NEW DELHI: All is not right with the Right to Information (RTI) Act in India. A recent rating of 123 countries with functional right to information laws saw the country slip to number six on the list. While it slipped by only a notch from last year, it is several rungs down the list from 2011, when the global RTI rating started. India was at number 2 then.
The rating, which is under a project by Access Info Europe and the Centre for Law and Democracy, looks at how RTI laws function across countries that have introduced such a law. The list uses a 150-point scale to indicate the strengths and weaknesses of freedom of information laws around the world. The score is based on 61 indicators categorised under seven heads – right to access, scope, requesting procedure, exceptions and refusals, appeals, sanctions and protections, promotional measures.
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