Official Government Sources Used by RTI Wiki

One-line answer: Every article, guide and tool on RTI Wiki draws its government information from official government sources. This page is the complete directory of those sources by category, and each individual article also links the exact official source for every fact inline, right next to the claim it supports.

RTI Wiki (the righttoinformation.wiki website and the RTI Wiki mobile app) is an independent, unofficial reference and educational service operated by Bighelpers Software and Solutions Pvt. Ltd. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by the Government of India, the Central Information Commission, or any public authority. It is not a law firm and does not file RTI applications on your behalf. You always file on the official government portal.

• Inline citation in every article. Each of our 1,100+ articles and 180+ situation guides names and links the official source for the facts it explains, right where the fact appears: the Act section on the government legislation database, the scheme page on the ministry portal, or the circular on the department website.
• Official portals only for actions. Wherever an article tells you to file, check a status, appeal or complain, it links the official government portal for that action, never a third-party service.
• Periodic re-verification. Government web addresses change. We re-check high-traffic links on a rolling basis and update articles when a portal moves.

Across all content, RTI Wiki articles cite more than 1,000 distinct official government web domains: Government of India ministries and departments, statutory bodies and regulators, State governments, and municipal corporations. The sections below list the core sources by category.

• File RTI applications and first appeals online, Central Government: rtionline.gov.in · RTI Online portal, Department of Personnel and Training
• RTI Act, 2005 full text and RTI Rules, 2019, in English and Hindi: rti.dopt.gov.in · RTI portal of the Department of Personnel and Training, the nodal department for the RTI Act
• Official directory of State RTI online filing portals: rti.dopt.gov.in/rtistatelink.html
• Second appeals and complaints against Central public authorities: cic.gov.in · Central Information Commission
• Directory of State Information Commissions: cic.gov.in/links-to-state-information-commissions
• RTI Act, 2005 on India Code, the official statute database: indiacode.nic.in

• India Code · official database of Central Acts and Rules: indiacode.nic.in
• Legislative Department, Ministry of Law and Justice: legislative.gov.in
• Supreme Court of India · judgments and case status: sci.gov.in

• CPGRAMS · central public grievance portal: pgportal.gov.in
• National Consumer Helpline: consumerhelpline.gov.in
• e-Jagriti · consumer commission e-filing and case services: e-jagriti.gov.in
• National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal: cybercrime.gov.in
• RBI Complaint Management System · banking ombudsman: cms.rbi.org.in
• SEBI SCORES · securities market complaints: scores.sebi.gov.in
• Bima Bharosa · insurance ombudsman complaints: bimabharosa.irdai.gov.in
• EPFiGMS · EPF member grievances: epfigms.gov.in
• MSME Samadhaan · delayed payment complaints: samadhaan.msme.gov.in
• MADAD · consular grievances for Indians abroad: madad.gov.in
• Sanchar Saathi · telecom fraud and lost phone reporting: sancharsaathi.gov.in

• Aadhaar · Unique Identification Authority of India: uidai.gov.in
• Passport Seva · Ministry of External Affairs: passportindia.gov.in
• DigiLocker · digital documents: digilocker.gov.in
• Civil Registration System · birth and death certificates: crsorgi.gov.in
• India Post · postal services and PIN codes: indiapost.gov.in
• Parivahan · driving licence and vehicle services: parivahan.gov.in
• Voter services · Election Commission of India: voters.eci.gov.in

• Income Tax e-filing portal: incometax.gov.in
• GST portal: gst.gov.in
• Reserve Bank of India: rbi.org.in
• Securities and Exchange Board of India: sebi.gov.in
• Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India: irdai.gov.in

• PM-KISAN · farmer income support: pmkisan.gov.in
• PM Awas Yojana Urban: pmay-urban.gov.in
• PM Awas Yojana Gramin: pmayg.dord.gov.in
• MGNREGA · rural employment guarantee: nrega.dord.gov.in
• National Food Security · ration cards: nfsa.gov.in
• National Scholarship Portal: scholarships.gov.in
• Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY beneficiary portal: beneficiary.nha.gov.in
• e-Shram · unorganised workers: eshram.gov.in
• DBT Bharat · direct benefit transfer: dbtbharat.gov.in

• EPFO · Employees Provident Fund Organisation: epfindia.gov.in
• ESIC · Employees State Insurance Corporation: esic.gov.in
• Ministry of Labour and Employment: labour.gov.in
• Jeevan Pramaan · digital life certificate for pensioners: jeevanpramaan.gov.in
• Pensioners Portal, Government of India: pensionersportal.gov.in

• National Portal of India: india.gov.in
• Digital Sansad · Parliament of India, members and questions: sansad.in
• Press Information Bureau · official releases: pib.gov.in

Our State-wise guides link the official RTI portal of each State · for example rtionline.up.nic.in for Uttar Pradesh, rtionline.maharashtra.gov.in for Maharashtra, and rtionline.karnataka.gov.in for Karnataka. The authoritative directory of all State RTI portals is maintained by DoPT at rti.dopt.gov.in/rtistatelink.html, and our own state-by-state filing instructions are at State-wise RTI guides.

City-service guides link the official municipal corporation portal of each city covered · more than 25 municipal corporation websites in all.

Government departments occasionally move their websites. If any link here fails, search for the department on the National Portal of India at india.gov.in, and please tell us through the contact page so we can update it.

For a structured, printable walkthrough of the whole RTI process, see The RTI Playbook.