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RTI Act is one of our most powerful instruments to hold the government accountable.
Concerns ranging from the tightening restrictions on civil society to the broad use of anti-terrorism legislation were raised as India’s human rights record was examined as part of the Universal Period Review (process), a peer-based evaluation mechanism.
The Commission emphasized how, under Section 6 of the RTI Act, all citizens have the right to file RTI applications and refusal by PIO to accept them violates the provision.
Over 250 people have lost their lives in last five years on a 78-km long toll road stretch between Meerut and Muzaffarnagar in western Uttar Pradesh, according to information obtained through the RTI Act.
A portal was made for online applications under RTI by the central government in 2013 but no such portal is accessible in Madhya Pradesh.