Drive against Bribe with RTI

Kabir in partnership with NDTV, newspapers like Hindustan Times, Hindustan (Hindi) and The Hindu started planning for a campaign to promote the use of RTI Act, 2005 amongst the masses. The aim of the campaign was to urge people to stop paying bribes and instead use Right to Information to get their work done and also to assist them in doing so. Initially this campaign was launched in Delhi but very soon numerous organizations working in various cities across the country also joined the campaign. Consequently 8 media houses publicized Right to Information in their news dailies and news channel. The successes received from the use of Right to Information were telecast in the form of advertisements and news stories on various news channels. Kabir not only collected such stories but also coordinated their reporting on various print and electronic media. Kabir also played a major role in the training of more than 1500 volunteers who were the integral part of campaign. Around 45,000 people were educated about the RTI Act and around 21000 RTI applications were drafted and filed during the campaign.