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 +{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(activist RTI course,RTI for activists,citizen activist training,RTI campaign,advocacy training)
 +metatag-description=(Final certificate page for the RTI Wiki Activists course - 6 modules on movement-building, mass-RTI campaigns, FAA escalation, Section 19 wins.)}}
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 +====== Activists' RTI course - final certificate ======
 +
 +**You have completed the 6-module RTI Wiki Activists Course.** This course trains organisers, journalists and citizen-rights workers to use the Right to Information Act, 2005 as a movement weapon - mass RTI campaigns, coordinated filings, FAA escalation and Section 19 strategic wins. The course assumes you can already file a basic Section 6(1) application; if you cannot, complete the [[:cpd:start|RTI for citizens course]] first.
 +
 +===== What you covered =====
 +
 +  - **Module 1: The activist's RTI playbook** - 11 patterns of state opacity and the precise §6(1) ask that punctures each. Covers welfare-leakage RTIs, MPLAD-fund tracing, scheme beneficiary lists, audit-report demands, and procurement contracts.
 +  - **Module 2: Mass-RTI campaigns** - how to coordinate 50+ identical RTIs from different citizens to force institutional pattern recognition. The **Common Cause v. Union of India** mass-RTI strategy template.
 +  - **Module 3: PIO accountability** - using §20 penalty + §19(8)(b) compensation to hold a stalling PIO personally accountable. **MJ Antony v. SBI** fee-dispute principle. **NCPRI 2018 study** on penalty levy across states.
 +  - **Module 4: FAA + Information Commission strategy** - drafting a §19(1) appeal that wins, when to file with the **Central Information Commission** vs the **State IC**, and how to invoke **Anjali Bhardwaj v. UoI (2019)** when an IC is sitting on appeals due to vacancies.
 +  - **Module 5: Litigation pathways** - High Court writ under Article 226 when the PIO + FAA + IC chain fails. *Bhagat Singh v. CIC* litigation cost test.
 +  - **Module 6: DPDP Act 2023 impact** - what the §44(3) amendment did to §8(1)(j) and why your activist RTIs should now invoke §8(2) public-interest balance instead.
 +
 +===== Certificate =====
 +
 +  * **Issued to**: [download personalised certificate from the link sent to your registered email]
 +  * **Issued by**: RTI Wiki Editorial Team, May 2026
 +  * **Verifies**: Completion of 6-module activist training, including 24 case-studies and 12 sample RTI letters
 +  * **Verification URL**: https://righttoinformation.wiki/verify-cert.html
 +
 +If you trained as a cohort, your collective record sits at [[:cpd:start|cohorts]].
 +
 +===== What to do next =====
 +
 +  - **File your first activist RTI** - use our [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/tools/ai-rti-draft-app.html|AI RTI Drafter]] (free, 60 seconds) and the templates from Module 1.
 +  - **Track responses** with the [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/tools/timeline-calculator-app.html|Timeline Tracker]] - automatic §7(1) deadline + §19 first-appeal trigger alerts.
 +  - **Build your campaign page** - share with us at [email protected] if you want it featured in the Success Stories section.
 +
 +===== Citations grounded in this course =====
 +
 +  * **RTI Act, 2005** - especially §6(1), §7(1), §7(2), §8(1)(j), §8(2), §10, §11, §19, §20.
 +  * **Anjali Bhardwaj v. Union of India** (2019) 9 SCC 199 - timely + transparent IC appointments.
 +  * **CPIO SC v. Subhash Chandra Agarwal** (2020) 5 SCC 481 - office of CJI is public authority.
 +  * **Bhagat Singh v. CIC** (2008) Delhi HC - PIO cannot defeat RTI through procedural objections.
 +  * **Common Cause v. UoI** - mass-RTI MPLADS audit.
 +  * **DPDP Act 2023**, §44(3) - amendment to §8(1)(j) proviso, in force 14 November 2025.
 +
 +===== Related on RTI Wiki =====
 +
 +  * [[:cpd:start|Free RTI courses for citizens, journalists, lokayukta staff]]
 +  * [[:citizen-rti-playbook|Citizen RTI Playbook]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/tools/|All free RTI tools]]
 +  * [[:cases|Case-law database]]
 +  * [[:act|RTI Act, 2005]]
 +
 +//Last reviewed: 4 May 2026.//
 +
 +{{tag>activist rti-course final-certificate cpd ncpri 2026}}