{"id":26913,"date":"2025-05-20T15:31:25","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T09:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=26913"},"modified":"2025-05-20T15:31:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T09:46:30","slug":"rti-crucial-for-establishing-good-governance-home-minister-lekhak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=26913","title":{"rendered":"RTI crucial for establishing good governance: Home Minister Lekhak"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KATHMANDU &#8211; Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak has said the Right to Information is a must for the promotion of transparency and good governance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During an interaction with ministerial-level information officers organised by the National Information Commission here today, the Minister reminded of the Constitutional recognition of the RTI as the fundamental right of the citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It is our duty to impart information and it is the duty of the citizens to get the information,&#8221; he said, adding that certain information related to privacy, peace and security, national defence, foreign relations, and diplomacy does not need to be disclosed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> The Home Minister further stressed that the information mandated by the law should be disclosed. 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