Vote based system requires an educated citizenry and straightforwardness of data which are fundamental to its working and furthermore to contain debasement and to consider governments and their instrumentalities responsible to the governed’, says the prelude of the Indian Right to Information (RTI) Act. The demonstration gives successful access to data to nationals of India, which is under the control of the general population experts. It advances straightforwardness and responsibility in the working of each open specialist. The Right to Information Bill, 2005 was passed by the Lok Sabha on May 11, 2005 and by the Rajya Sabha on May 12, 2005 and got the consent of the President of India on June 15, 2005 and ame to compel on October 12, 2005. This Briefing paper examinations the highlights and the status of usage of the RTI Act in India and furthermore takes a gander at comparable laws in different nations.