History of Development of RTI movement in India
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1975
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Supreme Court ruling in the case of State of UP vs Raj Narain talks about
people’s right to know. |
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1982
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Supreme Court ruling in the case S.P. Gupta & others vs The President of India & others talks
about openness in government |
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1985
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Affidavit filed by NGO Kalpavriksh in Supreme Court
regarding the public’s right to know. |
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1986
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Supreme Court in the case of Bombay Environmental Action Group v. Pune Cantonment Board gives right to inspect local
authority documents to concerned citizens and groups. |
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1990
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V.P.Singh government proposes to amend the Official
Secrets Act and increase access to information. |
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1993
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Draft RTI law proposed by the Consumer Education and
Research Council, Ahmedabad. |
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1994
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First MKSS led jan sunwai held in Rajasthan.
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1995
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First mass meeting organised in Beawar, Rajasthan by
MKSS activists; Demand for a Right to Information articulated. |
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1996
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Second mass dharna organised by MKSS at Beawar,
Rajasthan, demanding a Right to Information; Formation of NCPRI; Conference of Chief Secretaries talks about a Right to Information Act. |
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1996
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Workshop on Right to Information held at Lal Bahadur
Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA), Mussoorie. |
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1996
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Press Council drafts
RTI National Bill with NCPRI and circulated it to PM, all parliament members, CMs and legislators. |
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1996
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Tamil Nadu passes its legislation (April, 1996)
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1997
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“Working Group on Right to Information and Promotion
of Open and Transparent Government” formed under H.D. Shourie |
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1997
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Goa (29th October, 1997) enacts RTI
legislations |
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1998
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Ram Jethmalani, then Minister for Urban Affairs and
Employment, passes executive orders providing access to government documents in his Ministry to the general public, which is shot down by the PM. |
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1998
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Madhya Pradesh passes its legislation (30th
April, 1998). |
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2000
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Karnataka (10th December 2000),
Maharashtra (18th July, 2000) and Rajasthan (11th May, 2000) enact RTI legislations |
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2001
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Delhi enacts RTI legislation (16th May,
2001) |
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2002
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Freedom of Information bill passed by Parliament
which was never notified. |
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2002
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Assam enacts
RTI legislation (7th May, 2002) |
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2003
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Jammu and Kashmir
enacts RTI legislations (18th December, 2003) |
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2004
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UPA government sworn in; National Advisory Council
formed; Right to Information Bill introduced in Parliament , fulfilling a promise made under the National Common Minimum Programme. FOI Act repealed. |
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2005
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Right to Information Act 2005 is passed by
Parliament in May 2005 and notified , comes into force on 12 October 2005 |
The time line has been prepared by Prashant Sharma, as
part of his PhD research on the Right to Information, at the London School of
Economics and Political Science.
part of his PhD research on the Right to Information, at the London School of
Economics and Political Science.
