RTI at 20: Milestones, Challenges and the Road Ahead

On 12th October 2025, the Right to Information (RTI) Act completed twenty years of its enactment.

  • The Act empowers every Indian citizen to seek information from public authorities, ensuring transparency, accountability, and participatory democracy.

Significant Achievements

Exposing Corruption

  • Citizens and activists have used it to uncover high-profile corruption cases such as the 2G Spectrum Scam (2008), the Commonwealth Games Scam (2010), and the Adarsh Housing Society Scam (2010).
  • These disclosures demonstrated the Act’s role in ensuring accountability and curbing misuse of power.

Improving Social Welfare Delivery

  • RTI has significantly improved transparency in social welfare schemes and public services like MGNREGA, ....
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