National RTI Awards

ICs should fix responsibilty for “loss” of public records

‘Missing’ files may not remain missing if information commissioners fix responsibility, show insights from nationwide study of ICs ICs have strong grounds to order police enquiries against officials that hide behind ‘missing files’ Compensation and financial penalties are not enough to deal with ‘lost’ public records Public Records Acts also allow fixing responsibility New Delhi, Nov. 11: ... Read More

ICs rejecting large number of cases on petty technical grounds

PRESS RELEASE: for immediate publication Information commissioners reject large number of appeals on technical grounds ‘No signature or photocopies of RTI application missing; so the application is rejected’ Technical rejections are badly discouraging information seekers, shows the study of information commissions New Delhi, Oct. 28: Information Commissioners have found a unique way of dealing with ... Read More

ICs wrongly closing cases

PRESS RELEASE: for immediate publication Information Commissioners dispose of cases saying information has already been provided; applicants say never got the information Nationwide, 60% appellants/complainants say they never got the information despite decisions by information commissioners that they had! Where should the aggrieved appellants go? New Delhi, October 27: Dayanand Pandey (09955325713) of Garhwa district of Jharkhand made an ... Read More

Poor compliance of orders shows ICs should start conducting compliance hearings

PRESS RELEASE: for immediate publication Information commissions dispose of cases, but orders are not complied with, shows first ever nationwide study of information commissions Poor compliance of orders shows ICs should start conducting compliance hearings New Delhi, October 26: Hari Dev filed an RTI application at Delhi Development Authority (DDA) asking whether or not 23 people had been ... Read More

Release of First Round of data on RTI

RTI Awards Secretariat release the first round of the most exhaustive RTI related exercises carried out in the country

If you filed an appeal with an RTI Information Commission, there is a 27% chance that you will get the information. And if you got a favorable order from the Commission, there is still only a 39% ... Read More

RTI Awards 2009 – the biggest ever analysis of status of RTI implementation

That RTI Awards, the first countrywide honour of its kind, is the biggest ever exercise undertaken so far to assess the status of implementation of RTI Act. The  RTI Awards Secretariat has collected 55,000 orders passed in the year 2008 by 104 commissioners of 27 information commissions across the country. The awards ... Read More

RTI Awards 2009

Public Cause Research Foundation invites nominations for the first ever RTI Awards 2009. Instituted this year, these awards will be given away sometime in October every year to those who have displayed exemplary commitment to RTI.

Despite the power of Right to Information (RTI) to transform Indian democracy, the Act ... Read More

Welcome to The RTI Awards 2009 Website

We are happy to announce the launch of our new website.  Here you can submit online applications for the RTI Awards. Alternately, you  download the application and apply by postal mail.  You can also share your RTI experiences with us and with the general public through this website. RTI Awards commemorates the spirit of the Right ... Read More