New Delhi, March 23 The rejection rate of Right to Information (RTI) applications has come down to 3.26 per cent in 2024-25 from 7.21 per cent in 2013-14, the Centre has said.
Data on RTI applications received, replied to, and rejected, along with the reasons for rejection, for public authorities in the central government, is available in the annual report of the Central Information Commission (CIC) for the respective years, Union Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha.
This data can be accessed at https://cic.gov.in/circular-reports-conventions, he said.
"The rejection rate of RTI applications, in percentage, has come down to 3.26 per cent in the year 2024-25 from 7.21 per cent in the year 2013-14," he said.
Assessment and review to evaluate the effectiveness of the RTI Act framework is an ongoing process, Singh said.
Guidelines have been issued by the government on conducting third-party transparency audits of proactive/suo-moto disclosures undertaken by the concerned public authorities, he said.
The CIC monitors the progress of the transparency audit and pursues with all public authorities to undertake the audit, the minister said.
If an applicant does not receive a reply within the prescribed time in response to an RTI application or is aggrieved by a decision of the public information officer (PIO), the applicant may file an appeal before the first appellate authority and a second appeal lies before the CIC, he said.
Further, an applicant who believes that incomplete, misleading, or false information has been furnished by the PIO can directly raise a complaint with the CIC/State Information Commission (SIC), as the case may be, Singh added.
