Over 300,000 RTI cases pending in India, highest in Maharashtra: Report

The maximum number of RTIs were received by the Central government at 11 million, followed by Maharashtra at 8.6 million and Tamil Nadu at 3.6 million

Around 315,000 complaints are currently pending under the Right to Information (RTI) Act in India. These are across 26 information commissions in India, according to a report in The Hindu (TH). The pending cases have been rising in recent years. 

From 218,347 pending cases in 2019, they rose to 233,384 cases in 2020 and 314,323 in 2022. At 99,722, the highest number of pending cases was in Maharashtra. In Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka, pending cases stood at 44,482 and 30,358, respectively. The data was taken from a report by the Satark Nagrik Sangathan, TH said. 

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