The Right to Information Act, 2005, hailed as a pre-eminent mechanism of furthering transparency, human rights and democratic governance in India, completes a decade this year. While instances of citizens using this law to take on the culture of secrecy and inefficiency in governance structures are many, this revolutionary legislation has also been mired in legal and political controversies since its enactment. This issue of the Law & Policy Brief provides an assessment of the RTI Act in the last decade and highlights the policy issues that are currently at stake.