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True Promise · High confidence

The RTI Act, 2005 replaced the Freedom of Information Act, 2002 and created a time-bound disclosure regime with penalties for delay, matching the manifesto's stated target.

Test case in Suite B · score 1.00

OriginalThe Right to Information Act at the centre will be made more progressive, meaningful and useful to the public.

EnglishThe Right to Information Act at the centre will be made more progressive, meaningful and useful to the public.

Speaker

Sonia Gandhi

Party

INC

Office

Congress President

Venue

Indian National Congress manifesto for the 2004 Lok Sabha elections, New Delhi

Date

2004-03-01

Topics

governance, corruption

Researched by

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Grounding check

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Transcript / text sources

• Congress Manifesto 2004 (full text, Internet Archive)
• Congress Manifesto 2004 (PDF)

Evidence

Analysis

The 2004 Congress manifesto said the Right to Information Act at the Centre would be made more progressive, meaningful and useful to the public. It did not set a deadline for the change.

The Right to Information Act, 2005 replaced the Freedom of Information Act, 2002. It set time limits for public authorities to respond, created a two-tier appeal system and provided penalties for delay. The Act received presidential assent in June 2005 and came into force in October 2005.

The manifesto's target was met by the 2005 Act. The entry is scored against the stated target rather than a date because no deadline was given.

Confidence in verdict & review

Confidence in verdict

High

Review status

draft

Last reviewed

2026-10-17

Notes

The manifesto release date is not shown on the archive page; 2004-03-01 is used as an approximate date. No deadline was stated for this promise.