Re: [HumJanenge] Rules for Improving India using the Right to Information laws

Sir,
By using RTI, I have been able to stop illegal old age pensions (being
given to dead) to about 1 lakh beneficiaries. A lot of people may be
misusing RTI but a still larger number is using RTI for good cause.

On 10/9/11, Sarbajit Roy <sroy.mb@gmail.com> wrote:
> RULE # 1:
>
> *RTI Act is not to be used, it is to be "mis"used.*
>
> This simple rule must be strictly followed if one is to achieve anything
> useful using RTI.
>
> Whenever you ask an "RTI activist" why they file RTIs and what they will do
> with the info (if they ever get it), the usual reply they give you is
> because the Govt "babus" are completely corrupt they will a) expose this
> information in the media b) file a PIL. Both these strategies are so hollow
> that it is no wonder that nothing substantial ever gets achieved.The real
> ways for an average citizen to use RTI to make a difference are
> counter-intuitive and firmly grounded in Rule # 1 as stated above.
>

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