We are piloting in Bangalore, starting with essential services for homeowners, such as transfering proprty records, electricity, and water connections.
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Last revised: Dec 14, 2024 Volunteer Credits: AN & Giridhar for research inputs; Preethi and Krithika for Editing/Review Ease of completion: Extremely Challenging Although claimed to be a “contactless service,”...
Do not visit Government Offices unless required You may get a call from the officer asking you to come to the office on some pretext. This is invariably a ploy...
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Sakala Sakala is an Act passed by the Karnataka Government in 2011, under the Right to Public Services legislation, which assures delivery of Government services to citizens within a stipulated...
Volunteer Credits: AN & Sioux helped with nailing many a nitty gritty in this article About Encumbrance Certificate What is an Encumbrance Certificate An Encumbrance Certificate (EC) is a record...
Volunteer Credits: Sioux authored this article Undocumented, Poorly Documented, or Suppressed Information Nuances That Can Lead to the Rejection of Your RTI Application Under the RTI Act, you are entitled...
Volunteer Credits: Kavya K., Ria K We acknowledge the support of Mr. Basavaraju, Executive Engineer, and Mr. Siddaraju, Computer Operator of BWSSB Indiranagar. Overall assessment Transferring a Bangalore Water Supply...
Last Updated: April 26, 2025 Credits: Thanks to Rakesh Kumar for sharing his experience of getting a marriage certificate in painstaking detail. Zen Citizen has researched and consolidated workarounds to...
Volunteer Credits: Sioux authored this piece We recently received a question: “Hey! How is your citizen’s initiative going? I have a revenue officer on tape asking for a bribe of...
If you want to get your government service or certificate without paying a bribe or using a middleman, and you’re not in a hurry, you can file an RTI application...
