Journalism through RTI
Information, Investigation, Impact
Shyamlal Yadav
Sage
220 pages; Rs 795
It was a small 300-word story that first appeared on the India Today website in December 2008 and then in the magazine in January 2009. It said: “5.91 crore LIC policies discontinued in seven years”. The story was based on a Right to Information or RTI application filed by Shyamlal Yadav, then with India Today. Life Insurance Corporation did not share how much money it gained as a result of these lapsed policies. However, within a month of the story, LIC launched a limited-edition scheme for lapsed policies to which 14,221
