> I know for a fact that in the Indian Railways, people spend weeks digging up information required to answer RTI queries. The usual solution to a problem like

> I know for a fact that in the Indian Railways, people spend weeks digging up information required to answer RTI queries. The usual solution to a problem like that is to publish the frequently requested types of information in bulk, before they need to be requested, since they are public records by definition. It costs a bit more than doing nothing, but not nearly as much as corruption does.