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      Right to Information Act 2005,was promulgated in 2005 to promote transparency and accountability in the working of every public authority.     All the citizens to request information from any public authority about work, action,etc.     It empower the ordinary citizens to question the government and its working.     Used by media and citizens to uncover the corruption progress in government  work,expenses related information etc.     Firstly Right to Information act developed from Sweden in 1766.     In India, Tamilnadu is the first state to Pass the RTI law in 1997.     Freedom of information act,2002 passed, but not came into force,this act  were replaced as RTI in 2005 and came into force on October 12th. Objectives of RTI act: • Empower the citizens • Promote transparency • Control corruption • An information citizens will be better          equipped • Government more accountable to     Govern the society. Salient features of RTI act: • All the citizens possess th

     The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was set up in 1963 by a resolution of the  Ministry of Home Affairs. Later, it was  Transferred to the Ministry of Personnel  and now it enjoys the status of an attached office. The Special Police Establishment ( which looked into vigilance case) setup in 1941 was also merged with the CBI.     The establishment of the CBI was recommended by the Santhanam  Committee on Prevention of corruption (1962-1964). The CBI is not a statutory body. It derives its powers from the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act,1946.     The CBI is the main investigating agency of the Central Government. It plays an important role in the prevention of corruption and maintaining integrity to the Central Vigilance Commission and Lopal Motto, Mission and Vission of CBI Motto:  Industry, Impartiality and Integrity. Mission: To uphold the Constitution of India and law of the land through in-depth investigation and successful prosecution of offences; to p

            On the 13 th of August, 2014, the Modi Government scrapped the 65-year-old Planning Commission and announced that it would be replaced by a new body.  Accordingly, on January 1, 2015, the NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India) was established as the successor to the Planning Commission.         However, it must be noted here that the NITI Aayog, like that of the Planning Commission, was also created by an executive resolution of the Government of India (ie., Union Cabinet). Hence, it is also neither a constitutional body not a statutory body. In other words, it is a non- constitutional or extra- constitutional body (i.e., not created by the Constitution) and a non-statutory body ( not created by an Act of the Parliament).        NITI Aayog is the premier policy  'Think Tank'  of the Government of India,providing both directional and policy inputs. While designing strategic and long term policies and programmes for the Government of Indi

 National voters day on January 25th    The Election commission is a permanent and an independent body established by the constitution of India directly to ensure free and fair elections in the country. Article 324 of the Constitution provides that the power of superintendence, direction and control of elections to parliament, state legislatures, the office of  President of India and the office of vice-president of India shall be vested in the election commission. Thus, the Election Commission is an all-india body in the sense that it is common to both the central government and the state governments.     

    The term Panchayat Raj   in India signifies the system of rural local self-government. It has been established in all the states of India by the acts of the state legislatures to build democracy at the grass root level. It is entrusted with rural development. It was constitutionalised through the 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act of 1992.  The Act defines all these terms in the following manner:     (a) Panchayat means an institution (by              what ever name called) of self-                      government for rural areas.     (b) Village means a village specified by            the governor by public notification to           be a village for this purpose, and            Includes a group of villages so            specified.     (c) Intermediate level means a level            between the village and district            levels specified by the governor           by public notification for this            Purpose.      (d) District means a district in a state.   The