A simple 9 step tutorial to RTI. Dummies and even experts can start with this simple tutorial before reading bare act.
http://www.sakshitrust.org/Learn_RTI/Online_Tutorial/
Another step by step user guide.
http://www.humanrightsinitiative.org/programs/ai/rti/india/user_guide/user_guide.htm
This guide gives information and actual cases of how RTI has been used by people. Very useful to find practical uses of RTI.
http://www.prajanet.org/partners/nrti/files/RTI%20booklet.pdf
A well written and formatted guide which is all in one. It has information on RTI, practical usage of RTI, templates, CIC decisions and bare act also.
http://www.nyayabhoomi.org/rti/RTI_Handbook.pdf
Does a template for your problem already exist? Check here templates for many cases:
http://rti.aidindia.org/content/view/221/76/
Finally, the site where I got all above useful links from. It has much more info, check it out:
http://indiarti.blogspot.com/
In the handbook of nyayabhoomi.org at page 48, para 9 under comercialization
9. If no steps have been taken in any case. why?
Why cannot be asked in RTI queries and the question has to be re-framed
e.g. Kindly provide reasons ….
Yes… asking for Why xxx is not done ? is a bad/invalid framing of question in RTI application. I have explained it in this blog post:
https://deveshwar.in/blog/2010/04/09/discussion-points-first-rti-session-…
Also, in the RTI templates I have mentioned guidelines on framing the RTI questions. e.g. below:
https://deveshwar.in/blog/2010/04/16/rti-template-central-government-and-…
https://deveshwar.in/blog/2010/04/15/rti-template-karnataka-state