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| | metatag-description=(Master pillar for state-specific RTI: 36 state hubs × 25 scheme guides = 900 long-tail guides. Consolidated here. A passport file is held by a Central authority.)}} |
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| | ====== State-by-state RTI guide — every state, every scheme (2026 master) ====== |
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| | <WRAP info>**The lead.** India's RTI Act is Central law, but information often lives at the state level. Each state has its own Information Commission, fee, portal, and Public Information Officer designations. This pillar links to all 36 state hubs and the 900 scheme-specific guides we have built.</WRAP> |
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| | ===== Why this matters ===== |
| | A passport file is held by a Central authority (RPO/MEA). A land record is held by your state revenue department. Filing the wrong one wastes 30 days. Use this hub to find the **right state guide** before drafting. |
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| | ===== State portal status (2026) ===== |
| | * **Best portals** (full-featured, FAA integrated): Maharashtra · Karnataka · Kerala · Delhi · Tamil Nadu · Gujarat · Madhya Pradesh |
| | * **Basic but working**: UP · Bihar · Punjab · Haryana · West Bengal · Odisha · Assam · Chhattisgarh · Jharkhand · Uttarakhand · Himachal · Tripura · Rajasthan · Telangana · Andhra Pradesh |
| | * **Postal-only** (no working state portal): Goa · Manipur · Meghalaya · Mizoram · Nagaland · Sikkim · Puducherry · A&N · DNH · Lakshadweep · Ladakh · Arunachal · J&K UTs |
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| | Full directory with current URLs and fees: [[:state-rti-portals-directory|All 36 state portals]]. |
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| | ===== State hubs (each lists 25 scheme guides) ===== |
| | **North**: [[:state-scheme:uttar-pradesh:start|UP]] · [[:state-scheme:bihar:start|Bihar]] · [[:state-scheme:rajasthan:start|Rajasthan]] · [[:state-scheme:punjab:start|Punjab]] · [[:state-scheme:haryana:start|Haryana]] · [[:state-scheme:himachal-pradesh:start|HP]] · [[:state-scheme:uttarakhand:start|Uttarakhand]] · [[:state-scheme:delhi:start|Delhi]] · [[:state-scheme:jammu-and-kashmir:start|J&K]] |
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| | **South**: [[:state-scheme:tamil-nadu:start|Tamil Nadu]] · [[:state-scheme:karnataka:start|Karnataka]] · [[:state-scheme:kerala:start|Kerala]] · [[:state-scheme:andhra-pradesh:start|Andhra Pradesh]] · [[:state-scheme:telangana:start|Telangana]] · [[:state-scheme:puducherry:start|Puducherry]] |
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| | **West**: [[:state-scheme:maharashtra:start|Maharashtra]] · [[:state-scheme:gujarat:start|Gujarat]] · [[:state-scheme:goa:start|Goa]] · [[:state-scheme:dadra-nh-daman-diu:start|DNH & Daman & Diu]] |
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| | **Central**: [[:state-scheme:madhya-pradesh:start|MP]] · [[:state-scheme:chhattisgarh:start|Chhattisgarh]] |
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| | **East**: [[:state-scheme:west-bengal:start|West Bengal]] · [[:state-scheme:odisha:start|Odisha]] · [[:state-scheme:jharkhand:start|Jharkhand]] · [[:state-scheme:assam:start|Assam]] |
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| | **Northeast**: [[:state-scheme:arunachal-pradesh:start|Arunachal]] · [[:state-scheme:manipur:start|Manipur]] · [[:state-scheme:meghalaya:start|Meghalaya]] · [[:state-scheme:mizoram:start|Mizoram]] · [[:state-scheme:nagaland:start|Nagaland]] · [[:state-scheme:sikkim:start|Sikkim]] · [[:state-scheme:tripura:start|Tripura]] |
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| | **UTs**: [[:state-scheme:chandigarh:start|Chandigarh]] · [[:state-scheme:andaman-nicobar:start|A&N]] · [[:state-scheme:lakshadweep:start|Lakshadweep]] · [[:state-scheme:ladakh:start|Ladakh]] |
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| | ===== Cross-cutting scheme hubs ===== |
| | **Welfare**: [[:scheme-state:pmay:start|PMAY]] · [[:scheme-state:pm-kisan:start|PM-KISAN]] · [[:scheme-state:mgnrega-wages:start|MGNREGA]] · [[:scheme-state:ration-card:start|Ration card]] · [[:scheme-state:pds-grievance:start|PDS]] · [[:scheme-state:scholarship:start|Scholarship]] · [[:scheme-state:ayushman-bharat:start|Ayushman]] |
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| | **Documents**: [[:scheme-state:passport:start|Passport]] · [[:scheme-state:aadhaar-update:start|Aadhaar]] · [[:scheme-state:pan-card:start|PAN]] · [[:scheme-state:voter-id:start|Voter ID]] · [[:scheme-state:driving-licence:start|Driving licence]] · [[:scheme-state:birth-certificate:start|Birth]] · [[:scheme-state:death-certificate:start|Death]] · [[:scheme-state:caste-certificate:start|Caste]] · [[:scheme-state:income-certificate:start|Income]] · [[:scheme-state:domicile-certificate:start|Domicile]] · [[:scheme-state:marriage-certificate:start|Marriage]] |
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| | **Civic & police**: [[:scheme-state:fir-status:start|FIR]] · [[:scheme-state:police-verification:start|Police verification]] · [[:scheme-state:property-mutation:start|Property mutation]] · [[:scheme-state:property-tax:start|Property tax]] · [[:scheme-state:electricity-bill:start|Electricity]] · [[:scheme-state:water-supply:start|Water]] · [[:scheme-state:school-admission-rte:start|RTE admission]] · [[:scheme-state:pension-delay:start|Pension]] |
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| | ===== State Information Commissions ===== |
| | Each state has its own SIC for second appeals. See [[:vs:cic-vs-sic-second-appeal|when to file at SIC vs CIC]]. Backlogs vary widely — see [[:blog:state-information-commissions-vacancies-crisis|2026 vacancies crisis]]. |
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| | ===== Top state-level RTI patterns ===== |
| | * **Maharashtra & Karnataka**: most-used portals, fastest disposal, Marathi/Kannada UI |
| | * **Kerala**: lowest backlog (~6,000), 9-15 month disposal |
| | * **UP & Bihar**: largest backlogs; Bihar SIC paralysed (zero commissioners 2026) |
| | * **Tamil Nadu**: Maavattam district kiosks help non-tech citizens |
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| | ===== Verdicts & comparisons ===== |
| | * [[:vs:maharashtra-vs-karnataka-rti-portals|Maharashtra vs Karnataka portals]] |
| | * [[:vs:tamil-nadu-vs-kerala-rti|Tamil Nadu vs Kerala — which is faster?]] |
| | * [[:vs:state-portal-vs-central-portal|State vs Central portal — choose right]] |
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| | ===== 🔗 Related guides ===== |
| | * [[:city-rti-master-guide|City-by-city RTI guide — 50 cities, every municipal service (2026)]] |
| | * [[:rti-tools-master-guide|Free RTI AI tools — the complete suite (2026)]] |
| | * [[:rti-act-2005-complete-guide|The complete RTI Act 2005 guide — citizen + officer reference (2026)]] |
| | * [[:rti-state-portals-pillar|India's 36 state RTI portals — directory, status, fees (2026)]] |
| | * [[:citizen-rti-playbook|Citizen RTI playbook — file, escalate, win (2026)]] |
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