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Latest RTI decision notes
- Right to Be Forgotten: erase old court cases from Google after Delhi HC's 2026 ruling - what the Laksh Vir Singh Yadav judgment (2026:DHC:4891) means, the three remedies (de-indexing, delinking, masking), who is eligible vs barred, and how to apply.
- Gold Rate Today in India: 24K, 22K, 18K Price and Buyer Checklist — SEO-focused gold price guide with current-rate snapshot, city buying checklist, jewellery bill calculation, hallmark checks and a light RTI route for complaint records.
- PAN Aadhaar name mismatch? Fix KYC rejections without running office to office — high-search digital identity repair map covering PAN-Aadhaar, DigiLocker, mutual fund KYC, passport holds, bank onboarding and when RTI can actually help.
- Monday Morning RTI Checklist: Fix Pending Government Work This Week — Monday action plan for pending passport, pension, ration card, FIR, PMAY, electricity, scholarship, mutation and public-service files.
- PMAY status stuck or subsidy delayed? Use RTI after this checklist — high-interest PMAY 2026 guide covering stuck beneficiary status, missing names, delayed instalments, subsidy confusion, grievance steps and record-based RTI drafting.
- BCCI outside RTI: CIC decision in Geeta Rani case explained — legal analysis of CIC/MOYAS/A/2018/123236 after the Madras High Court remand, including Section 2(h), government control, substantial financing, tax concessions and practical RTI routes.
8 RTI success stories from 2025
Eight 2025 cases where a single citizen's RTI changed a system — from PMAY beneficiary lists to municipal tender exposure.
Aggregated success stories from FY 2024-25, drawn from CIC orders and verified media reports.
- MGNREGA wage arrears, Jharkhand — A panchayat-level RTI exposed Rs. 2.4 crore in wage arrears; SC-monitored PIL restored payments to ~12,000 workers.
- Mumbai water-tanker scam — RTI revealed contractor over-billing of Rs. 18 crore; municipal commissioner ordered FIR.
- PMAY-G ghost beneficiaries, Bihar — RTI to BDO showed 1,400 sanctioned PMAY-G houses without any construction; recovery initiated.
- TN private school fee hike — Parent-association RTI obtained audited accounts, forced fee rollback.
- DDA flat allotment irregularities — RTI exposed selective-allotment pattern; CBI took over.
- Karnataka mining illegal extraction — Citizen RTI showed 3.2 lakh tonnes unauthorised extraction; royalty recovery initiated.
- UP teacher recruitment scam — RTI for OMR sheets revealed answer-key manipulation; recruitment quashed.
- Maharashtra hospital drug stock-out — Civil-society coalition RTI on 38 PHCs led to drug-supply chain reform.
The pattern: specific RTI + media + judicial follow-up is more effective than RTI alone. Citizens combining all three are winning.
RTI fee rationalisation — the 2024-25 debate, and what 2026 looks like
Currently: Rs. 10 application fee + Rs. 2/page. DoPT's 2024 OM proposed Rs. 50 + Rs. 20/page, citing inflation and processing costs.
Electoral Bonds judgment aftermath
In Association for Democratic Reforms v. UoI (Feb 2024), the Supreme Court struck down the Electoral Bonds Scheme as unconstitutional. The aftermath created new RTI handles for election-funding transparency.
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