Arvind Kejriwal won Ramon Magsaysay Award for his contribution to right-to-information(RTI) movement. The Ramon Magsaysay Award is an annual award established to perpetuate former Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay's example of integrity in governance, courageous service to the people, and pragmatic idealism within a democratic society.The award is internationally-recognized as Asia's Nobel Prize counterpart and is the highest award given to Asian individuals and organizations.

Arvind Kejriwal, who is now the Delhi Chief Minister, has been vehemently opposing the Right to Information(RTI) (Amendment) Bill, 2019. The bill which is now in Parliament proposes to amend the Right to Information Act, 2005. Kejriwal is credited for activating right-to-information (RTI) movement at the grassroot level. For this contribution, he was conferred with the Ramon Magsaysay Award, considred as the Asia's equivalent of the Nobel Prize. Kejriwal's contribution to RTI activism is immense and in this sense he has a locus in the matter..