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Course dashboard — Citizen Crash Course in RTI

Course dashboard for the Citizen Crash Course in RTI. Track progress, take quizzes, take the final exam, get your certificate.

Course dashboard — Citizen Crash Course in RTI

🎯 Take the quiz / final exam now:

📍 Dashboard interface coming next. The course content (3 modules + final exam) is live. The interactive dashboard with progress tracking + quiz interface is being adapted from the existing CPD course dashboard. For now:

  1. Read each module end-to-end (Module 1 · Module 2 · Module 3)
  2. Take notes — bookmarks save to your account
  3. Quizzes will go live in the next 48 hours

If you want to be notified when quizzes are live, log in and enable browser notifications via the 🔔 bell.

Modules

What you will learn — module overview

This course is free, online, and citizen-first. It is structured for self-paced study with practice exercises after each module. There are no quiz-gates or paywalls. By completing the course you receive a verifiable RTI Wiki certificate.

Course modules

  1. Module 1 — RTI Act 2005 architecture (§3 right, §6 application, §7 timelines, §8 exemptions, §10 severability, §19 appeals, §20 penalty)
  2. Module 2 — Drafting your first RTI: the format, the fee, the right authority
  3. Module 3 — Reading PIO replies + drafting the §19(1) First Appeal
  4. Module 4 — Section 8 exemptions in detail with case-law (Girish Deshpande, Subhash Agarwal, Bhagat Singh)
  5. Module 5 — DPDP Act 2023 impact + post-November 2025 amendments
  6. Module 6 — Strategic + advanced moves: Lokpal/Lokayukta interface, civil-court writs, cohort-specific deep dives

Tools you will use

Foundational case law you will master

Citations and sources

  • Right to Information Act, 2005 — full text
  • DPDP Act 2023 + DPDP Rules 2025 (in force 14 Nov 2025)
  • NCPRI — civil-society RTI campaigns
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