Political parties operate in a space starkly different from government-run agencies which can actually help them escape close scrutiny.
The former South Asia bureau chief of Der Spiegel accuses the magazine of discrimination in employment matters.
The media welcomed the UID's promise of giving an identity to those outside the system, but has failed to track its failure to do so.
All political parties, except the CPI have refused to provide names of their donors saying they don't come under the purview of the RTI Act.
The role of Central Information Commission (CIC) since 2005 has been exemplary. It has dealt successfully with various serious issues like disclosure of information related to mercy petitions, phone tapping and bank details,
Public officers have been wrongly invoking exemptions under national interest to deny information under the RTI Act.
The fact that PCI was clueless about the grounds on which it rejected the application can be gauged from the divergent stances the information officer took.
The Times of India reruns a three-year-old story on Bt Cotton without any updates as paid news. It is described as a consumer connect initiative. Why did Mahyco Monsanto Biotech get this extolling story republished?
Ad campaigns of Idea Cellular try dealing with social issues but fall flat on logic,
Social activists have converted the RTI into a powerful tool for those seeking justice, using persistence. They acquire information under the act and give it to the media.