How has the RTI (Right to Information) Act passed in 2005 affected consumers in India? -SST 10th

How has the RTI (Right to Information) Act passed in 2005 affected consumers in India? -SST 10th
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(i) The RTI Act ensures citizens all the information about the functions of government departments.  (ii) By filing an application under RTI Act, a citizen can ask the government department to furnish information.  (iii) For example, people make complaints about the lack of civic amenities such as bad roads or poor water and health facilities, but no one listens. Now the RTI Act gives them the power to question the respective government department.
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Sec 4,5,12,13,15,16.24.27 & 28 of RTI act come into force at once, ad the remaining provisions of this act shall come into for on a) 15 Jun 2005 b) 12 Oct 2005 c) The one hundred and twentieth day of its enactment d) Above B&C

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