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RTI disclosure isn’t ideal curiosity, it enables good governance
January 31, 2026 7:06 am
The law’s roles in exposing major scams — the Vyapam scam and the Adarsh Housing Society scam, for instance – is a testimony to its role as a governance enhancer. The Act has also been used to question the RBI during the banking scams
Congress slams Economic Survey’s RTI review call, but UPA ministers once raised similar concerns
January 31, 2026 3:33 am
Salman Khurshid and Veerappa Moily, in 2011, flagged the "misuse" of the law. Knowledge of several corruption scandals that occurred in the UPA years had emerged through RTI disclosures.
State information commission asks Uttarakhand High Court to give data on complaints against district judges
January 12, 2026 3:35 pm
Complaints Against District Judges Uttarakhand: Chief Information Commission Radha Raturi was hearing a second appeal by senior IFS officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi, who requested information regarding complaints, disciplinary actions against Uttarakhand’s trial courts judges.
Diamond polishers file RTIs seeking reason for 'rejection' of school fee waiver forms
November 21, 2025 1:39 am
The state government on May 22, 2025 had announced a special assistance package for the diamond industry, which included a one-year relaxation of the school fees up to Rs 13,500 for children of unemployed diamond polishers.
'RTI activists 500-1000 km away harass industrialists...there is a network of gangs' Gujarat minister Sanghavi
October 07, 2025 9:20 am
The release also said the Surat police has succeeded in arresting 105 persons while registering more than 85 cases against people misusing RTI
How BCCI has continued to resist attempts to bring it under RTI scanner
August 11, 2025 12:11 pm
Over the years, the world’s richest cricket board has pushed back on being labelled a “public authority” under the RTI Act, despite recommendations from the Supreme Court, the Law Commission and the Central Information Commission.
Nearly half of Haryana’s information officers fail to pay RTI penalties: Data
June 09, 2025 12:04 pm
Nearly half of Haryana's penalised information officers have not paid RTI fines in 18 years, with over ₹3 crore still unpaid, raising concerns over accountability.
Share RTI info upto five pages for free, allow applicants to take photo: Gujarat govt to authorities
June 05, 2025 12:58 am
Gujarat State Information Commission, whose recommendations were accepted by the state government, has called the instructions 'revolutionary'
Knowledge Nugget: Why is Right To Information Act important for UPSC?
April 13, 2025 8:36 pm
Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw dismissed concerns that certain provisions of the DPDP Act would render the RTI Act toothless. In light of this, learn about the RTI Act and go 'Beyond the Nugget' to know about the Right to Privacy.
BEST buses involved in 834 accidents that claimed 88 lives in 5 yrs: RTI data
January 13, 2025 10:07 pm
The data indicates that these accidents involved both BEST-operated and private contractor buses.
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RTI applicants receive condoms instead of replies Rajasthan
June 22, 2020 6:05 pm
A probe was launched after the video of them finding condoms and other worthless items in an envelope went viral.
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