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Government&Legislations

Presented By:

Group D4


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IntroductionTh

e Righ

tT

o Information Act


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About the RTIAct

} Initiative taken by Department of Personnel and

Training, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances

and Pensions.

} Received the assent of the President on the 15th

June, 2005

} Came into force in India in 12th October 2005


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Purpose

} To provide a gateway to the citizens for quick

search of information on the details of

i. First Appellate Authorities

ii. PIOs

iii. Information / disclosures published on the web

by various Public Authorities.


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ProcedureF

or requesting information


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What should a person do?

}Make a request in writing or through electronic

means along with a prescribed fee.

} If request cannot be made, the person can give the

request orally.

}No need to give reason for request of information.

}No personal information is necessary.


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Information AvailabilityT

ime line for providingInformation


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Time taken

} The information to be provided in normal

condition- 30days

} The information to be provided in the matter of life

and death- 48 hours


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RTIAct &

Its Implications


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How does it help?

i. Efficient operations of the Government.

ii. To find out corruption and to hold Governments

and their instrumentalities accountable to the

governed.

iii. Optimum use of limited fiscal resources.

iv. To make the people part of the Govt.


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Obligations ofPublic Authorities

Every public authority shall

Maintain all its records duly catalogued and

indexed in a manner and the form which facilitates

the right to information under this Act.


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Ex

emptions from disclosureofInformation.

} 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 States

} Information which has been expressly forbidden to

be published by any court of law or tribunal or the

disclosure of which may constitute contempt ofcourt.


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The Person behind RTI

Aruna Roy


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Aruna Roy


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How did she make it happen?

}MKSS advocated the public's right to scrutinize

official records, a crucial check against arbitrary

governance.

} The MKSS sought accountability of public

officials in matters related to disbursement of

government funds.

} Supported by Sonia Gandhi


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Continued

} Aruna leveraged this advantage further by ingenuously

linking the Right to Information with issues related to

womens' employment, livelihood and empowerment.

} Rajasthan passed the Rajasthan Right to Information

Bill in 2000.

} In 2004, Aruna was inducted into the National

Advisory Committee (NAC)} She formulated the Right to Information Act which

was passed by the Indian parliament in 2005.


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References

} http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aruna_Roy

}

http://righttoinformation.gov.in/}www.rtigateway.org.in/.../Procedure%20f

or%20Requesting%20Information.ppt

} Right to Information Act (India)


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