Shiv Prakash, farmer from Buxar uses RTI to expose scams: Bihar has a hero!   Patna: according to a recent press report, Bihar now has its own RTI hero, a figure to emulate! Since 2005, Shiv Prakash a farmer made use of the very handy RTI provisions to unearth information for the benefit of farmers in Sarinja village in Buxar district. Fearless Prakash blew the whistle on a tubewell scam despite threats to his well-being. As is known, the Centre offers a 35% subsidy to poor farmers for the purchase of hand pumps and installation of tube wells. Through RTI documents, Prakash found huge...