An overwhelming majority of respondents has voted in favour of the proposition. By initiating a debate on the scope of the Right to Information, or RTI, Act, especially after it has helped unearth some of the biggest corruption cases in the country and put ministers and bureaucrats behind bars, the government has made its intentions very clear. It wants to curb access to documents. It has argued that RTI is being 'misused' by all and sundry mostly for trivial matters, causing nuisance as well as panic among bureaucrats who fear even their smallest actions can now be subjected to public scrutiny.
