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The 20-Year Secret: MCD Pulled Up for Hiding Records Since the Birth of RTI

4 February 2026 - North Delhi, Delhi

Record date
4 Feb 2026
Location
North Delhi, Delhi
The odd part

The administrative achievement of successfully ignoring a transparency law for two straight decades without accidentally being transparent.

What happened

The Delhi High Court expressed bewilderment at the Municipal Corporation of Delhi's (MCD) ability to keep its resolutions and records entirely secret since the Right to Information (RTI) Act was passed in 2005. Despite twenty years of 'Digital India' and transparency mandates, the MCD has maintained a pristine record of non-disclosure, proving that if you simply don't upload the files, the law eventually becomes a polite suggestion.

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