Access to Government Information in India: Opportunities and Challenges
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Date
2022-11
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INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar
Abstract
Access to government information is essential to the success of democracy and to ensure human
rights. India is the largest democracy. Indian citizens should be well informed. The objective of the
paper is to describe the need and availability of government information in India. It also explains
online opportunities to access government information. The paper further includes the challenges
of motivating factors to access online and print resources of government information. This paper is
based on available literature and websites in support of government information and tries to describe
resource's features, online opportunities and challenges in accessing online and print/digital
government information. In India, Online channels have been increased for the availability of
government information. The information is visible globally. The ultimate aim of such digital projects
is to provide greater access and promote wider use of their collections.
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13th International CALIBER-2022, BHU, Varanasi, UP, 17-19 November 2022
Keywords
Government Data, Government information, Legal Information, Access to Public Information