Right To Information Act
Only 2.25% Indian citizens filed RTI: Reports
The Centre was pulling out all stops to ensure that people had little reason to complain against officials: Home minister Amit ShahThe Right to Information Act led to greater accountability
1 min read12 Oct 2019Should the Supreme Court come under RTI?
Challenge to the apex court's immunity from the Right to Information Act has put the focus on judicial transparency
9 min read26 Aug 2016Post-legislative scrutiny to improve quality of laws
Post-legislative reviews can assess whether the objectives and the anticipated effects of legislation have actually taken place on the ground
5 min read6 Jun 2016Govt declines answer to RTI query on Obama visit expenses
MEA rejects RTI query on the ground that such information is sensitive and may affect bilateral relations with the foreign country
1 min read4 May 2015Building another pipe dream?
Do we have a proper plan for the NOFN that will enable people living in rural India to access government services?
4 min read29 Jan 2015Sonia Gandhi, Amit Shah issued showcause notice over implementation of RTI act
CIC has declared six national parties as public authorities but none of the parties either contested or followed the instructions of the panel
1 min read14 Sep 2014Populism or  entitlement-based politics
The challenge to entitlement-based politics is never greater than it is now
7 min read8 May 2014Rattling the tiger tourism industry
A simply dressed, soft-spoken man from Bhopal has single-handedly taken on the tiger tourism industry
6 min read4 Sep 2012