Media and Information Rights in Democracy

Khabar Lahriya: It is a newspaper which is a fortnightly that is run by Dalit women in Chitrakoot district of Uttar Pradesh. It reports the issues of the Dalits. It has its reach to the farmers, shopkeepers, school teachers, panchayat members and literate women.

The first newspaper to be printed in India was "Bengal Gazette" by James Augustus Hickey in 1780. It was a weekly English newspaper. 

In 73rd Amendment Act, at least one third of seats in Local Self Government are reserved for women because women constitute nearly half of the population. 

Mass media is the means of communication used to reach the general public. The platforms of mass media are televisions, newspaper, radio, internet, magazines etc. It provides news, entertainment, and reflect culture. The set up of mass media whether it is a TV studio or newspaper agency require a lot of money. Mass media earns money by advertisement such as cars, chocolate, shampoo, daily utility things etc. Mass media is connected to business houses to generate regular income.

Television images travel huge distances through satellites and cables and allow us to view news and entertainment channels from other parts of the world. Most of the cartoons that we see on television are mostly from Japan or the United States. We can now be sitting in Chennai or Jammu and can see images of a storm that has hit the coast of Florida in the United States. Thus, television has brought the world closer to us.

 Television
has enabled us to think of ourselves as members of
a larger global world. Television images travel huge distances through satellites and cables and allows
us to view news and entertainment channels from
other parts of the world. 

Newspapers, television, and radio can reach millions of people because they use certain technologies. Changing technology, or machines, and making technology more modern, helps media to reach more people. It also improves the quality of sound and the images that we see. It also changes the ways in which we think about our lives.

Digital media technology is helpful in bridging gaps and differences. With the revolution of technology in Media e.g., Television. People can watch happenings all over the world whether it is news, fashion trends, politics, knowledge, charity, humour and so on. We are linked to the world virtually and TV has determined what we know and how we think, the way we believe and how we perceive ourselves and the world around us.

The government has some control on the media. When the government prevents either a
news item, or scenes from a movie, or the lyrics of a
song from being shared with the larger public, this
is referred to as censorship. There have been periods
in Indian history when the government censored the
media. The worst of these was during the Emergency
between 1975-1977.

Media plays an important role in democracy. It is regarded as the fourth pillar of democracy. It provides news and discusses events taking place in the country. It makes people aware of how the government works, what are the policies being implemented by the government so that people can take action accordingly. 

Media plays an important role in democracy. It is regarded as the fourth pillar of democracy. It provides news and discusses events taking place in the country. It makes people aware of how the government works, what are the policies being implemented by the government so that people can take action accordingly. 

Electronic media are media that uses electronics or electromechanical energy to transmit the informations. For example TV, radio, audio recording, video recording, CD-ROM, and online contents. Through electronic media information reaches to the audience much faster than print media.

Khabar Lahariya is an Indian local newspaper started in the year 2002. The first issue of the newspaper was published in may 2002 from the town of Karwi in Chitrakoot district of Uttar Pradesh. The newspaper covers local political news, local crime report, social issues, and entertainment all reported from a feminist point of view. It is run by Dalit women and published in rural dialects of Hindi and Avadhi.

PIO refers to public Information officer. They play a pivotal role in making the right of a citizen to Information a reality.

OFFicial secrets Act 1923 is not an obstacles to the Implementation of RTI Act Section 22 of the RTI Act 2005 clearly says that RTI would over ride all existing Acts including Officials secrets Act. 

A. Transparency of government

The basic object of the Right to Information Act is to empower the citizens, promote transparency and accountability in the working of the Government, contain corruption, and make our democracy work for the people in real sense.

File notings indicates the thought process of the government which not comes under the definition of 'information' under RTI Act 2005.

According to the Right to Information Act (RTI) 2005, within 30 days the authorities should compulsorily proved the information asked by the person.

Right to Information (RTI) is an Act of the Parliament of India to provide for setting out the practical regime of right to information for citizens and replaces the erstwhile Freedom of information Act, 2002.  This law was passed by Parliament on 15 June 2005 and came fully into force on 12 October 2005.

Parliament has enacted a law giving the right to information to the citizens.

The Right to Information Act came into force on October 12, 2005. This Act gives the citizens of India the right to 

a) seek and receive information from the government and other public authorities.

b) ask them certain questions.

c) take copies, including certified copies of documents.

d) inspect documents.

e) take sample of materials. 

Right to Information is an Act of the Parliament of India under which any citizen of India may request information from a "public authority" which is required to reply expeditiously or within thirty days.The law was passed by Parliament on 15 June 2005 and came fully into force on 12 October 2005. The Act covers the whole of India except Jammu and Kashmir. It covers all the constitutional authorities, including executive, legislature and judiciary; any institution or body established or constituted by an act of Parliament or a state legislature.

The Right to Information came into force on Oct. 12, 2005. This act gives the citizens of India the right to:

The Right to Information Act 2005 was passed by Parliament on 15 June 2005 and came into existence force on 12 October 2005.

The full form of R.T. I  is right to Information. Right to Information is act of the Parliament of India to provide for setting out the practical regime of the right to information for citizens and replaces the erstwhile.
Freedom of Information Act.

The Right to Information (RTI) act is an Act of parliament of India which replaces the Freedom of Information Act.