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4 unusual facts about Right to Information Act


Dhvani Desai

" Chakravyuh " ( The Vicious Circle ), her another film about promoting awareness of India's Right to Information Act (RTI) was produced by the Films Division and released publicly on the occasion of the 8th Anniversary of the RTI Act by the Public Concern for Governance Trust ( PCGT), Indian Merchants' Chamber ( IMC ) Anti Corruption Cell and Bombay Chartered Accountants Society in Mumbai.

Gorkha Rashtriya Congress

In September 2010, GRC filed an RTI with the Sikkim government regarding the ownership of the territory under Darjeeling district.

Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti

Formed by the RTI activist Akhil Gogoi in 2005, the organisation works on a diverse range of issues from Public Distribution System (PDF) thefts, non-implementation of National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGA), land rights, governmental and corporate corruption, Right to Information Act (RTI) and construction of big dams in fragile seismic territories of north east India.

Right to food by country

In 2005, India adopts its Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act and the Right to Information Act.


Dinu Solanki

Since 2008, activist Amit Jethwa had filed six requests under the Right to Information Act, probing the activities of an illegal mining lobby operating in the Gir Forest National Park area.

World Justice Forum

Justice Arthur Chaskalson, former Chief Justice of South Africa, and Aruna Roy, who spearheaded efforts to enact India’s ground-breaking Right to Information Act through her organization Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS), were honored with the inaugural World Justice Project Rule of Law Award.


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