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Fifteen years back on 12th October, 2005 the Right to Information (RTI) Act became operational. It was the auspicious day of Vijayadashmi and appeared to herald a new revolution in Indian democracy. Citizens who had been advocating for this law saw an opportunity of converting India’s defective elective democracy into a true participatory democracy: the…