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    The document summarizes the key aspects of the Right to Information Act 2005 in India. It explains that RTI is a fundamental right under the Indian Constitution that allows citizens to seek information from the government. The RTI Act 2005 provides the process for citizens to exercise this right by filing applications to designated Public Information Officers. It outlines citizens' rights to request information, inspect documents, take copies and samples. It also details the application process, applicable fees, and 30-day time limit for the government to provide responses. The document acknowledges some concerns raised by bureaucrats about implementing the RTI Act.

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    The document summarizes the key aspects of the Right to Information Act 2005 in India. It explains that RTI is a fundamental right under the Indian Constitution that allows citizens to seek information from the government. The RTI Act 2005 provides the process for citizens to exercise this right by filing applications to designated Public Information Officers. It outlines citizens' rights to request information, inspect documents, take copies and samples. It also details the application process, applicable fees, and 30-day time limit for the government to provide responses. The document acknowledges some concerns raised by bureaucrats about implementing the RTI Act.

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    The document summarizes the key aspects of the Right to Information Act 2005 in India. It explains that RTI is a fundamental right under the Indian Constitution that allows citizens to seek information from the government. The RTI Act 2005 provides the process for citizens to exercise this right by filing applications to designated Public Information Officers. It outlines citizens' rights to request information, inspect documents, take copies and samples. It also details the application process, applicable fees, and 30-day time limit for the government to provide responses. The document acknowledges some concerns raised by bureaucrats about implementing the RTI Act.

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    RIGHT TO INFORMATION

    ACT

    By
    Akshaya Venugopal
    What is the RTI?
    •RTI stands for Right to Information. Right
    to Information is a part of fundamental
    rights under Article 19(1) of the
    Constitution.

    •People are the masters. Therefore, the


    masters have a right to know how the
    governments, meant to serve them, are
    functioning.

    •The citizens have a right to know how their


    money was being spent. 

    These three principles were laid down by


    the Supreme Court while saying that RTI is
    a part of our fundamental rights.
    If RTI is a fundamental right, then why do we
    need an Act to give us this right?

    • Weneed a machinery or a process through


    which we can exercise this fundamental right.

    •Right to Information Act 2005, which


    became effective on 13th October 2005,
    provides that machinery.

    •Right to Information Act does not give us


    any new right. It simply lays down the
    process on how to apply for information,
    where to apply, how much fees etc.
    What rights are available under RTI
    Act 2005?
    Right to Information Act 2005 empowers every
    citizen to

    Ask any questions from the Government


    or seek any information

    qTake copies of any government documents

    Inspect any government documents.

    q Inspect any Government works

     Take samples of materials of any


    Government work.
    Who will give me information?
    •One or more existing officers in every Government Department
    have been designated as Public Information Officers (PIO).

    •These PIOs act like nodal officers. You have to file your
    applications with them.

    •They are responsible for collecting information sought by you


    from various wings of that Department and providing that
    information to you.

    •In addition, several officers have been appointed as Assistant


    Public Information Officers (APIOs). Their job is only to accept
    applications from the public and forward it to the right PIO.
    Where do I submit the
    application?

    •You can do that with the PIO or with APIO.

    •In the case of all Central Government Departments, 629 post


    offices have been designated as APIOs.

    •This means that you can go to any of these post offices and
    submit your fee and application at the RTI counter in these post
    offices.

    •They will issue you a receipt and acknowledgement and it is the


    responsibility of that post office to deliver it to the right PIO.
    Is there any fee? How do I deposit
    that?
    •For Central Government Departments, it is Rs 10.

    •For getting information, you have to pay Rs 2 per page

    •There is a fee for inspection of documents.

    •You have to pay Rs. 5 for every subsequent hour or fraction


    thereof to inspect documents except the first hour.

    •You can deposit fee wither in cash or through a DD or bankers


    cheque or postal order drawn in favour of that public authority.

    •In some states, you can buy court fee stamps and affix it on your
    application.

    •You can then deposit your application either by post or by hand.


    Is there a time limit to receiving
    information?
    •If you file your application with the
    PIO, you must receive information
    within 30 days.

    •In case you have filed your


    application with Assistant PIO then
    information has to be made
    available within 35 days.

    •In case the matter to which the


    information pertains affects the life
    and liberty of an individual,
    information has to be made
    available in 48 hours.
    Bureaucracy’s fears
    Can’t people blackmail government
    servants by obtaining information?

    Won’t Government get flooded with


    RTI applications and won’t it jam
    government machinery?

    Won’t it require huge amount of


    resources to implement RTI Act?

    How to avoid people from filing


    frivolous applications?

    Government records are not in proper


    shape. How could RTI be
    implemented?

    Applications seeking voluminous


    information should be rejected?

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