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1. The Right to Information Act 2005 aims to empower citizens by promoting transparency and accountability in government workings. It allows citizens access to information held by public authorities.
2. Information refers to any material in any form, including records, documents, emails, opinions, reports, papers, samples, data in electronic form, or information related to private bodies accessible by public authorities by law.
3. Citizens have the right to seek information from a public authority that it holds or controls. This includes inspecting documents and records, taking notes or copies, and taking certified samples of materials.
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HOW TO GET INFORMATION
FROM THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES OF THE CENTRAL
GOVERNMENT UNDER
THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT, 2005
1. The Right to Information Act 2005 aims to empower citizens by promoting transparency and accountability in government workings. It allows citizens access to information held by public authorities.
2. Information refers to any material in any form, including records, documents, emails, opinions, reports, papers, samples, data in electronic form, or information related to private bodies accessible by public authorities by law.
3. Citizens have the right to seek information from a public authority that it holds or controls. This includes inspecting documents and records, taking notes or copies, and taking certified samples of materials.
1. The Right to Information Act 2005 aims to empower citizens by promoting transparency and accountability in government workings. It allows citizens access to information held by public authorities.
2. Information refers to any material in any form, including records, documents, emails, opinions, reports, papers, samples, data in electronic form, or information related to private bodies accessible by public authorities by law.
3. Citizens have the right to seek information from a public authority that it holds or controls. This includes inspecting documents and records, taking notes or copies, and taking certified samples of materials.
~ ~ ~ <i;- ~ fcmT-f.riro ~ ~ ; r Guide For the Information Seekers ) . ' ~ '-- Foreword The Right to Information Act. 2005 has converted the prevailing culture of secrecy into a culture of openness and transparencyin theworkingoftheGovernment. Itwillgoalong wayinstrengtheningourdemocraticinstitutions.empoweringthe public.removingcorruptionandgreaterinvolvementofcitizensin thedevelopmentofthenation. This compilation explains the method of making application for seeking information from the public authorities under the Central Government. the procedure for preparing appealsand thestepsforfilingcomplaintsinthematterand other relatedissues. Thecontentsof thisdocumentwouldapplymostly inconnectionwithgettinginformationfromthepublicauthorities . oftheState Governmentsas well . Nevertheless.since thereare differentfee rules and appeal rules in differentStates.theStates may like tobringouttheir own guide on the subjecton similar lines. Iwish theRighttoInformationActis made use ofby the publicforlargerpublicgood. (Satyananda Mishra) Secretary DepartmentofPersonnel &Training. MinistryofPersonnel.Public Grievances and Pensions NewDelhi Dated:the Oath November.2007 II I \ ll1'TR CfWfl' $ Wro; ,t.,' I I GuideForthe Information Seekers I
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3. 'i III RCfi" "CfiT fcflm w'tlCflffi 'B -Q:m l1i<R CflT i '\J1l 'd"B w'tlCflffi q;;- lffil i 71T -B il -B w'tlCflffi q;;- lffil 71T -B '!lfu, i\I1 \Jj" ftCfiTif CflT 71T ftCfiTif q;;- "iR, 71T !>I41f u ld >rfu7:n' >fTC(f CfiBT; "Bll1!ft q;;- !>I4lfuI d B'il i I I ClWIT cfi" fcrnT-f.rcm , " Guide For the Information Seekers .: THE RIGHTTO INFORMATION ACT, 2005 A GUIDE FORTHE INFORMATION SEEKERS ObjectoftheRighttoInformationAct The basic objectofthe Right toInformation Act is to empower the citizens, promote transparency and accountability in the working of the Government, contain corruption,and make our democracy work for the people in real sense. An informed citizenry will be better equipped to keep necessary vigil on the instruments of governanceand make thegovernmentmore accountable to the governed. TheAct has createdapractical regimethroughwhichthecitizensofthecountry may have access to information under the control of public authorities. WhatisInformation 2. Information is any material in any form. It includes records, documents, memos, e-mails, opinions, advices, press releases, circulars, orders, logbooks, contracts, reports, papers, samples, models,data material held in any electronicform. It also includes informationrelatingtoanyprivatebodywhichcanbeaccessedbythe publicauthorityunderanylawforthetimebeinginforce. RighttoInformationundertheAct 3.A citizen has a right to seek such information from a public authoritywhich is held by the public authority or which is held underitscontrol. This rightincludesinspectionofwork,documents and records;takingnotes,extractsorcertifiedcopiesofdocuments orrecords; taking certified samples ofmaterial held by the public authorityorheldunderthecontrolof thepublicauthority. -- - - :t: tn1A qn;IT <ii ff;ro: Rrn- , i ' mrA qn;IT <ii ff;ro: Guide For the Information Seekers / I Guide For the Information Seekers 4. CfiT cfl fficn &ro CfiBT; "lIT CfiT cx:rr&IT CfiBT; "lIT &ro CfiT 'BliTm1 CfiBT; "lIT CfiI<:qf1Cfi m CfiT arnPmf -,m "%1 cfl -Q:m >ITt<f CfiT "% \lIT fficn cfl-qffi
Cffi" 31tRT lU lWR'f -B, <N SI Cfi F<:q d m.n fcn 1'TlTftCfi &ro Wm cfl1fff 1R lfiTft "% I 4. The public authority under the RTI Act is not supposed to create information; or to interpret information; or to solve the problems raised by the applicants; or to furnish replies to hypothetical questions. Only such information can be had under the Act which already exists with the public authority. 5. A citizen has a right to obtain information in the form of diskettes, floppies, tapes, video cassettes or in any other electronic mode or through print-outs provided information is already stored in a computer or in any other device from which the information may be transferred to diskettes etc. 6. The information to the applicant shall ordinarily be provided in the form in which it is sought. However, if the supply of information sought in a particular form would disproportionately divert the resources of the public authority or may cause harm to the safety or preservation of the records, supply of information in that form may be denied. 7. TheAct gives the right to information only to the citizens of India. It does not make provision for giving information to Corporations, Associations, Companies etc. which are legal entities/persons, but not citizens. However, if an application is made by an employee or office- bearer of any Corporation,Association, Company, NGO etc. who is also a citizen of India, information shall be supplied to him/her, provided the applicant gives his/her full name. In such cases, it will be presumed that a citizen has sought information at the address of the Corporation etc.
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a;tr CfiT <I \jj Cflllj 'lWfl fcn<n \lfRT t -q fufuro -q CfiV1T 6fcfi' 11RI llT'U1l1 OI1FCk1 l ld Cfllljf(1lj -q _____.... ( ltl'lA mm Gliide For the Information Seekers AssistanceAvailableFromePIOs II.The Central Public Information Officer shall render reasonable assistancetothepersonsseekinginformation.Ifapersonis unableto makearequestin writing,hemayseekthehelpoftheCPIOtowrite hisapplication.Whereadecisionistakentogiveaccesstoasensorily disabled person to any document,the Central Public Information Officer,shall providesuchassistancetoenableaccesstoinformation, including providing such assistance to the person as may be appropriatefortheinspection. SuoMotuDisclosure 12. TheAct makes itobligatoryforevery publicauthority tomake suo-motu disclosurein respectoftheparticularsofitsorganization, functions, duties etc. as provided in section 4 of theAct. Besides, some public authorities under the Centra,l Government have publishedotherinformationandhavepostedthemontheirwebsites. Methodof Seeking Information 13. Acitizen whodesirestoobtainany Public Information information under the Act, should make an application to the Central Public Information Officer (ePIO) of the concerned public authority in writing in English or Hindi orin theofficial language ofthearea in which the application is made. The applicant can send the application by post or through electronic means or L...;;....:.______ __ -- ll'1'tf.r Cffi'iT cil' ftw"-f-IW \ \ ll'1'tf.r cil' dUb Guide Forthe InformationSeekers '. fcf'lWl 11T'afll"B fcn7:rr tI
Guide Forthe Information Seekers db can deliver it personally in the office ofthe public authority. The application can also be sent through a Central Assistant Public Information Officer appointed by the Department of Post at sub- divisionallevelorothersub-districtlevel. FeeforSeekingInformation 14. The applicant, along with the application, should send a demand draft or a banker's cheque or an Indian Postal - ... :2 I E 94 OrderofRs.10/- (Rupeesten),payabletotheAccountsOfficerofthepublicauthority as fee prescribed for seeking information. The payment offee can also be made by way ofcash totheAccounts Officer ofthe public authority or to the Central Assistant Public Information Officer againstproperreceipt. 15. Theapplicant may also be required to pay furtherfee towards the costofprovidingthe information,details ofwhich shall be intimated to the applicant by the CPIO as prescribed by the Right to Information (Regulation ofFeeand Cost) Rules,2005. Ratesof feeasprescribedintheRulesaregivenbelow: (a) rupees two (Rs. 2/-) for each page ( in A-4 orA-3 size paper) createdorcopied; (b) actualchargeorcostpriceof acopyin largersizepaper; (c) actualcostorpriceforsamplesormodels; (d) for inspection ofrecords,no fee forthefirst hour;and afee of rupees five (Rs.5/-) for each subsequent hour (or fraction thereof); (e) for information provided in diskette or floppy rupees fifty(Rs.50/-) perdisketteorfloppy; and Jjl
17. l=firR fu-Q: "Cf1T -cnW f.lmfu:r >r15f tl If<: fcfi<:IT t I -B "Cf1T -;wr C'f2.1T 6TCf1" "Cf1T 'iU'1cIT fu-@T ?:ffii c=rcn fcn llTUTll-B l1TrIT o;rffi -B "Cf1T -;wr afu:6TCf1" "Cf1T '1cIT I 18. l=firR"CfRVl-cnT l=firR"Cf1T CfiRUT 311TIa,:rc=r t I RQGI"1 19. -B 311TIa,:rc=r t fcn Cffi" 30 fCtd'?Idl -B OOtrC'f -Q:B >ITt<f 48 tR:T "l!"R "Cf1T 11C'f t fcn l1TrIT >rfCftrAT W\R qft t "ill Cffi" "Cf1T -3=tfCllChi{ 'Cf1\ I -3=t fCllChl{ "Wl<:f Cffi" -cnT -Q:m -3=t fCll11fd CfiRUT C'f2.1T "Cf1T ICffi" -cnT :w:fffi<'J?1{ qft 31cff'tr em fcfcRuT I ('I " , lrilRqwif cfi ft;ro; fcmr-fmr : '. GUide Forthe InformationSeekers ill
(f) for information provided in printed form at the price fixed for such publicationorrupeestwo perpageofphotocopyfor extracts from the publication. 16. Iftheapplicantbelongsto below poverty line (BPL) category,heis notrequiredto payanyfee.However,heshouldsubmitaproofin supportofhis claim tobelongtothebelowpovertyline.Theapplication notaccompanied bytheprescribedfee ofRs.10/- orproofoftheapplicant's belonging to below poverty line, as the case may be, shall not be a valid applicationundertheActandtherefore,doesnotentitletheapplicant togetinformation. Format of Application 17. There is no prescribed form of application for seeking information. The application can be made on plain paper. The application should, however, have the name and complete postal address of the applicant. Even in cases where the information is soughtelectronically,theapplicationshouldcontain nameand postal addressoftheapplicant. 18. The information seeker is not required to give reasons for seekinginformation. Disposal ofthe Request 19.The CPIO is required to provide information to the applicant within thirty days of the receipt of a valid application. If the information soughtfor concerns the life orliberty ofa person,the informationshall beprovided withinforty-eighthoursofthereceipt oftherequest.IftheCPIOis oftheviewthattheinformationsought for cannot be supplied under the provisions oftheAct, he would reject the application. However,while rejecting the application, he shall inform the applicant the reasons for such rejection and the particulars of the appellate authority. He would also inform the applicanttheperiodwithinwhichappealmaybepreferred. T/l'l"f.r crrffl <f; Wn!: f.fW '\ lfi"rR <m'fT <f; Wn!: f.fW I I Guide Forthe InformationSeekers ' ' Guide FortheInformationSeekers I I --- -, ,I ... 20. Cf)\1T t "ill ffi- ctiT 'TURf wenCfi1 &mJTc\T Cfft \lfRqrffi Cfft ffi- -m'tlCfiTU U m OO'tlCf ffi- wf'tlCfiTU -m'tlCfiTU 1:J8;l -q: dq1 Ckl &m t3l\?lCIT 3l\?lCIT 3l\?lCIT &m tl ffi- -m'tlCfiTU &m Cfft 3ifun:Ckl mu \lfl1T -;:@' \ifT"ill t "ill ffi- -m'tlCfiTU
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23. ctiT 30 fc\;l3l\?lCIT 48 tRJCfft '!:ft W-lfu m, >R:R-;:@'Cfft \ifT"ill t3l\?lCIT Cffl" >R:RCfft U -;:@' t "ill Cffl" wf'tlCfiTU N> ffi- U ten -m'tlCfiTU t,ctiT tl U fc\;l Cfft 3{C!f'tl Cfft ctiT >R:R 20. If an applicant is required to make payment for obtaining information, in addition to the application fee, the Central Public InformationOfficerwould informtheapplicantaboutthedetails of furtherfees alongwiththecalculation madetoarriveattheamount payablebytheapplicant. Afterreceivingsuch acommunicationfrom the CPIO, the applicant may deposit the amount by way of cash againstproperreceiptorbyDemandDraftorby Banker'schequeor by Indian Postal Order in favour of the Accounts Officer of the concernedpublicauthority.TheCPIOisundernoobligationtomake availabletheinformationiftheadditionalfeeintimated by himisnot depositedbytheapplicant. 21.Where an additional r'n.,;r;;:n::tr1"'ll.,..,......... fee is requiredtobe paid, .. ............the period intervening between the dispatch of the intimation regarding paymentofadditionalfee andpaymentoffeebythe applicant shall be excludedforthepurpose ofcomputingthe period of thirty days within which the CPIO is required to furnish the information. 22. If the CPIO fails to senddecisionontherequestontheinformationwithintheperiodof thirtydays orforty-eighthours,as thecase may be,theinformation maybedeemedtohavebeenrefused. FirstAppeal 23. If an applicant is not supplied information within the prescribed time ofthirty days or 48 hours, as the case may be, or is not satisfied with the information furnished to him, he may prefer an appeal to the first appellate authority who is an officer senior in rank to the CPIO. Such an appeal, should be filed within a period of thirty days from the date on f i qffif <fi ft;ro: fa:m-f.\'W / " qffif <fi ft;ro:, fa:m-f.rcrn I I' . GuideFortheInformationSeekers GUide Forthe InformationSeekers I__ I I a. ' CfiT 30 CfiT mffii cnf\"@-B,flrnCfiT CfiT Ruf<:r iI 24. cfi mcfi CfiT 31CIT'I:.T cfi 'lfuR 1145 cfi 'lfuR CflT f.r:RR
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'B 'Cfll:'BCfldlil ID1T a.rcfTffi'Om ftltCflilictl'qjfPlqG I... 28. Cfil am cn1 I 1 mm- rf; ffill: ftw'-R<m I Guide Forthe InformationSeekers (vi) Prayerorreliefsought; (v) Groundsforprayerorrelief; (vi) Verificationbytheappellant;and (vii) Any other information, which the Commission may deem necessaryfordecidingtheappeal. 26. The appeal made to the Central Information Commission shouldbeaccompaniedbythefollowingdocuments: (i) Self-attested copies ofthe orders ordocuments against which appealis made; (ii) Copies of the documents relied upon by the appellant and referredtointheappeal;and (iii) Anindexof thedocumentsreferredtointheappeal. Complaints 27. If any person is unable tosubmita requesttoa Central Public InformationOfficereitherbyreasonthatsuchanofficerhasnotbeen appointedbytheconcernedpublicauthority;ortheCentral Assistant Central Public Information Officer has refused toaccepthis orher application orappeal forforwardingthesametothe Central Public InformationOfficerortheappellateauthority,asthecasemay be; or he has been refused access to any information requested by him undertheRTI Act;orhe has notbeengiven a responsetoa request \ . for information within thetime limitspecified in the Act;orhe has been required to pay an amount of fee which he considers unreasonable; or he believes that he has been given incomplete, misleading or false information, he can make a complaint to the CentralInformationCommission. Disposal ofAppeals and Complaints by the CIC 28. The Central Information Commission decides the appeals and complaints and conveys its decision to theappellant/complainant and first appellate, authority/CPIO. The Commission may decide an appeal/complaint after hearing the parties to the appeal/complaint or j
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