Description
Bharat Law House Pvt. Ltd. Handbook on Right to Information Act, 2005 by Dr. Niraj Kumar
DIVISION I
THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT, 2005
(For detailed synopsis, see respective section)
Statement of objects and reasons
Preamble
Chapter I
Preliminary
1. Short title, extent and commencement
2. Definitions
Chapter II
Right to Information and Obligations of Public Authorities
3. Right to information
4. Obligations of public authorities
5. Designation of Public Information Officers
6. Request for obtaining information
7. Disposal of request
8. Exemption from disclosure of information
9. Grounds for rejection to access in certain cases
10. Severability
11. Third-party information
Chapter III
The Central Information Commission
12. Constitution of Central Information Commission
13. Term of office and conditions of service
14. Removal of Chief Information Commissioner or Information Commissioner
Chapter IV
The State Information Commission
15. Constitution of State Information Commission
16. Term of office and conditions of service
17. Removal of State Chief Information Commissioner or State Information Commissioner
Chapter V
Powers and functions of the
Information Commissions, Appeal and Penalties
18. Powers and functions of Information Commissions
19. Appeal
20. Penalties
Chapter VI
Miscellaneous
21. Protection of action taken in good faith
22. Act to have overriding effect
23. Bar of jurisdiction of courts
24. Act not to apply to certain organisations
25. Monitoring and reporting
26. Appropriate Government to prepare programmes
27. Power to make rules by appropriate Government
28. Power to make rules by competent authority
29. Laying of rules
30. Power to remove difficulties
31. Repeal
FIRST SCHEDULE Form of Oath or Affirmation to be made by the Chief Information Commissioner/The Information Commissioner/The State Chief Information Commissioner/The State Information Commissioner
SECOND SCHEDULE Intelligence and Security Organisation Established by the Central Government
Right to Information Rules, 2012
DIVISION II
RULES
Right to Information (Term of Office, Salaries, Allowances and Other Terms and Conditions of Service of Chief Information Commissioner, Information Commissioners in the Central Information Commission, State Chief Information Commissioner and State Information Commissioners in the State Information Commission) Rules, 2019
Lok Sabha Secretariat Right to Information (Regulation of Fee and Cost) Rules, 2005
Rajya Sabha Secretariat Right to Information (Regulation of Fee and Cost) Rules, 2005
DIVISION III
MISCELLANEOUS
1. Information to be Published (Made Public) by Public Authorities
2. List of Important Web-Sites
3. List of State Information Commission Web-Sites
4. List of NGOs on RTI Web-Sites
5. List of Important Volunteers/NGOs Helping RTI Movement
6. RTI Activists/Volunteers/Contacts helping RTI movement in Uttar Pradesh
7. List of RTI Activists all across the country
8. RTI Application Fee by State Governments
9. RTI Appellants: Know your Rights
10. RTI Act in Nutshell
11. How to Get Information of Private Entity?
DIVISION IV
SPECIMEN FORMS
1. Specimen Form of Application for Obtaining Information
2. Specimen Form A: Application for Obtaining Information under Right of Information Act, 2005, section 6
3. Specimen Form of Acknowledgement of Application
4. Specimen Form of Intimation for Payment of Fee for Information
5. Specimen Form of Providing Information
6. Specimen Form of for Intimation of Rejection of Application for Providing Information
7. Specimen Form of Application if Wrong Document/s is/are Provided
8. Specimen Form of Application if Wrong Information is Provided
9. Specimen form of Application for Obtaining Supplementary Information/s
10. Specimen Form of Appeal
11. Specimen Form of Acknowledgement of Appeal
12. Specimen Form of First Appeal
13. Specimen Form of First Appeal
14. Specimen Form of First Appeal
15. Specimen Form of First Appeal
16. Specimen Form of First Appeal
17. Specimen Complaint to be filed with CIC/SIC, and Operative Guidelines for Filing Non-compliance of Orders of Information Commissions
DIVISION V
SOME SAMPLE QUESTIONS ON RTI
1. Right to Information
2. Have you ever thought?
3. How do we hold the government accountable?
4. Do not Pay Bribes?
5. Using RTI is simple
6. Understanding and Using RTI
7. What is information
8. Coverage and applicability
9. Obligations of public authorities
10. Public Information Officers (PIOs)
11. Applying for information
12. How does a "PIO" deal with your application
13. Fees
14. Time Limits
15. Third Party
16. Information which cannot be disclosed
17. Exemptions
18. Appeals
19. Central and State Information Commissions