❖ Principle objective of this act is

► To secure access to infonnation to citizens under the control of public authority.

► To promole transparency and accountability in the working of every public authority
► To control corTUption.
❖ Repealed earlier Freedom of Information Act 2002
❖ Serial no. of the Act :- 22/2005
❖ Date or enactment:- 15.06.2005
❖ Date or commencement:- 12.10.2005( 120 days from the e nactment )
❖ It extends to whole Ind ia w.e.f 3 I. 10.2019.
❖ Total no. ofChapter:-6
❖ Total no. of sections:-31 '""\
❖ Total no. ofSchedules:-2
❖ 1st schedule deals with Oath and a ffirmation ofCJC/IC/SCIC/SJC
❖ 2 nd schedule deals with Inte lligence and security organization established by the Central Government

❖ This act was enacted by the p arliament in 56th year of republic.

❖ J st state where RTI imposed is Taniib:iadu in the 1997

❖ L.st country to pass this act is Sweden ih the year 1766.
❖ India is the 61 st country to implement this act
❖ More than 70 countries in the word have passed thls act.
❖ RTI day is on 28 th September
❖ Official secret act passed in the year 1923
❖ RTI amendment act 20 19 is called 24/20 I 9 which came into fqrce 09.08.20 I 9.
❖ Section 4( I), section 5( l)_,5(2), section 12, 13, 15, 16,24,27 and 28 }Vere implemented w.e.f. 15.06.2005
❖ Rest section of RTI Act were implemented after 120 days of;, enactment of this act i.e w.e.f
15.10.2005.

❖ C hapter- I Preliminary ( 1-2)

❖ Chaptcr-2 RTI & obligation or Public Authority(3- J l)
❖ Cbapter-3 CIQCentral information commissio~ (l 2-l 4)CJC called Umbrella Organization
❖ C haptcr-4 SIC(Statc Information commission)( 15-P )
❖ Cbaptcr-5 Powers & functionsorthe information commissions . appeal & penalties (18-3 1)
✓ Third Pany Sec 2(14)/2(n)
✓Third Party Sec 11
✓ RT! Scc-3
✓ Cons~rution of CIC- Sec 12( I)
✓ Suo Motu disclosure Sec 4
✓ C hief'"lnfon11ation commissioner Sec 12(3 )
✓ Designation of PIO- Sec-5 ✓ Removal of CIC or IC Sec- 14
✓ CPIO Sec 5(1) ✓ State in fom1aijg,?rnrnission-Sec 15( I)
✓ CAPIO Sec 5(2) ✓ State Chiefinfor-qiation commissioner Sec l5(3)
✓ Appeal Sec- 19
✓ Disposal ofrequest-Scc-7
✓ Penalties Sec 20
✓ Exempt from disclosure-Scc-8
✓ Mon itoring & reponing Seo 2i
✓ Ground of n:jcction Scc-9 ✓ Transfer of application to another f ublic authority Sec 6(3)
✓ Severability Sec I 0
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► Designation of public officers - I OQ days

► Office to ask from third party :-05 days

► Limitation to third party to supply information/reply:-10 days

► Furnishing of reply :-30 days

► lnfom1ation about liberty & freedom :-48 Hrs

► Application through APIO:- 30+5

► Transfer of appl ication from APIO to CPIO :-5 days

► JS' appeal to AA:-30 days

► 2 nd appeal to CIC :- 90 days

► Disposal of appeal :- 30 days ;maximum 45 days from date of filing with reasons to be recorded
in writing
►A 2 nd appeal on information pfr.taining to a person's life & liberty should be decided t
Information commission :- No time limit prescribed
► Time limit for disposing of application related to allegation of corruption:- 30 Days
► Time limit.fixed for disposal of appeal by AA in exception cases:-45 days

► Date fixed for uploading the final return of annuai report:- by I 5 th April

► In case of breach o f human rights in the exempted organization information to be supplied :-45
days , no need to get permission of CIC
► Attendance of complainant in appeal, judgement date should be within 07 days

► Power to remove difficulties :- 02 year

► These Rules came into existence in exercise of power conferred under section 27 of the RTI Act 2005
(power to make rules by appropriate Govt) and in supersession of the Central Information Commission
(Appeal Procedure) Rules, 2005 and the Right to Information (Regulation ofFee and Cost) Rules, 2005.
► Rule-I . Short title and commencement
► Date of commencement on the date of their publi.cation in the Official Gazette i.e 3 1/07/2012
► Rule-2. Definition
► Total no. o f definitions under these Rules:-06
I) Act:- RTLAct 2005
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2) Commission:- CIC under section 12(1) of RTI Acr 2005

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3) FAA means an officer in public authority senior in rank to the CPIO to whom an appeal is preferred
under Section 19 of the RTI act 2005
4) Registrar An offi cer designated in commission & includes'~ddl Registrar, Joint Registrar & Dy
Registrar
5) Section means sections under the RTI Act 2005
6) all other words and expressions used herein but not defined in these rules shall have the same
meanings assigned to them in the Act.
❖ Rulc-3. Application fee

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► Amount of Rs IO /-
► No. of words should not be more than 500 excl uding Annexurcs . CPIO & ApplicanlS address.
► Provi ded that no application shall be rejected only on the ground that it contains more than five hundred words.
❖ Rule-4. Fees for providing infonnation. The following rates arc prescribed for providing information under RTI Act under
Sec 6 ( request for obtaining information) & Di~posal of Request under Sec 7 of RTI Act 2005
✓ A-3 or smaller size paper:- Rs 2 per page
✓ actual cost or price of a photocopy in large size paper
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✓ actual cost or price for samples or models
✓ diskcnc or floppy:-Rs 50 each
✓ price fixed for a publication or Rs 2 per page of photocopy
✓ inspection of records for 1" Hr:- No fee
✓ inspection of records for each subsequent Hrs or fraction thereof :- Rs 5 each
✓ so much o f postal charge involved in supply of information that exceeds fifty rupees

❖ Rule-5. Exemption from Payment oC Fee.

✓ BPL class of citizen s ubject to production of requisite certificate Issued from the appropriate Govt to
be enclosed with the application :-No fee
❖ Rule-6. Mode of Payment of fee
✓ By cash to the public authority or to the CAPIO of the public authority, as the case may be, against a
proper receipt
✓ By DD or bankers' cheque or IPO payable to the Accounts Officer of the public authority
✓ By electronic means to the Accounts Officer of the pulllic authority, if facility for receiving fees
through electronic means is available with the public authority.
❖ Rule-7. Appointment of Secretary to the Commission by the Central Government , an officer not
below
the rank of Additional Secretary to the Government of India.

❖ Tenns ofoffice of CIC, IC ,SCIC, S IC:- 03 years

❖ The CIC, IC and SCIC, SIC, shall be.deemed to have retired from previous service with effect fro m
the date of his appointment as CIC or an JC in the Central lnfonnation Commission
❖ Pay o f the CIC:-Rs. 2,50,000/- (fixed) per mensem
❖ Pay of the IC, SCIC and SIC:- Rs. 2,25,000 (fi xed) per mensem
❖ In case the CJG or IC and SCJC or SIC, as the case may be, at the time of his appointment is, in
receipt of any pension, the pay o f such C IC or IC and SCIC or SIC, as the case may be, shall be
reduced by the amount of that pension including any portion of pension which was commuted and
pension equivalent o f other forms of retirement benefits excluding pension equivalent of retirement
gratuity;
❖ The CIC or IC and SCIC or SlC, as the case may be, shall be entitled to draw dearness
the rate admissible to an officer holding a post carrying the same pay ln the Central
State Government, as the case may be. as revised from time to time.