Recording the government's silence. One denial at a time. An initiative by The Reporters' Collective

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The Ram Mandir is in the news because of a donations scandal. Back in 2023 itself, an RTI applicant had sought the government order containing details of how the Temple Trust would be run. By God’s grace, this RTI was denied. Visit rti404.com to know why.
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And, we at #RTI404, are keeping a record of RTIs the government has denied or met with silence. Find us at rti404.com 📁 We're also working on exciting updates detailing how RTI has become an endangered democratic tool (Hint: DPDP Act). Stay tuned.
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Highly inspired by Gandhi, our government is planning to launch non-cooperation movement against public. Public will not be shown any official document. In short, government has slowly — and then not so slowly — suppressed your right to know how it functions.
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Can you call a corrupt official corrupt? Not without their permission. The DPDP Act, protects frauds unless the person specifically gives their permission to name them. Watch @Nit_Set on Jaanne Bhi Do Yaaro with @AnjaliB_ and Amrita Johri youtube.com/watch?v=oVyWOrcQ…
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An RTI asked the RBI: who shaped your fintech Regulatory Sandbox framework? RBI's reply: here are the comments. The names? Redacted. They were likely to have been corporations, think tanks, lobbyists — weighing in on public policy. For more RTI denials: rti404.com
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Has the government ever denied information in response to your RTI? At @rti404, every denial has a place. We’ve logged nearly 80 so far — help us reach 250. Stand up for your right to information. Submit your denial: rti404.com/add-to-record
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How the DPDP Act, in the name of privacy, has put investigative journalists and their journalism at risk in India. I spoke to @AnjaliB_ and @johriamrita to explain why @reporters and I have filed a case against the unconstitutional provisions of the DPDP Act before the Supreme Court. ....2
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How the Government’s New Privacy Law Has Defanged RTI "Gov't knows everything about me...it's my lover and it knows everything. But I know nothing about my lover" @prosaha discusses with @AnganaCk and @nit_set. Catch the whole discussion here: youtube.com/watch?v=QLSlMc3A…
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If you are trying to do journalism or research that holds the powerful to account, this affects you. It won't if you are a stenographer in the dress of a jurno/researcher. Join us @rti404 and @reporters_co today to learn why and how the govt has used your right to privacy to kill your right to Information. Register here forms.gle/D61QYFazRpJJUhRL7 @AnganaCk @prosaha @journomayank
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A people’s movement: In 1990s, a grassroots org Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (@mkssindia) mobilised people in Rajasthan’s villages to ask for govt records because the daily wage workers were not getting paid correctly. The movt spreads across the state. shorturl.at/AL73r
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"No information is available": the Election Commission stated point blank in its response to an RTI seeking details of the government's opinion on nationwide Special Intensive Revision. For more such RTI denial, visit rti404.com/
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It is how we question power, demand accountability and participate meaningfully in public life. RTI404 is our attempt to record the government's silence. One denial at a time. Because we really just have two options: Be informed or become obedient. rti404.com
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In December 2024, two Union Ministers, Piyush Goyal and H.D. Kumaraswamy convened with key stakeholders from India's steel and metallurgical coke industries.
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This project rests on a simple hope: that people see RTI for what it truly is. It is not a tool meant only for journalists or researchers. The right to information is foundational to being citizens in a democracy.  #rti404
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Why did we build RTI404? As investigative journalists, the Right to Information Act has been indispensable to our work — helping uncover who donated to political parties via electoral bonds, how many families received pandemic compensation, and where governance fell short.
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Our RTI Denials Directory is a growing database of Right to Information applications where the government has, in many ways, said: “No, can’t tell” — through denials, evasive or contradictory replies, or no response at all. Search the Directory by central or state authorities.
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Just splitting a Nobel is not enough Children have been missing from #WitchDoctor India so much so that he became Ashton Kutcher to look for them #RTI404 Epstein has an island to show Where do they take these bodies Let us file a formal application to ask for proof of life
Be informed, or become obedient. #RTI404 | Recording the government's silence, one denial at a time. A @reporters_co initiative. Launching tomorrow!
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The bureaucrats have gone home. Their silence, however, is now on the permanent record. #RTI404 | Recording the government's silence, one denial at a time. Launching March 2. A @reporters_co initiative.
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RTI404 Be informed or become obedient. An initiative by The Reporters' Collective. @reporters_co Launching tomorrow. Monday, March 2. Join us, follow our handles: *On Instagram* instagram.com/rti404_filenot… *On Twitter* @rti404 *On Facebook* facebook.com/profile.php?id=…
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Is the propaganda industry hiring? All non-answers @rti404 , where we are recording the government's silence, one denial at a time. A @reporters_co initiative. Launching March 2.
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