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Lesson Right to Information
5.6

FACTS Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is
to Understand the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.
Kofi Annan of Ghana
Seventh Secretary General of the UN (1997-2006)
Nobel Peace Prize Winner 2001

Right to information is the fundamental right guaranteed by the constitution of Nepal
2072 to make people conscious on various provisions executed for their welfare by the
government.

Information refers to the knowledge obtained from investigation, study or instruction,
intelligence news, facts, or data. In other words any fact passes through various
means like verbal or written by the authority or an individual is called information.

Common people can get information on any written or unwritten fact carried out by the
public agencies. This right of the citizen to demand and get information held by public
agencies on any matter of public importance can be referred as right to information.
The constitution of Nepal 2072 has stated the Right to information in Part 3 Article
27 as “Every citizen shall have the right to demand and receive information on any
matter of his or her interest or of public interest. Provided that one shall be compelled
to provide information on any matter of which confidentially must be maintained in
accordance with law.” To ensure the right to information, Right to Information Act,
2064 has been enacted in Nepal.

Citizens Campaign for Right to Information [CCRI] is a pragmatic organization
dedicated for the promotion, protection and implementation or Rights to Informal
laws. It is a non-profitable, non-partisan and non- political organization.

Right to Information

The right obtained information of public importance held in agencies or right to
study or observation of any written document material held in public agencies or
proceedings of such agencies is called right to information. Similarly, it also refers to
the right to obtain verified copy of any written documents to observe the place where
any construction of public importance is going on and to obtain a verified sample of
any materials. Right to information is define in Part 2 (e) of Right to Information
Act 2064.

Importance of Right to Information

Right to information is importance to every individual. Some of them are
mentioned below:

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