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Topic: RTI

Long before RTI Act, the Janata Party was already pitching for ‘openness’ in govt

In ‘Capturing Institutional Change’, Himanshu Jha writes about the Official Secrets Act and the Janata government promising ‘openness’ after Emergency.

In 15 years, RTI has gone from Indian citizens’ most powerful tool to an Act on life support

Chief Information Commission and its state counterparts have an unwritten rule about not penalising erring public information officers who discourage RTI applicants.

Rajasthan’s Jan Soochna, mother of RTI, is the ultimate weapon against petty corruption

The Right to Information gives way to the government’s duty to publish. The Centre and all states must emulate Rajasthan.

Himanshu on food inflation crisis, Puja Mehra says India’s right not right on economy

The best of the day’s opinion, chosen and curated by ThePrint’s top editors.

CJI under RTI a boost for transparency, now SC needs to end culture of sealed envelopes

ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

Centre issues new RTI rules, cuts CIC tenure to 3 years, holds power to decide other terms

Activists have called the government's notification on the new rules an assault to the independence and autonomy of the Central Information Commission.

In RTI reply, UP jail refuses to divulge details of J&K prisoners it’s hosting since August

Agra Central Jail hasn't denied presence of the inmates, sent after Article 370 was scrapped in J&K, but said information sought in RTI plea could jeopardise their life & safety.

From Manmohan to Modi, Indian govt has been working to kill RTI Act – with judiciary’s help

RTI is dying a slow death. It's just a matter of time before Indian citizens lose their power to hold the government of the day accountable.

Justice loses its way at Unnao and trees as homes for ‘migrants’ in flood-ravaged Assam

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

The broken RTI arrow, and Yediyurappa’s galloping dream in Karnataka

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

On Camera

This era has made journalistic independence harder than ever: New York Times publisher

Journalist Arthur Gregg Sulzberger delivered the Reuters Memorial Lecture on 4 March last year.

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.