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+{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(RTI rejection rate, RTI rejections 2025, CIC second appeals, RTI denial reasons, RTI activism)
+metatag-description=(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.)}}
+====== Why RTI rejections rose 30% in 2025 ======
+{{:social:auto:why-rti-rejections-rose-30-percent-2025.png?direct&1200 |Why RTI rejections rose 30% in 2025 — RTI Wiki}}
+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:
+===== Top 5 rejection grounds =====
+  - **§8(1)(j) — personal information**: 38% of rejections. Spiked after DPDP §44(3) amendment.
+  - **§8(1)(d) — commercial confidence**: 16%.
+  - **§8(1)(h) — investigation**: 12%.
+  - **§9 — third-party copyright**: 8%.
+  - **§24 — schedule agency**: 6%.
+===== Ministry pattern =====
+**Home Ministry (police), Defence, and Finance** account for 53% of rejections — agencies most invoking §8(1)(g)/(h)/(j).
+===== What is working =====
+  * **CPGRAMS parallel pressure**: filing CPGRAMS the same day forces the office to respond on **two parallel tracks**.
+  * **§4(1)(d) reframing**: requesting **reasons for the denial of a benefit** under §4(1)(d) bypasses the §6 routing.
+  * **Public-domain framing**: asking for **gazetted/published** versions of the information avoids §8(1)(j).
+  * **Second-appeal precedents**: the CIC continues to allow appeals — citing similar successful CIC orders increases your odds.
+  * **High Court writs (Article 226)**: for time-sensitive matters, citizen petitioners are bypassing CIC backlogs and going to HC.
+===== A quiet trend =====
+**Suo motu compliance** under §4 is **also up** — 2,140 entities now publish substantively as per CIC monitoring (up from 1,840 in FY23). The ecosystem is bifurcating: more rejections at the §6 level, more compliance at the §4 level.
+For citizens, the lesson is to **front-load research** on what is already published, then file precise §6 applications for the gaps.
+===== Sources =====
+  - Central Information Commission Annual Report 2024-25.
+  - DPDP Act 2023.
+//Last reviewed: 25 April 2026.//
+{{tag>blog rti-rejections cic-annual-report dpdp section-8 cpgrams writ-jurisdiction}}