Activists' RTI course - final certificate

You have completed the 6-module RTI Wiki Activists Course. This course trains organisers, journalists and citizen-rights workers to use the Right to Information Act, 2005 as a movement weapon - mass RTI campaigns, coordinated filings, FAA escalation and Section 19 strategic wins. The course assumes you can already file a basic Section 6(1) application; if you cannot, complete the RTI for citizens course first.

1. Module 1: The activist's RTI playbook - 11 patterns of state opacity and the precise §6(1) ask that punctures each. Covers welfare-leakage RTIs, MPLAD-fund tracing, scheme beneficiary lists, audit-report demands, and procurement contracts.
2. Module 2: Mass-RTI campaigns - how to coordinate 50+ identical RTIs from different citizens to force institutional pattern recognition. The Common Cause v. Union of India mass-RTI strategy template.
3. Module 3: PIO accountability - using §20 penalty + §19(8)(b) compensation to hold a stalling PIO personally accountable. MJ Antony v. SBI fee-dispute principle. NCPRI 2018 study on penalty levy across states.
4. Module 4: FAA + Information Commission strategy - drafting a §19(1) appeal that wins, when to file with the Central Information Commission vs the State IC, and how to invoke Anjali Bhardwaj v. UoI (2019) when an IC is sitting on appeals due to vacancies.
5. Module 5: Litigation pathways - High Court writ under Article 226 when the PIO + FAA + IC chain fails. *Bhagat Singh v. CIC* litigation cost test.
6. Module 6: DPDP Act 2023 impact - what the §44(3) amendment did to §8(1)(j) and why your activist RTIs should now invoke §8(2) public-interest balance instead.

• Issued to: [download personalised certificate from the link sent to your registered email]
• Issued by: RTI Wiki Editorial Team, May 2026
• Verifies: Completion of 6-module activist training, including 24 case-studies and 12 sample RTI letters
• Verification URL: https://righttoinformation.wiki/verify-cert.html

If you trained as a cohort, your collective record sits at cohorts.

1. File your first activist RTI - use our AI RTI Drafter (free, 60 seconds) and the templates from Module 1.
2. Track responses with the Timeline Tracker - automatic §7(1) deadline + §19 first-appeal trigger alerts.
3. Build your campaign page - share with us at [email protected] if you want it featured in the Success Stories section.

• RTI Act, 2005 - especially §6(1), §7(1), §7(2), §8(1)(j), §8(2), §10, §11, §19, §20.
• Anjali Bhardwaj v. Union of India (2019) 9 SCC 199 - timely + transparent IC appointments.
• CPIO SC v. Subhash Chandra Agarwal (2020) 5 SCC 481 - office of CJI is public authority.
• Bhagat Singh v. CIC (2008) Delhi HC - PIO cannot defeat RTI through procedural objections.
• Common Cause v. UoI - mass-RTI MPLADS audit.
• DPDP Act 2023, §44(3) - amendment to §8(1)(j) proviso, in force 14 November 2025.

• Free RTI courses for citizens, journalists, lokayukta staff
• Citizen RTI Playbook
• All free RTI tools
• Case-law database
• RTI Act, 2005

Last reviewed: 4 May 2026.