Right to Information Wiki Blog
Quick Reply: RTI Wiki blog — analysis, case-law summaries, and citizen guides on Right to Information Act 2005.
Latest RTI decision notes
- National Statistics Day 2026: How Government Data Affects Your Ration, Pension, Salary, Hospital, School and RTI Rights – citizen guide to administrative data, daily public services, RTI questions and the difference from UN World Statistics Day.
- 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.
Police departments are the largest RTI rejecters in 2025
Quick Reply: Police departments are the single largest invokers of §8 exemptions in 2025. Drilling into the data, the patterns, and applicant counter-strategies.
The CIC Annual Report 2024-25 confirms what activists have long suspected: police departments are the single largest invokers of §8 exemptions — accounting for ~22% of all rejections.
Online RTI portals — a 2026 state-by-state comparison
Quick Reply: Not all state RTI portals are equal. A comparison of central RTI Online Portal vs 20 state RTI portals on usability, fee, deadline tracking, appeals.
As of April 2026, all 28 states + 8 UTs have an online RTI portal — in principle. In practice, usability varies wildly.
One Family, Many Government Offices: Mahesh Found His Way
Quick Reply: One middle-class family, a dozen stuck schemes, one accident. A real story of finding the right step for MGNREGA, pension, police, banking and insurance. Guide.
Reviewed on: 2026-06-19
*This is the story of one ordinary family caught in a year of government paperwork and unexpected emergencies. It is not a guide. It is what happened when Mahesh decided, slowly and stubbornly, to understand the system rather than surrender to it.*