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The Right to Information Act is an Act to provide for sifting out the practical regime of Right to Information for citizens to secure access to information under the control of public authorities. It was brought into force in order to promote transparency and accountability in the working of even public authority, the constitution of India Central Information Commission and State Information Commission and for matters connected there with or incidental here to. Right to Information is a part of fundamental rights to speech and expression. As early as in 1976, the Supreme Court culminated in the Raj Narain V/s State of UP, that people cannot speak or express themselves unless they know. As a matter of fact, Right to information was embedded in article 19. Right to Information Act 2005 empowers every citizen to get the required and desired information.