Right to Information and Good Governance

Week 1 : History and Background to RTIWeek 2 :

• Legislating RTI
• Official Secrets Act and RTI
• Role of NGOs and activist in RTI
• Mis-use of RTI
• Important SC and HC judgments in RTI

Week 3 :Constitution and RTIWeek 4 :Salient Features of RTI-1Week 5 :Salient features of RTI-2Week 6 :Powers and Functions of Information CommissionWeek 7 :Public AuthorityWeek 8 :Exempted InformationWeek 9 :RTI & Its interface

• Public Records Act
• Whistleblower Protection Act
• Judiciary and RTI

Week 10 :

• Ecological perspective on RTI
• Lessons from RTI: Sakaala: Public Service Guarantee Act

Week 11 : RTI: A comparative perspective

• Comparative Constitutional and Comparative FOI regime
• RTI in Srilanka

Week 12 : How to Draft RTI Application and Appeals: Do it yourself