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Economic Survey 2025-26 RTI Re-Examination
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Did you know? Every year, Indians file well over ten lakh (one million) RTI applications. A share of these reach the Central and State Information Commissions as second appeals \u2014 and the pendency there has become the working bottleneck of the Act.
Delhi High Court PhD Theses Ruling
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Did you know? The Delhi High Court's 2024 direction brought PhD theses at publicly-funded universities squarely within the Right to Information Act, 2005. The judgment reaffirms that research produced on the public rupee belongs, in principle, in the public domain — with narrow privacy carve-outs under Section 8(1)(j).
A practitioner-ready analysis of the Delhi High Court's December 2024 direction on disclosure of PhD theses under the Right to Information Act, 2005. Written for researchers, advocates, journalists, Public Information Officers at universities, and students who want to understand the legal basis for accessing publicly-funded academic research. Current with the 14 November 2025 DPDP Rules amendment.
What Indians file RTI applications about
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An evaluatory note on the subject-matter pattern of Right to Information applications in India. Drawn from the annual reports of the Department of Personnel and Training, the published reports of the Satark Nagrik Sangathan, and the case-law line at the Central Information Commission and the Supreme Court. The note is for applicants, Public Information Officers, First Appellate Authorities, and researchers who want to see where the Act works, where it stops, and why.
In one line. Indians file the largest share of their RTI applications on service matters, land records, pensions and retirement benefits, police and FIR matters, and education. The Public Information Officer typically gives a satisfactory reply on applications for the applicant's own record (service book, pension file, income tax refund, marksheet verification, FIR copy, sanction order for a specific licence). Applications that most often end up in appeal before the Commission turn on Section 8(1)(j) personal information, Section 8(1)(e) fiduciary, Section 8(1)(h) pending investigation, file notings, “no such record” refusals, and on records of political, regulatory, and judicial bodies. The 14 November 2025 amendment to Section 8(1)(j) will change the shape of the appeal volume in the next two years.
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