Political Science · Governance & Public Policy in India
UGC NET July 2018 Political Science
The report 'Right to Information: Master Key to Good Governance' was submitted by:
AThe Sarkaria Commission
BPunchhi Commission
CFirst Administrative Reforms Commission
DSecond Administrative Reforms Commission ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Second Administrative Reforms Commission — The report Right to Information: Master Key to Good Governance was the work of the Second Administrative Reforms Commission, so the answer is Second Administrative Reforms Commission.
Explanation
★The report Right to Information: Master Key to Good Governance was the work of the Second Administrative Reforms Commission, so the answer is Second Administrative Reforms Commission.
★The Second ARC was set up in 2005 under the chairmanship of Veerappa Moily.
★This was its very first report, submitted in 2006, on the working of the RTI regime.
★It treated access to information as the master key that unlocks good governance.
★It recommended strengthening disclosure, training, and record management under the Act.
★The Sarkaria and Punchhi Commissions dealt with Centre-State relations, not this report.
★The First ARC predated the RTI Act and so could not have produced this report.
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