CHAPTER-FOUR
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WERMENT
Empowerment is viewed as a the mechanism
pmcess. bș
wùicù people, and communities gain
organizat’tottżî,
over their lives.“ Julian
Rappaport’s(1984)
The term empowerment refers to measmes designed
t0 ìncreasethedegreeofautonomyand self-detenx inaãonin
pæpli and in communities in order to enable them to
represent theé interests ina responsibleandself- determined
way, acting on theé own authority. Empowermen t as action
refers both to th. process of self-empowerment and to
professional supp ft OÎ people, which enables them to
overco me their see se of powerlessness and lack of inß
uence, and to recognize and use
Łeirresowces.
1. HG22T TO INFORMATION
Infomationis Łe new cw encyo f
omch;g,g» g> o rld”
The Ri@tto Information Act is active citizens and civil
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Łe proiluct oflong struggles
of
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transpaency in Ñe function ie ty
ing ofgove
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tp make government oNcials answera ble to the people of
this j;ggestde irocracy oflndia. Yiough this is not a
Fundamental Right as provided by the ConstimtiOR Of fndia
in the third part, and it came into being as a stamtory law,
nevertheless it supplement ie pp,idamcntal Riglio to
cmpowcr individual in a more
positive
p3,vuicrto act as an infomed and active citizen while dealing
with the elected government and its bureaucracy. In a
way, it iiiifills one ofthe necessary conditlons to make
India a lnctional, vib« nt and relatively pmicipatoiy
democmcy.
1. When docs it come into force?
jt cornes into force on theOctober,l 2th 2005 (120th day of iO
enactment on 15th June, 2005). Some provisions have come into
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public authorities, designation of Public Information Officers and
Assista nt Public Information Officers andconstitution of
Ce ntral InformatiOllCommission,constitutionofState
y of the Act to Intelligence and Security Organizations and power to make ni
2. Who is covered?
The Act extends to the whole of India except the State of
Jammu
and Kashmir.
3. What does information mean?
Information means apy material in any form including records,
documents, memos, e-mails, opinions, advices, press releases,
circulars, orders, logbooks, contacts, reports, papers, samples,
models, data material held in any electronic form and
infomation relating to any private body which can be accessed by
LlbllG it Uthority under any other law for the time being in force.
4t hat does @ght to InformaÑon meaa?
• fl cludes the fight to -
lt
i. Respect documents, records.
works,
Take notes, ext
racts or certified copies of documents or
records.
Take cepified Sampl
*- Obtain lflfomiat es of material.
ion in form of printouts, diskettes, ñoppies,
tapes, O CâSSettes
vid or in any other elecPonic mode or
through
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