This circular announces the vacancy for the post of Registrar at the Central Information Commission, New Delhi. Applications are being sought from eligible officers who have served as Registrar for at least three years in the pre-revised pay scale of Rs. 18400-22,400 within judicial or quasi-judicial organizations. The deputation period for the selected candidate will be three years. The...
This Office Memorandum clarifies the acceptable methods for paying fees under the Right to Information Act, 2005. It reiterates that payments can be made via cash, demand draft, banker’s cheque, or Indian Postal Order, and these should be payable to the Accounts Officer of the public authority. The document addresses a persistent issue where some public authorities have been refusing to...
This circular clarifies that fees for information requests under the Right to Information Act, 2005, can be paid via demand draft, banker’s cheque, or Indian Postal Order. These payments should be made payable to the Accounts Officer of the Public Authority. The directive emphasizes that rejecting applications based on the payee not being the Accounts Officer directly is unacceptable and...
The Department of Personnel & Training is seeking Expressions of Interest (EOI) from eligible institutions or organizations for a study on the current status of proactive disclosures made by public authorities across the country. This initiative is part of a larger plan to strengthen capacity building and awareness for the effective implementation of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005...
The Department of Personnel & Training is seeking Expressions of Interest (EOI) from eligible institutions or organizations to serve as a Knowledge Partner and National Resource Centre. This role is crucial for implementing the Centrally Sponsored Plan Scheme focused on ‘Strengthening, Capacity Building and Awareness Generation for effective implementation of the RTI Act’. The...
This office memorandum clarifies previous directives concerning the handling of Right to Information (RTI) applications. It addresses the common misconception that collecting information from various public authorities to fulfill an RTI request constitutes the “creation of information,” which is beyond the scope of the Act. The Central Information Commission has highlighted that...
This communication from the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions clarifies the process for handling applications filed under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, particularly when the requested information pertains to other public authorities. It addresses a previous office memorandum from June 12, 2008, and reiterates that compiling or collating information from various public...
This memorandum clarifies the disclosure of ‘file noting’ under the Right to Information Act, 2005. It is hereby stated that file notings can be disclosed, with the exception of those containing information that is exempt from disclosure as per Section 8 of the Act. This clarification is to be brought to the notice of all concerned parties, including various government ministries and...
This Office Memorandum from the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions emphasizes the critical importance of proper record maintenance for the success of the Right to Information (RTI) Act. It highlights a directive from the Central Information Commission noting that systematic failures in record-keeping lead to incomplete and misleading information, violating Section 4(1)(a) of...
This document informs State Information Commissions that the proposed training for officers and staff on RTI, under the “Strengthening, Capacity Building & Awareness Generation for effective implementation of the RTI” scheme, has been rescheduled. Initially planned for the third week of March 2010 at the Uttarakhand Academy of Administration in Nainital, the training will now take...