Just 2.5 % of RTI applicants are below poverty line
28 Oct, 2014A reply by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has provided statistics which would be of interest to many RTI enthusiasts.
No. of RTI Online applications by Sex (Aug 2013 to Sep 2014)
S. No. Month / Year Male Female Total
1 Aug 2013 7734 489 8223
2 Sep 2013 10092 815 10907
3 Oct 2013 8569 834 9403
4 Nov 2013 7043 690 7733
5 Dec 2013 8070 883 8953
6 Jan 2014 9146 801 9947
7 Feb 2014 7620 676 8296
8 Mar 2014 7739 775 8514
9 Apr 2014 6990 723 7713
10 May 2014 6602 705 7307
11 Jun 2014 8056 857 8913
12 Jul 2014 6197 658 6855
13 Aug 2014 7455 771 8226
14 Sep 2014 6993 676 7669
TOTAL 108306 (91%) 10353 (9%) 118659 (100%)
No. of RTI Online applications by State (Aug 2013 to Sep 2014)
S. No. State Number % of total
1 Andhra Pradesh 9478 8
2 Arunachal Pradesh 74
3 Assam 2428 2
4 Bihar 3708 3
5 Chandigarh 1193 1
6 Chattisgarh 1380 1
7 Delhi 21528 18
8 Goa 189
9 Gujarat 3517 3
10 Haryana 5777 5
11 Himachal Pradesh 686
12 Jammu & Kashmir 654
13 Jharkhand 2257 2
14 Karnataka 6003 5
15 Kerala 3116 3
16 Lakshadweep 16
17 Madhya Pradesh 4100 3
18 Maharashtra 11776 10
19 Manipur 93
20 Meghalaya 132
21 Mizoram 33
22 Nagaland 36
23 No State 246
24 Odisha 2631 2
25 Puducherry 361
26 Punjab 3031 2
27 Rajasthan 5818 5
28 Sikkim 27
29 Tamil Nadu 7260 6
30 Tripura 152
31 UT 92
32 Uttarakhand 1417
33 Uttar Pradesh 14354 12
34 West Bengal 5858 5
RTI applications online by educational qualifications of applicant
S. No. Category Number % of total
1 No Parameter selected 23856 20
2 Below 12th Class 2391 2
3 12th class pass 6382 5
4 Graduate 56012 47
5 Above Graduate 30018 25
RTI applications online by Non BPL / BPL
S. No. Category Number % of Total
1 Non BPL 115634 97.5
2 BPL 3025 2.5