The RTI’s shift to a ‘right to deny information’
The RTI Act mandates government transparency as a democratic necessity, though it balances this with specific exemptions like personal information privacy. This tension between open access and data protection is central to understanding modern open data governance frameworks.
Source: thehindu.comPublished on 2026-09-28
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