Right to Information: India

A Right to Information in the context of India means two things:

• A Right to have access to information held by the government relating to a legal right of any person. This information could be in the form of records, files, registers, maps, data, drawings, etc.

• A Right to be told something which could affect a person's rights. This means that the government has a positive duty to give certain types of information without waiting to be asked for it. This would include information on issues concerning projects which directly affect the people or the environment, information on health, agriculture, weather conditions etc.