Handbook on Right to Information Act, 2005

Description

Division 1: The Right to Information ACT, 2005
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. Constitutuion of Central Information Commission
13. Term ofoffice and conditions of service
14. Removal of Chief Information Commissioner of 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. Powert to remove difficulties
31. Repeal
Division 2 : Miscellaneous
1. Information to be Published (Made Public) by Public Authorities
2. List of State Information Commission Web-Sites
3. List of NGO’s on RTI Web-Sites
4. List of Important Volunteers/NGO’s Helping RTI Movement
5. RTI Activists/Volunteers/Contacts helping RTI movement in Uttar Pradesh
6. RTI Application Fee by State Governments
7. RTI Appellants:Know your Rights
8. RTI Act in Nutshell
9. How to Get Information of Private Entity?
Division 3 : 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 Complain to be filed with CIC/SIC, and Operative Guidelines for
Filing NOn-compliace of Orders of Information Commissions
Division 4 : Some Sample Questions on RTI
1. Right to Information
2. Have you ever thought ?
3. How do we hold the government accountable ?
4. Don 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 Informations
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
20. Some more shortcomings
21. Important Guidelines
22. Remember Basic Principles
23. Trick in Asking Questions
24. Some common problems and sample questions