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Right to
Information
‘Democracy requires an informed citizenry and
transparency of information which are vital to its
functioning and also to contain corruption and to
hold Governments and their instrumentalities
accountable to the governed’
Statutory
Information relating to the functions and duties of
various departments and its officers / employees
procedure followed, rules / regulations / instructions /
manuals used, arrangements for consultation with the
public, boards / corporations committee constituted,
directory of officers, monthly remuneration received by
officers / employees, budget allocated, subsidy programmes and name of PIOs/AAs is following : |
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Statutory Information under RTI
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The following information is exempt from disclosure under
Section 8 of the RTI Act.
- Information, disclosure of which would prejudicially
affect the sovereignty and integrity of India, the
security, strategic, scientific or economic interests of
the State, relation with foreign State or lead to
incitement of an offence;
- Information which has been expressly forbidden to be
published by any court of law or tribunal or the
disclosure of which may constitute contempt of court;
- Information, the disclosure of which would cause of
breach of privilege of Parliament or the State
Legislature;
- Information including commercial confidence, trade
secrets or intellectual property, the disclosure of
which would harm the competitive position of a third
party, unless the competent authority is satisfied that
larger public interest warrants the disclosure of such
information;
- Information available to a person in his fiduciary
relationship, unless the competent authority is
satisfied that the larger public interest warrants the
disclosure of such information;
- Information received in confidence from foreign
Government;
- Information, the disclosure of which would endanger
the life or physical safety of any person or identify
the source of information or assistance given in
confidence for law enforcement or security purposes;
- Information which would impede the process of
investigation or apprehension or prosecution of
offenders;
- Cabinet papers including records of deliberations of
the Council of Ministers, Secretaries and other
officers;
- Information which relates to personal information
the disclosure of which has no relationship to any
public activity or interest, or which would cause
unwarranted invasion of the privacy of the individual;
- Only that part of the record which does not contain any
information which is exempt from disclosure and which can
reasonably be served from any part that contains exempt
information, may be provided.
- Third parties have a right to be heard in respect of
applications and appeals dealing with information submitted
by them to the Government in confidence.
- PIO may reject a request for information where such a
request for providing access would involve an infringement
of copyright subsisting in a person other than the State.
Duties of PIO
- PIO shall deal with requests from persons seeking
information and where the request cannot be made in writing,
to render reasonable assistance to the person to reduce the
same in writing.
- If the information requested for is held by or its
subject matter is closely connected with the function of
another public authority, the PIO shall transfer, within 5
days, the request to that public authority and inform the
applicant immediately.
- Where the information requested for concerns the life or
liberty of a person, the same shall be provided within forty
eight hours of the receipt of the request.
- Where a request has been rejected, the PIO shall
communicate to the requester :
- the reasons for such
rejection
- the period within which an appeal against
such rejection may be preferred, and
- the particulars of
the Appellate Authority.
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