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MCD Has Digitised Zero Records, Shocking RTI Reply Reveals
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News18•15-10-2026, 21:00
MCD Has Digitised Zero Records, Shocking RTI Reply Reveals
- •A recent Right to Information reply revealed that the Municipal Corporation of Delhi has not digitised any of its documents or records.
- •The RTI disclosure comes amidst an ongoing petition in the Delhi High Court demanding the online publication of MCD legislative records and committee resolutions.
- •Petitioner Paras Tyagi highlighted that the lack of digital record keeping makes vital documents like area layout plans completely inaccessible to the public.
- •The MCD previously informed the court that the scale of digitising nearly seven decades of records requires substantial administrative and financial resources.
- •The Delhi High Court had earlier pulled up the civic body for failing to upload and update public documents for over 20 years in violation of the RTI Act.
Key Questions Answered
An RTI response revealed that the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has not digitised any of its documents or records at its IT department headquarters.
The MCD is facing scrutiny over the online disclosure of its records following a petition filed by the Centre For Youth Culture Law And Environment (CYCLE).
The MCD argued that Section 4 of the RTI Act does not mandate immediate online publication of all historical committee proceedings, noting that physical inspection under Section 86 of the DMC Act satisfies legal requirements while citing substantial financial and administrative hurdles due to decades of records and trifurcation.
