With freedom of information some things are fairly obvious, but worth restating.
India has the Right to Information (RTI) Act. In 2009, civil servant Usha Rani was nominated for a National Right to Information Award.
"'I have always felt that RTI has come as a boon for the well-meaning bureaucrats. They are the bureaucrats who want to apply the law and resent any political interference. They now have RTI to mobilize social pressure against those who want to corrupt the system,' says Rani."
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