The Right to Information Act was passed by Parliament in 2005 with an intention to curb corruption and bring in more transparency and accountability in the working of government departments, and people should utilise the Act, Commissioner of Customs C. Rajendra has said.
He was delivering the inaugural address at the one-day seminar on RTI at Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering, as part of the Techfest being organised by IIT–Mumbai, here on Thursday.
Four tenetsListing the four tenets of the Act, Mr. Rajendra said, “It empowers the citizens, promotes transparency and accountability, contains corruption, and enhances citizens’ participation in democracy.”
He advised students to invoke the provisions of the Act to root out corruption.
