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FeaturesInformation behind barsNEW A citizen recounts her long struggle to get information out of jail authorities More... RTI is development you can seeThe villagers of Boru in Gujarat, under the stewardship of Gulambhai, decided they would no longer tolerate the lack of healthcare facilities in their village. Using the right to information, they fired off a series of questions to the PIO. And things began to change More... 'Ooof, woh RTI-walleh aa gaye'Students at the Prabhat Khabar Institute for Media Studies in Ranchi use the right to information in various innovative and exploratory exercises. They have filed a slew of applications—from probing administrative excesses to simply finding out why someone has not got a telephone connection for six months More... One year after: State report card on RTIOne year after the enforcement of the landmark Right to Information Act, problems of implementation and resource allocation persist. But the main problem in all but a handful of states appears to be the lukewarm response of a largely unaware citizenry More... Something to hidePublic interest groups have made it clear that they intend to defeat the government's proposal to exempt file notings from the ambit of the Right to Information Act More... Right to Information: Are you being served?The Pune Municipal Corporation's public information office receives at least 10 Right to Information applications a day. Who are the citizens contributing to this flurry of activity? Are these applications indicative of the success of the recent legislation and the RTI movement? More... 'If 40% of Indians are asking for 1% of the GDP, it's no big deal'Ramon Magsaysay Award winner Aruna Roy is founder-member of the Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sanghatana and a member of the National Advisory Council. She is an outspoken champion of an amendment to the Freedom of Information Act 2002 and the much-talked-about Employment Guarantee Act More... Triveni Devi and 109 other women vanquish corrupt ration shop dealersA chronicle of the battle of destitute women, supported by the NGO Parivartan, to expose a Rs 300 crore Public Distribution System scam in the capital and secure their entitlements using the Right to Information Act More... Without people's participation, the right to information will remain a non-starterMaharashtra's Right to Information Bill, which has just been passed, is the most progressive legislation of its kind. Now, it's upto people to use it More... |
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