India, Oct. 12 -- RTI Act implemented on 12th October 2005 in initial years of its implementation did wonders not only by exposing scams and scandals, but also resulted in systematic reforms. However,RTI rules (and not the RTI Act) need important modifications mainly to prevent misuse of the Act and minimising challenge to CIC verdicts in courts.

Precious time of Information Commissions and courts should be saved through notification issued by central government to declare all public-private-partnerships, sports-bodies, cooperative-societies and other such bodies, public-authorities under RTI Act. Land and Building Departments of central and state governments should study all cases of allotment of land or government-accommodations at sub...