Your task is to predict the verdict of a claim based on the provided question-answer pair evidence. The possible labels are: 'Supported', 'Refuted', 'Not Enough Evidence', 'Conflicting Evidence/Cherrypicking'. Justify your answer using the provided evidence and select the correct label.

Claim: There has been a reduction in Right to Information (RTI) applications filed in the last few years leading upto 2019.

Q1: Have Right to Information applications declined in the years leading upto 2019?
A1: Dr. Jitendra Singh said that under Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, the government had further strengthened the cause of transparency and accountability by creating an online portal for RTI, which did not exist previously. He said that the proactive increase in transparency in the last five years has led to a reduction in the need for RTI.
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justification: The answer supports the claim in a positive way explaining why there was a reduction.

verdict: 'Supported'
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