News Nation: New Delhi : Tuesday, November 28, 2017.
Right to
Information (RTI) Act, 2005 covers the whole of India except Jammu and Kashmir,
where J&K Right to Information Act is in force.
Every public
authority is obligated to maintain computerised versions of all records in such
a way that it can be accessed over a network anywhere in the country and issued
to the person who has requested for information.
Every public
authority should provide essential information to the public through various
channels of information (including internet) at frequent intervals so that the
use of the RTI Act to obtain information can be kept to a bare minimum.
Any person
who desires to obtain information shall submit a written or electronic request
in English or Hindi or in the official language of the area to the Central
Public Information Officer or his/her counterpart at the state level.
No applicant
will be required to give any reason for application for request or to provide
any personal information except for contact details where it is necessary for
the authorities to contact the applicant.
Under normal
circumstances, the information requested for will be provided in the form sought
for - if a citizen asks for some information in the form of an email
attachment, it will be provided unless it causes damage to the original
document itself.
The authority
will be under no obligation to provide such information that might hurt the
sovereignty and integrity of India, information that has been forbidden to
share by any court of law, information received under confidence by a foreign
Government and cabinet papers.
With the
information provided, any citizen will be able to file a case/appeal under the
RTI Act.
Contact:
Director (IR), Room No. 279A, North Block, New Delhi-110001
Email:
osdrti-dopt@nic.in
Under
Secretary (IR), Room No. 281, North Block, New Delhi-110001
Email:
usir-dopt@nic.in
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