• Dr. Deepak Sharma
• Dr. Naveen Sharma

Abstract: Corruption is the biggest hurdle in the achievement of good- governance in the country. Any Government, democratic or otherwise, may abuse its powers if it is permitted to function in secrecy. Transparency law enacted in India on October 12, 2005, has managed to leave its imprint in this short period, becoming a new weapon in the hands of people. Not only has the RTI Act been used to know more about government, it has also become a tool to make public institutions and officials accountable and fight corruption. Information accessed through the RTI Act has also played a key role in unearthing scams such as those in the organisation of the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, the 2G spectrum allotment and the allotment of houses in the Adarsh Society in Mumbai, among others. One of the most important obstacles to fighting corruption in India has been the lack of adequate whistleblowers protection. In this direction we have been witnessing so many incidents where the whistleblowers lost their lives. They are killed by the corrupt people in order to save themselves from being punished by the law of the land. So the objective of this research paper is to highlight the issue of whistleblowers protection with examples and to suggest some measures to protect the whistleblowers for strengthening Right to know in India.

Whistleblower, RTI Activists, Good- Governance, Transparency, Corruption, Victimization, Assault, Information Commission.

"Right to Information Act, 2005 and the Protection of the Whistle blowers in India", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no.8-14, April-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904K02.pdf

"Right to Information Act, 2005 and the Protection of the Whistle blowers in India", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no. pp8-14, April-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904K02.pdf