The Importance Of Democracy

Mahatma Gandhi said, “Real Swaraj will come, not by the acquisition of authority by a few, but by the acquisition of the capacity by all to resist authority when it is abused. ” It was a necessity to provide an Act to furnish with the right of information to the citizens of India to secure an access to the information which is under the control of public authorities, to promote transparency and accountability. A democracy is only within the books when the citizens of the nation are denied acquiring the information which is under the control of public authorities. Thus the transparency of information becomes significant in order to prevent the propagation of the viral and contagious disease of corruption in the country, to hold the Governments and their agencies accountable to the governed citizens. Sir Winston Churchill once described the democracy as “The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter ” but it can be said that if the Right of Information is given to the governed then it automatically gets neutralized. Allowing people to seek and receive public documents serves as a critical tool for fighting corruption, enabling citizens to more fully participate in public life, making governments more efficient, encouraging investment, and helping persons exercise their fundamental human rights. Information belongs to the people; governments simply hold information in their name. Public documents include anything from a birth