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**Headline: NITI Aayog Refuses to Disclose Information on RSS Registration, Citing Privacy Concerns**

**GURUGRAM, September 18, 2025 (The Hindu) –** The NITI Aayog has declined to provide information regarding the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s (RSS) registration and functioning as a non-governmental organization (NGO), citing the Right to Information (RTI) Act.

The refusal came in response to an RTI application filed by P.P. Kapoor, an activist from Panipat, who sought a copy of the RSS’s registration certificate, along with its aims, objectives, audit reports, and financial statements. Kapoor’s application referenced Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement on August 15th, where he described the RSS as an NGO.

Deepak Nailwal, Central Public Information Officer of the Voluntary Action Cell at NITI Aayog, stated that the requested information was considered “personal” and “third-party information,” invoking Section 8(J) of the RTI Act, 2005, as justification for withholding it. Nailwal further stated that information regarding current office-bearers of the RSS was available publicly on the Darpan portal.

Kapoor has alleged that the denial indicates a deliberate attempt to conceal information about the RSS. “Mr. Modi in his address to the nation on Independence Day said that RSS was a non-government organisation…But this RTI reply had made it clear that RSS was an illegal organisation running without a registration,” Kapoor stated in a press release.

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