news

29.08.2005 The Pune Municipal Corporation’s public information office receives at least 10 Right to Information applications a day. Who are the citizens contributing to this flurry of activity? Are these applications indicative of the success of the recent legislation and the RTI movement?

	initiatives

29.08.2005 How the Mazdoor Kisaan Shakti Sangathan in Rajasthan demanded and got information on minimum wages and government infrastructure programmes, sparking off, in the process, a national movement for freedom of information

	policy

29.08.2005 It has taken India 77 years to transition from an opaque system of governance, legitimised by the colonial Official Secrets Act, to one where citizens can demand the right to information. The recent enactment of the Freedom of Information Act 2002 marks a significant shift for Indian democracy, for the greater the access of citizens to information, the greater the responsiveness of government to community needs.

	resources

29.08.2005 Inclusive Citizenship seeks to go beyond the intellectual debates of recent years on democratization and participation to explore a related set of issues around changing conceptions of citizenship.