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RTI Wiki Courses — All Certified Programmes

All RTI Wiki certified courses — citizen, activist, journalist, lokayukta, DPDP, CPD for PIOs and First Appellate Authorities. 100% free, self-paced.

RTI Wiki Courses — All Certified Programmes

RTI Wiki certified courses — citizen, activist, journalist

Quick answer. RTI Wiki runs 5 free, self-paced certified courses plus a case-law-anchored CPD programme for officers. Every course has weekly modules, a final exam, an interactive dashboard, and a downloadable certificate on completion. No login is required to read modules; the certificate flow uses a free login. Total cohort delivered to date: tracked internally — see the per-course start page for module count.

Citizen + activist tracks

  • Citizen RTI crash course — 5 modules, 90 minutes total. The fastest path from “I have a problem” to “I have an RTI in the post.” Designed for first-time applicants.
  • RTI for activists — 6 modules. Strategic RTI use for transparency campaigns, public-interest litigation, and policy advocacy. Includes case-law anchors from Anjali Bhardwaj v. UoI (2019) and Aruna Roy doctrine.
  • RTI for journalists — 5 modules + final exam. Investigative filing patterns, source protection under §8(1)(g), and the §8(2) public-interest override post-DPDP 2025.

Specialist tracks

  • Lokayukta + RTI integration — 5 modules. When to use the Lokayukta in parallel with RTI, evidence-building, and complaint formats across 22 state Lokayuktas.
  • DPDP 2023 + 2025 Rules — RTI impact — 5 modules. The §8(1)(j) amendment, §8(2) public-interest framework, and how to draft RTIs that survive privacy refusals after 14 November 2025.

For PIOs and First Appellate Authorities

  • RTI CPD course (PIO + FAA) — India's first case-law-anchored online CPD course. Classify, draft reasoned §7(8)(i) orders, execute §11 procedure, and apply the post-14-November-2025 §8(2) framework. Issued certificate is recognised for departmental CPD credit.

Course delivery model

  • No login to read modules.
  • Free login to take the final exam, save progress, and generate the downloadable certificate.
  • Self-paced — no fixed start date.
  • Hindi mirror: flagship modules available in Hindi at the Hindi sub-site.
  • Certificate format: signed PDF + verifiable credential URL on RTI Wiki.

Why we built these courses

The RTI Act, 2005 is a citizen tool, but most citizens do not file because they don't know how. PIOs deny applications wrongly because they don't know the §8 jurisprudence in depth. First Appellate Authorities rubber-stamp PIO orders because they don't have the case-law muscle. These courses are RTI Wiki's structured response — citizen-side and officer-side — to that knowledge gap.

Last reviewed: 5 May 2026.

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