Right to Information Act

IIT alumni and RTI activist Shailesh Gandhi is among the leading voices for right to information in India. He recalls why he chose to give up a successful company at its peak to help form the Right to Information Act, 2005.

Just as the bank can’t ask why you want to see your bank account statement, the government can’t deny if you ask how they govern our country.

Access to justice will remain an illusion if it is not made available at affordable prices.

The RTI Act has been popular with citizens and activists with 9.76 lakh applications filed between 2015 and 2016 alone.

India’s RTI Act is ranked the 4th best in the world, according to an annual rating of RTI-like laws across the world.

Right to Information gives a lot of power to a person but most of us don't know how to use this tool. Government has now launched an online course to give a hands-on experience of RTI. The course will help you understand the tool and will also give you a practical exposure of the same.

Triveni is a resident of a settlement in east-Delhi and is classified by the government as a “low-income” person. She relies on the Public Distribution System (PDS) for her quota of essential food grains. However, Triveni had been unable to obtain her entitled food grains from the PDS shop for the last 3 months and wanted to know what she could do.