Will the move to make RTI applications expensive kill the act?

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The Right to Information Act, the powerful tool which people have used very successfully to seek transparency in government functioning, has just become expensive. Some states have hiked the fee for RTI applications 50 times - a move that perhaps defeats the very purpose of the path-breaking act. NDTV brings you this exclusive report.

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