World RTI Ranking: India Garners Second Spot


Bangalore: The world’s RTI rating which was conducted to find out how strong are the provisions of RTI law implemented in 95 countries, has thrown up surprising results with lesser developed countries having stronger laws. In the list prepared by Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD), an international human rights organization based in Halifax, Canada, India has bagged second position in world rankings after Serbia by scoring high on the legal framework of the Right to Information (RTI), reports Ashutosh Shukla for DNA.

India and Slovenia share the second spot. While Serbia has scored 135, India and Slovenia scored 130 points each. Ironically, developing countries have mostly bagged tops spots in the ranking, with UK being placed at 25th while U.S. stands at 42nd place in the list.

The survey was carried out by two human rights organizations like Access Info Europe (AIE) and the Canada-based Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD). 

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