About the Book: Right to Information (rti) and Rural Development in India
Since independence in 1947, numerous programs and schemes in India have been
launched and massive amounts spent for the development of rural areas. However,
the overall socio-economic conditions of rural people continue to be
unsatisfactory. Rural India is still marked by many disadvantages, such as a
high incidence of poverty, unemployment, illiteracy, malnutrition and related
diseases, poor infrastructure, and more. The failure is chiefly due to the
faulty implementation of development and welfare programs. The enactment of the
Right to Information (RTI) Act 2005 was a landmark in the history of
administration in India. The new