The end of partial autonomy and statehood in 2019 was meant to make all Indian laws apply to Jammu and Kashmir, such as the right-to-information act. Yet, despite a March 2023 Supreme Court order to set up an online portal within three months, the J&K govt—until recently run directly from New Delhi through a lieutenant governor—is one of six states and four union territories that never did. So, citizens must file paper applications, find hard-to-find postal orders to pay fees, wait for replies through post and spend up to 10 times more—and do the same thing over to file an appeal if information is denied, as it often is.