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 metatag-description=(A practitioner's note on the subject-matter pattern of Right to Information applications in India: what citizens file about, where the Public Information Officer typically gives a satisfactory reply, and where applications end up in appeal before the Information Commission. With sources.)}} metatag-description=(A practitioner's note on the subject-matter pattern of Right to Information applications in India: what citizens file about, where the Public Information Officer typically gives a satisfactory reply, and where applications end up in appeal before the Information Commission. With sources.)}}
  
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 The empirical observations in this note are drawn from three classes of source. The empirical observations in this note are drawn from three classes of source.
  
-  * **Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), Annual Reports on the implementation of the Right to Information Act.** These carry the aggregate number of applications received, transfers under Section 6(3), denials, and the clause of Section 8 most often cited. The reports from 2005-06 onwards are published at the DoPT website.+  * **Department of Personnel and Training (%%DoPT%%), Annual Reports on the implementation of the Right to Information Act.** These carry the aggregate number of applications received, transfers under Section 6(3), denials, and the clause of Section 8 most often cited. The reports from 2005-06 onwards are published at the %%DoPT%% website.
   * **Satark Nagrik Sangathan, //Report on the Performance of Information Commissions in India//.** The annual series tracks the composition, pendency, and disposal pattern of the Central Information Commission and the State Information Commissions. The 2024-25 report noted aggregate pendency of over four lakh appeals and complaints across the State Commissions.   * **Satark Nagrik Sangathan, //Report on the Performance of Information Commissions in India//.** The annual series tracks the composition, pendency, and disposal pattern of the Central Information Commission and the State Information Commissions. The 2024-25 report noted aggregate pendency of over four lakh appeals and complaints across the State Commissions.
   * **Central Information Commission annual returns, and the published orders.** Individual orders record the ground of refusal, the decision of the Commission, and the direction to the Public Information Officer. The pattern across hundreds of orders gives the shape of the appeal docket.   * **Central Information Commission annual returns, and the published orders.** Individual orders record the ground of refusal, the decision of the Commission, and the direction to the Public Information Officer. The pattern across hundreds of orders gives the shape of the appeal docket.
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 Across the central Government, the State Governments, and the Union Territories, five subject areas account for the largest share of the annual RTI filing. Across the central Government, the State Governments, and the Union Territories, five subject areas account for the largest share of the annual RTI filing.
  
-  - **Service matters of the applicant's own employment.** Applications by serving and retired Government employees for their own Service Book, Annual Performance Appraisal Reports, leave record, increment and promotion orders, transfer orders, and disciplinary records. The single largest category across both central and State Governments, on DoPT's aggregate reporting.+  - **Service matters of the applicant's own employment.** Applications by serving and retired Government employees for their own Service Book, Annual Performance Appraisal Reports, leave record, increment and promotion orders, transfer orders, and disciplinary records. The single largest category across both central and State Governments, on %%DoPT%%'s aggregate reporting.
   - **Land records, revenue, and municipal records.** Applications for patta, khata, mutation entries, survey records, building-plan sanction, occupancy certificates, and local body works. Very heavy in States with computerised land-record portals running parallel to RTI.   - **Land records, revenue, and municipal records.** Applications for patta, khata, mutation entries, survey records, building-plan sanction, occupancy certificates, and local body works. Very heavy in States with computerised land-record portals running parallel to RTI.
   - **Pension and retirement benefits.** Applications on pension computation, leave encashment, gratuity status, PF withdrawal timelines, and family pension sanction.   - **Pension and retirement benefits.** Applications on pension computation, leave encashment, gratuity status, PF withdrawal timelines, and family pension sanction.
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 ===== The common denial grounds — what the numbers show ===== ===== The common denial grounds — what the numbers show =====
  
-Across successive DoPT annual reports, the grounds most cited in refusals are, in order of frequency:+Across successive %%DoPT%% annual reports, the grounds most cited in refusals are, in order of frequency:
  
   - Section 8(1)(j) — personal information.   - Section 8(1)(j) — personal information.
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   - Section 8(1)(g) — endangerment.   - Section 8(1)(g) — endangerment.
  
-Clause (j) has been the largest single ground across the years covered. The 14 November 2025 amendment will change the shape of the numbers; the next two DoPT annual reports will be the baseline for how the amendment plays out in practice.+Clause (j) has been the largest single ground across the years covered. The 14 November 2025 amendment will change the shape of the numbers; the next two %%DoPT%% annual reports will be the baseline for how the amendment plays out in practice.
  
 ===== Why the mismatch ===== ===== Why the mismatch =====
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   * [[explanations:grounds-for-rejection|Grounds for rejection]]. Concept-wise note on the ten exemptions.   * [[explanations:grounds-for-rejection|Grounds for rejection]]. Concept-wise note on the ten exemptions.
   * [[explanations:missing-files-under-rti|Missing files under the RTI Act]]. On "no such record" refusals.   * [[explanations:missing-files-under-rti|Missing files under the RTI Act]]. On "no such record" refusals.
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 ===== Sources ===== ===== Sources =====
  
-  - Department of Personnel and Training, //Annual Reports on the Implementation of the Right to Information Act, 2005//, successive years. Available at the DoPT website.+  - Department of Personnel and Training, //Annual Reports on the Implementation of the Right to Information Act, 2005//, successive years. Available at the %%DoPT%% website.
   - Satark Nagrik Sangathan, //Report on the Performance of Information Commissions in India//, annual series. Most recent: 2024-25, released 12 October 2025.   - Satark Nagrik Sangathan, //Report on the Performance of Information Commissions in India//, annual series. Most recent: 2024-25, released 12 October 2025.
   - Second Administrative Reforms Commission, //Right to Information — Master Key to Good Governance//, First Report, June 2006.   - Second Administrative Reforms Commission, //Right to Information — Master Key to Good Governance//, First Report, June 2006.
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