RTI Act and Its Impact on Administrative Transparency: A Study with Reference to Nanded District

Introduction: The environment of business is governed by legal aspects. The legal aspects presented by different commercial enactments have been exercising their impact upon day to day work of trade, commerce and industry. There are a No. of Act such as: Indian Contract Act, The Sale of Goods Act, The Partnership Act, The Payment of Wages Act and so on. Recently a No. of enactments have come into force because of Liberalization, Privatization and Globalization. One of such Acts is the Right to Information Act (RTI). The Right to Information (RTI) is an act of the Parliament of India which sets out the rules and procedures regarding citizens' right to information. It replaced the former Freedom of Information Act, 2002. Under the provisions of RTI Act, any citizen of India may request information from a "public authority" (a body of Government or "instrumentality of State") which is required to reply expeditiously or within thirty days. In case of matter involving a petitioner's life and liberty, the information has to be provided within 48 hours. The Act also requires every public authority to computerize their records for wide dissemination and to proactively publish certain categories of information so that the citizens need minimum recourse to request for information formally