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Why RTI rejections rose 30% in 2025
Quick Reply: CIC Annual Report shows RTI rejections up sharply — drilling into the top 5 grounds invoked, the patterns by ministry, and the legal pushback that's working.
The CIC Annual Report 2024-25 shows rejection rates jumped from 3.3% (FY23) to 4.4% (FY25) — a 33% relative rise. The top reasons:
Why RTI rejection rates are rising in 2026—analysis
Quick Reply: RTI rejections are getting more common in 2026 as PIOs stretch Section 8 exemptions, sit silent until applications become deemed refusals, and face weak penalty enforcement. Here is why, and what you can do about it.
Take an illustrative case from 2026. In March, a Pune resident files an RTI application asking for tender documents related to a ₹12 crore road project in her ward. Within ten days, the Public Information Officer cites “confidential commercial information” under Section 8(1)(d) of the RTI Act 2005 and rejects her request — no public-interest balancing, no explanation of whose commercial confidence is at stake or how disclosure would harm it. That one-line exemption quote in place of a reasoned order is the pattern this analysis unpicks, because it is the pattern more and more applicants are running into.
Citizen Crisis Response Network
When your RTI is rejected unlawfully, file first appeal within 30 days under Section 19(1) RTI Act 2005, cite the exact exemption misapplied, attach copies of all correspondence, demand penalty under Section 20(1), and escalate to the State/Central Information Commission with a detailed timeline if the First Appellate Authority fails to decide within 45 days.
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Quick Reply: WhatsApp. Part of the RTI Wiki reference for India's Right to Information Act, 2005. Last reviewed on: 20 April 2026
WhatsApp. Part of the RTI Wiki reference for India's Right to Information Act, 2005. Last reviewed on: 20 April 2026.
Last reviewed on: 20 April 2026