About Right to Information Act 2005
Bringing Information to the Citizens
Right to Information Act 2005 mandates timely response to citizen requests for government information. It is an initiative taken by the Department of Personnel and Training, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions to provide a– RTI Portal Gateway to the citizens for quick search of information on the details of first Appellate Authorities, PIOs etc. amongst others, besides access to RTI related information/disclosures published on the web by various Public Authorities under the government of India as well as the State Governments.
The objective of the Right to Information Act :
The basic object of the Right to Information Act is to empower the citizens, promote transparency and accountability in the working of the Government, contain corruption, and make our democracy work for the people in a real sense. It goes without saying that an informed citizen is better equipped to keep necessary vigil on the instruments of governance and make the government more accountable to the governed. The Act is a big step towards making the citizens informed about the activities of the Government.
The Right to Information Act 2005 empowers Appropriate Governments i.e, Central Government, State Governments and Competent Authorities as defined in S.2 (a) and (e) to frame rules under section 27 & S.28 respectively to operationalize and to carry out the provisions of the Act.
The Appropriate Governments and Competent Authorities have framed their rules. There is debate in the media about a large number of variations, considerable mistakes and doubtful legal propositions in these rules. This exercise included examining the legality, reasonableness and appropriateness of various rules.
The methodology adopted is mostly desk research using web resources & While reviewing the RTI Rules framed we largely drew material from the official websites of the respective Appropriate Governments and Competent Authorities.
These rules are critical since they lay down application fees, further fees for the information requested, mode of payment, the procedure for appeals, maintenance of records of requests, appeals etc. RTI Act 2005 in Gujarati pdf, RTI Act in Gujarati pdf, RTI Act 2005 in Gujarati.
This is basically an attempt to enrich the capacity building of Public Authorities, Appellate Authorities, RTI trainers, Officers working as Public Information Officers, Assistant Information Officers and other staff, This will also prove to be a useful reference for all stakeholders of the RTI Act being very handy for the policymakers and the practitioners as well to understand the implementation status of the Right to Information Act 2005 in the country.
RTI Act-2005 Totally Details In Gujarati
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