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Power to you

Be an information activist by spreading the word about the problems that exist in our society. Here are some resources that can help you empower yourself and others.

 

Power to you

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We can demand accountability and transparency with these tools

  
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How everyday people become activists

Bhanuben Parmar first used the RTI and then mobilized people to hold gram sabhas to make sure the government delivered its promises

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Your Right to Information

Information controlled by a public authority and available in the public domain can be easily accessed by citizens

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How to file an RTI

Always wanted to get information from the government but never knew how to ask for it? Here are the steps you need to follow

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A sample RTI application

A specimen copy of what an RTI application looks like

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A step towards redress

The Public Services Grievances Bill is a means to complain about non-delivery of government services

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One man: 6,000 RTIs

Activist Subhash Agrawal has petitioned nearly every government department through 6,000 RTI applications

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Saluting RTI heroes

Let us remember some brave men who were killed in their pursuit of the truth

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RTI in our everyday lives

While the RTI Act has revealed details about national issues, it has also been used for issues concerning everyday life

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The Andhra Pradesh model

In 2012–13,Andhra Pradesh-based Society for Social Audit, Accountability and Transparency audited public funds worth Rs 5,000 crore

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Challenging Corruption

Social Audits help people in assessing and monitoring schemes and plans of the government, thereby ensuring...

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An audit by the people, for the people

Social audits can make public authorities accountable, say Bhaskar Prabhu and Anand Castelino

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Being social auditors

Four volunteers talk about how conducting social audits in rural Bihar changed their lives

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Demanding accountability

Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan has been spearheading movements for conducting social audits in rural Rajasthan

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Urban auditing

How technology can help in conducting social audits

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When mohalla sabhas become movements

People from one locality in Nagpur held mohalla sabhas to build public opinion against the privatization of water in their area

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Tracking MPs and MLAs

A sustained campaign to track the work of our elected representatives is an effective way to make them accountable

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Fight for your rights

Activists in a village in Jharkhand are teaching the villagers how to demand their rights

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People first

The Model Nagara Raj Bill aims to decentralize power and put it in the hands of residents of urban areas

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Self-governance in action

Read about the Kerala Panchayat Raj Act, 1994, and how it empowers villagers to make decisions affecting them

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A parliament of, for and by children

65 students in Rajgarh, Madhya Pradesh, take the matters of their education in their own hands

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