Indians find information too costly

A shocking article on the state of information access. To quote: "When Rakesh Shukla, a poor farmer from the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, asked local authorities for information on paddy field purchases in his area, he was handed a bill for 182,000 rupees ($4,100)."

Obviously, the farmer cannot pay this amount, and so the government "funds" the information access, where you can read "funds" as "CORRUPTION". This is simply apalling. The article talks about a "cash-strapped government" and "changing the law": what utter crap! The whole dysfunctional system needs to be changed.