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Right to Information
Act 2005 |
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What Is Right To Information Act?
The Government of India has enacted ‘Right to Information
Act 2005” to provide for setting out the practical regime of
right to information for citizens to secure access to
information under the control of Public Authorities in order to
promote transparency and accountability in the working of any
public authority. |
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What Is Right To
Information
The right to information includes an access to the information
which is held by or under the control of any public authority
and includes the right to inspect the work, document, records,
taking notes, extracts or certified copies of documents /
recordsand certified samples of the materials and obtaining
information which is also stored in electronic form. |
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The Information Which
Is Exempt From Disclosure
The Act provides under Sections 8 and 9, certain categories of
information that are exempt from disclosure to the citizens. The
public may also refer to the relative sections of the Actbefore
submitting a request for information. |
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Who Can Ask For
Information?
Any citizen can request for information by making an application in writing or through electronic means in English /
Hindi / official language of the areas, in which the application is being made together with the prescribed fees.
The prescribed fee is as under:
A request for obtaining information under sub-section (1) of Section 6 of the Right to Information Act,2005
[hereinafter referred to as “the Act”]shall be accompanied by an application fee of  10/- [Rupees Ten only]
by way of cash against proper receipt or by a Demand Draft or Bankers Cheque or Postal Order payable to the
“State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur” .
For providing the information under sub-section
(1) of Section 7 of the Act,the fee shall be charged by way of cash against proper receipt or by a Demand Draft or
Bankers Cheque or Postal Order payable to the “State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur” at the following rates:
a) 2/- (Rupees Two only) for each page (in A-4 or A-3 size paper ) created or copied;
b)actual charge or cost price of a copy in large size paper ;
c) actual cost or price for samples or models; and
d) for inspection of records, no fee for the first hour, and a fee of
5/-(rupees five only) for each fifteen minutes (or fraction thereof) thereafter.
For providing the information under sub-section (5) of section 7 of the Act, the fee shall be charged by way of cash
against proper receipt or by demand draft or Bankers Cheque or Postal Order payable to the
State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur at the following rates :-
a) for information providing in diskette or floppy , 50/- (Rupees fifty only) per diskette or floppy; and
b) for information provided in printed form at the price fixed for such publication or
2/- (rupees two) per page of photo copy for extracts from the publication.
However,no fee is to be charged from the person who is below the poverty line as may be determined by the appropriate
government.
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Who Will Give
Information?
Any public authority would designate Central Asst. Public
Information Officer (CAPIO) at various levels, who will receive
the requests for information from the public and necessary
number of Central Public Information Officers (CPIO) in all
administrativeunits/ office who will arrange for providing
necessary information to the public as permitted under the
law.The public authorities are also requiredto designate
authority(ies) senior in rank to CPIO, as Appellate Authorities,
who will entertain and dispose off appeals against the decision
of the CPIO as required under the Act.Any person who does not
receive the decision from CPIO wither by way of information or
rejection within the time frame, may within 30 daysfrom the
expiry of period prescribed for furnishing the information or 30
days from the date of receipt of the decisions, prefer an appeal
to the Appellate Authority. |
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The Main Structure /
Role Of Public Information Officers |
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Central Asst. Public Information
Officers (CAPIO)
The CAPIO will receive the application / request for
information or the appeals under the Act and forward the
same immediately to the CPIO or the Appellate Authority as
the case may be.
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Central Public Information Officers
(CPIO)
The CPIO is required to process the request for
providing the information and dispose of the same; either by
providing the information or rejecting the request, within a
period of 30 days from the date of receipt of request
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Appellate Authorities
The Appellate Authority will entertain and dispose
off appeals against the decision of the CPIO as required
under the Act.
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