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'''National Campaign for People's Right to Information''' ('''NCPRI''') was established in 1996 to advocate for a legal backing to citizens right to information. This resulted in the historic and pro-people law - the [[Right to Information Act, 2005]]. More recently, this movement has also campaigned for [[Citizen's Charter and Grievance Redressal Bill 2011|Grievance redressal bill]] and [[Whistleblower protection in India|Whistleblowers protection bill]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-10/india/37597519_1_grievance-redressal-bill-ncpri-redressal-mechanism | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130728091102/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-10/india/37597519_1_grievance-redressal-bill-ncpri-redressal-mechanism | url-status=dead | archive-date=28 July 2013 | title=Grievance redressal Bill could be the next RTI | date=10 March 2013 | work=[[The Times of India]] | accessdate=28 July 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/ncpri-brainstorms-grievance-redress-whistleblower-protection/article2529918.ece | title=NCPRI brainstorms Grievance Redress, Whistleblower Protection | work=The Hindu | date=12 October 2011 | accessdate=28 July 2013| last1=Subrahmaniam | first1=Vidya }}</ref> It is a network of organisations and individuals who use the Right to Information law to demand transparency and accountability of government, but also support the use of the RTI in various other sectors to demand accountability.

==History==
The campaign has its roots in the work and experiences of the [[Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan]]. It was established in 1996 at a gathering of more than a hundred activist organisations. Later that year, it drafted the first version of a [[Right to Information]] Law in India, along with the [[Press Council of India]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Baviskar|first=Amita|title=Winning the right to information in India: Is knowledge power?|date=2010|publisher=Zed Books|location=London|editor=John Gaventa and Rosemary McGee}}</ref> The city of Beawar now has an official plaque that pays tribute to the Chang Gate protest which has a pivotal moment in the fight for the RTI.<ref>{{Cite web|title=RTI Diary |url=https://magazine.outlookindia.com/story/rti-diary/300016|access-date=2020-12-08|website=Outlook India Magazine}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-05-27|title=Memorial on RTI struggle unveiled in Beawar|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/jaipur/memorial-on-rti-struggle-unveiled-in-beawar/story-UnApyHJPtqYXOmZCF8eJzK.html|access-date=2020-12-08|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Iqbal|first=Mohammed|date=2016-05-28|title=RTI gets a memorial in Rajasthan|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/rti-gets-a-memorial-in-rajasthan/article8657410.ece|access-date=2020-12-08|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=chatterjee|first=radhika|title=Lifting the Veil of State Secrecy, One Application at a Time|url=https://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/NewsDetail/index/9/19586/Lifting-the-Veil-of-State-Secrecy-One-Application-at-a-Time|access-date=2020-12-08|website=The Citizen|language=en-US}}</ref>

== Anti-Corruption Bills ==
The National Campaign for People's Right to Information demanded the Whistleblowers Protection Bill, 2011, be amended, including by a clearer definition of victimization, protection for persons other than the whistleblowers who provide relevant information, penalty for mala fide revelation of the identity of whistleblowers, a time limit for complaints and provision for filing anonymous complaints.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/1nZz2SIzkgWIR2DPeW0FhL/Approve-Whistleblowers-Protection-Bill-in-the-budget-session.html|title=Approve Whistleblowers Protection Bill in the budget session: NCPRI|date=19 April 2013|website=mint}}</ref>

The campaign has steadily fought for the passage of the Whistleblower Protection bill since September 2010. As a part of public action for the passage of the bill, families of whistleblowers gathered in Delhi to demand the immediate passage of the bill.<ref>{{cite news|last=IANS|title=NCPRI for early passage of whistleblowers protection bill|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/ncpri-for-early-passage-of-whistleblowers-protection-bill-113120201694_1.html|accessdate=1 March 2014|newspaper=Times of India|date=2 December 2013}}</ref> The [[Whistleblower protection in India|Whistleblower Protection bill]] was passed on 21 February 2014.<ref>{{cite news|last=PTI|title=Whistleblowers' Protection Bill passed|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/whistleblowers-protection-bill-passed/article5717263.ece|accessdate=1 March 2014|newspaper=The Hindu|date=23 February 2014}}</ref>

The other Bill that the NCPRI advocated for was a [[Citizen's Charter and Grievance Redressal Bill 2011|Grievance Redressal Bill]].

== Affiliate Organisations & Resources ==
There are several organizations and individuals that are part of the NCPRI eco-system.

# Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative ([[Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative|CHRI]])
# Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan ([[Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan|MKSS]])
# [https://www.swadeshijagranmanch.com/ Swadeshi Jagran Manch]
# [https://snsindia.org/ Satark Nagrik Sangathan] (SNS India)

== Important RTI's ==

# On [[Electoral Bond]]s: - [https://www.deccanherald.com/national/electoral-bonds-worth-rs-6492-crore-sold-since-march-2018-sbi-received-rs-347-crore-in-commission-922074.html SBI received Rs. 3.47 crore as commission, Dec 2020] - [https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/electoral-bonds-scourge-of-democracy-918468.html Rs. 1000 Electoral Bond unclaimed] - [https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/poll-bonds-worth-6000-cr-sold-in-2-years-rti-query/article30537471.ece Quantity of Bonds sold since 2018] - [https://indianexpress.com/article/india/2-3-donations-for-top-parties-from-electoral-bonds-data-6215186/ 2/3 donations to parties via bonds] - [https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/first-edit/more-party-funding-ever-more-opaque-796908.html More Party Funding, Ever More Opaque]

== Important Television Debates, Articles, Interviews, Books & Lectures ==

#15 Years of RTI, Nikhil Dey in Frontline Magazine, December 2020<ref>{{Cite web|last=Katakam|first=Anupama|title=Nikhil Dey: 'RTI helped change the culture of governance'|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/the-nation/interview-nikhil-dey-rti-helped-change-the-culture-of-governance/article33229947.ece|access-date=2020-12-16|website=Frontline|language=en}}</ref>
#[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaBhFCgyWsA&feature=youtu.be Pustak Lokarpan Lecture] by [[Aruna Roy]], November 2020
# Bhaskar Prabhu on [https://mumbai.citizenmatters.in/care-about-mumbai-heres-what-you-can-do-to-make-it-better-21836 Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation]
# [https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/six-years-on-lokpal-is-a-non-starter/article30794590.ece Six Years On, Lokpal is a Non-Starter, The Hindu]<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Johri|first1=Amrita|last2=Bhardwaj|first2=Anjali|date=2020-02-12|title=Six years on, Lokpal is a non-starter|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/six-years-on-lokpal-is-a-non-starter/article30794590.ece|access-date=2020-12-08|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
# Moneylife Foundation Annual RTI Lectures: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spkBUfwW1Zc&list=PLsCRxS5KEZIC35kNJkxBfgN8f4sB5J6iV "Is Good Governance the Right of a Citizen in Democracy?"], Sept 2019
# 5 November 2001, [[Noam Chomsky]] on '[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zk3W3bEFw5U Militarism, Democracy and People's Right to Information]' at the Delhi School of Economics
#Capturing Institutional Change: The Case of the Right to Information Act in India, 2021, by Himanshu Jha <ref>{{Cite web|title=Capturing Institutional Change: The Case of the Right to Information Act in India - Oxford Scholarship|url=https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1093/oso/9780190124786.001.0001/oso-9780190124786|access-date=2020-12-20|website=oxford.universitypressscholarship.com|year=2021|doi=10.1093/oso/9780190124786.001.0001|isbn=978-0-19-012478-6|last1=Jha|first1=Himanshu|editor1-first=Rahul|editor1-last=Mukherjee|editor2-first=Subrata K|editor2-last=Mitra|editor3-first=Raghbendra|editor3-last=Jha}}</ref>

== NCPRI Conventions, Public Meetings, Activities & Hearings ==
# Jan Manch on Electoral Bonds, RTI Amendments & Whistleblower Protection Bill, December 2019<ref>{{Cite web|title=Centre's Access to Information on Electoral Bonds' Donors Is Unfair: Opposition|url=https://thewire.in/politics/bjp-electoral-bonds-donor|access-date=2020-12-09|website=The Wire}}</ref>

==Campaigns of NCPRI==
* Right to Information
* Right to Reject
* Right to be left alone
* Digital Free Speech initiative
* India Against Corruption
* Electoral Reforms<ref>[https://www.ncpri.in/ Campaigns of NCPRI from Official website of NCPRI accessed 23.12.2023]</ref>

==Recent activities==
The National Campaign for People's Right to Information met the Prime Minister on 19 August 2013 to submit a petition seeking deferring amendments related to the exclusion of the political parties from the ambit of the Right to Information Act.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/activists-meet-pm-to-protest-against-rti-amendments/articleshow/21919587.cms|title=Activists meet PM to protest against RTI amendments|website=The Times of India}}</ref>

Dhananjay Dubey, brother of murdered whistleblower [[Satyendra Dubey]], and the National Campaign for People's Right to Information started a petition signed by over 10,000 people demanding the immediate passage of the Whistleblower Protection and Grievance Redress bills.<ref>{{cite web|title=Petition for passage of Whistleblower Protection bill|url=https://www.change.org/en-IN/petitions/leaders-of-political-parties-pass-the-whistle-blowers-protection-bill-and-the-citizens-grievance-redressal-bill-in-the-february-2014-session-of-parliament|accessdate=1 March 2014}}</ref>

The NCPRI supports and endorses efforts towards accountability and transparency in various domains.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}

==External links==
1. [https://www.ncpri.in/ Official website of NCPRI]

==References==
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[[Category:Political advocacy groups in India]]

National Campaign for People's Right to Information - Revision history

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