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Objectives of Right to Information Act |
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set out the practical regime of right to information for citizens to secure access to information under the control of public authoritie? in order to promote transparency and accountability in the working of every public authority.
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provide for the constitution of a Central Information Commission and State Information Commissions and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
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Why a Legal Framework Necessary? |
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facilitate right to information leading to an informed citizenry and transparency of information which are vital to the functioning of democracy as established by the Constitution of India and also to contain corruption and to hold Governments and their instrumentalities accountable to the governed.
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harmonise conflicting interests in practice involved in revelation of information and other public interests such as efficient operations of government, optimum use of limited fiscal resources and the preservation of confidentiality of sensitive information while preserving the paramountcy of the democratic ideal.
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Definition of Public Authority |
any authority or body or institution of self-government established or constituted
(a) by or under the Constitution
(b) by any other law made by Parliament
(c) by any other law made by State Legislature
(d) by notification issued or order made by the appropriate Government. and includes any(i) body owned, controlled or substantially financed.
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Appropriate Government |
in relation to a public authority which is established, constituted, owned, controlled or substantially financed by funds provided directly or indirectly
(i) by the Central Government or the Union territory administration, the Central Government.
(ii) by the State Government, the State Government.
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Competent Authority |
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the Speaker in the case of the House of the People or the Legislative Assembly of a State or a Union territory having such Assembly and the Chairman in the case of the Council of States or Legislative Council
of a State.
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the Chief Justice of India in the case of the Supreme Court.
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the Chief Justice of the High Court in the case of a High Court.
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the President or the Governor, as the case may be, in the case of other authorities established or constituted by or under the Constitution.
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the administrator appointed under article 239 of the Constitution.
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Information Commission |
Central Information Commission or State Information Commission constituted under the Act, as the case may be.
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Public Information Officer (PIO) |
Central Public Information Officer including Central Assistant Public Information Officer designated under the Act or State Public Information Officer including State Assistant Information Officer designated under the Act, as the case may be.
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Assistant Public Information Officer |
Central Assistant Public Information Officer or State Assistant Public Information Officer designated under the Act, as the case may be.
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Definition of "Information" |
any material in any form, including records, documents, memos, e-mails, opinions, advices, press releases, circulars, orders, logbooks, contracts, reports, papers, samples, models, data material held in any electronic form and information relating to any private body which can be accessed by a public authority under any other law for the time being in force.
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Definition of "Record" |
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any document, manuscript and file.
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any microfilm, microfiche and facsimile copy of a document.
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any reproduction of image or images embodied in such microfilm (whether enlarged or not).
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and any other material produced by a computer or any other device.
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