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Eradicating administrative corruption through transparency in public governance: Global scenario and the right to information act, 2005, in India

By: Rattan, Jyoti and Rattan, Vijay.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Indian Journal of Public Administration Description: 68(2), Jun, 2022: p.174-188.Subject(s): Administrative corruption, Public governance, Right to information, Public administration, United Nations, Sustainable development goals (SDSs) In: Indian Journal of Public AdministrationSummary: Modern governments after having put much of their services on the e-governance mode through the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and the internet have as a result thereof brought about greater transparency in public governance especially at the government-citizen interface level. This has proved to be a giant step in the eradication of administrative corruption. Further impetus was added to this by the advent of Right to Information Law that went a step ahead by opening up the internal functioning of the government to public scrutiny and making bureaucrats accountable for their actions. The article is a humble attempt to examine how and in what ways the Right to Information in India has resulted in bringing about greater transparency in public governance particularly in India, thereby proving to be a milestone in the fight against administrative corruption. – Reproduced
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Modern governments after having put much of their services on the e-governance mode through the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and the internet have as a result thereof brought about greater transparency in public governance especially at the government-citizen interface level. This has proved to be a giant step in the eradication of administrative corruption. Further impetus was added to this by the advent of Right to Information Law that went a step ahead by opening up the internal functioning of the government to public scrutiny and making bureaucrats accountable for their actions.
The article is a humble attempt to examine how and in what ways the Right to Information in India has resulted in bringing about greater transparency in public governance particularly in India, thereby proving to be a milestone in the fight against administrative corruption. – Reproduced

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