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Over 200 RTI applications to be filed for transparency, democracy

Right to Information Activist Forum, a newly formed forum of activists in a meeting on Tuesday to mark Maharashtra Day decided to do so by improving the functioning of the RTI Act.

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To improve democracy and raise the transparency level, over 200 hundred applicants will be filing at least one RTI applications per month to improve transparency and democracy. Right to Information Activist Forum, a newly formed forum of activists in a meeting on Tuesday to mark Maharashtra Day decided to do so by improving the functioning of the RTI Act.

The meet, which was held at the Bhupesh Gupta Bhavan was attended by over 200 activists. "Post-independence, RTI is one Act that has empowered a citizen in a real way. I would worry when I had some 17 questions to ask a collector but now it is the other way round," said Shivaji Raut, member of the forum. The forum also had former judge VP Patil and Shailesh Gandhi, former central information commissioner.

"If you think that in a democracy citizens are kings and queens then you should look forward to being one and seek information in a similar manner," said Gandhi. He added, "One cannot just blame the authorities for the Acts not functioning properly. RTI can change democracy and citizens should file to ensure that RTI Act is implemented and not killed."

"The idea of this forum is that people work together and work collectively," said Sudhakar Kashyap, the president of the forum who said that the forum is apolitical. He added, "We will mostly file an application in SRA cases where there is huge corruption."

"Like the last government, even this one has ensured that a favourable person is the chief commissioner and they kept the post vacant," said Anil Galgali, another speaker.

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  • To improve democracy and raise the transparency level, over 200 hundred applicants will be filing at least one RTI applications per month to improve transparency and democracy 
     
  • Right to Information Activist Forum decided to do so by improving the functioning of the RTI Act
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