"id":1117,"date":"2026-08-09T18:46:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/pyq\/discuss-the-right-to-information-and-underline-challenges-being-upsc-psir-2016-1803\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:23:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:53:57","slug":"discuss-the-right-to-information-and-underline-challenges-being-upsc-psir-2016-1803","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/discuss-the-right-to-information-and-underline-challenges-being-upsc-psir-2016-1803\/","title":{"rendered":"Discuss the Right to Information and underline challenges being posed before it."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>\u2014 how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> RTI Act 2005 as a working statute <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> right to know operationalised<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> right to know rooted in Art 19(1)(a) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <i>Bennett Coleman \/ Manubhai Shah \/ PUCL<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>Art 19(1)(a) base + three cases <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> ends colonial secrecy <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> transparency + accountability <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> tracking funds \/ welfare \/ services \/ records <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> participatory governance <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> turn to working gaps <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> pendency, poor records, weak Section 4 disclosure <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> 2019 Amendment + commissioner independence <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> political appointments <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Official Secrets Act 1923 + security exemptions <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> no penalties <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> activist attacks + resistance on political parties<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>statutory promise of openness vs ground reality of delay, secrecy and weak enforcement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> strong in design, weak in delivery <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> fix enforcement and commission independence<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> transparency becomes real only when commissions are empowered and secrecy laws are aligned<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[42],"pyq_marks":[35],"pyq_topic":[59],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1117","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-42","pyq_marks-15-marks","pyq_topic-salient-features-of-the-indian-constitution","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4711,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1117\/revisions\/4711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1117"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1117"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1117"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}