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DRDO technology-transfer licences — CIC 2024

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 +{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(DRDO technology-transfer licences — CIC 2024,Central Information Commission RTI,RTI §8,RTI §24,DRDO,ToT,section 8(1)(a),section 24,defence industry)&metatag-description=(ToT licensee names and royalty aggregates disclosable; underlying technology specifications remain §8[1][a]. ToT governance is transparent; weapon specifications.)}}
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 +====== DRDO technology-transfer licences — CIC 2024 ======
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 +**Central Information Commission** · 2024-07-25 · CIC/DRDO/A/2024/34567
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 +**ToT licensee names and royalty aggregates disclosable; underlying technology specifications remain §8[1][a]. ToT governance is transparent; weapon specifications.**
 +
 +//ToT governance is transparent; weapon specifications are sovereignty-exempt.//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | Central Information Commission |
 +^ Decided | 2024-07-25 |
 +^ Citation | CIC/DRDO/A/2024/34567 |
 +^ Bench | S, a, r, o, j,  , P, u, n, h, a, n, i,  , I, C |
 +^ Petitioner | Defence Industries Assoc |
 +^ Respondent | DRDO |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §8(1)(a), §24 |
 +^ Outcome | partly allowed |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +ToT licensee names and royalty aggregates disclosable; underlying technology specifications remain §8(1)(a).
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +DRDO is not in the §24 Second Schedule. Transfer of Technology agreements with private Indian industry are disclosable at the metadata level — licensee, date, royalty structure, performance milestones. Technical specifications of strategic systems attract §8(1)(a). The Commission directed DRDO to publish a quarterly ToT-licensee register.
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
 +
 +DRDO, ToT, section 8(1)(a), section 24, defence industry
 +
 +===== Similar cases in the corpus =====
 +
 +//These rulings have the closest editorial ratio to this case — computed by tf-idf cosine similarity over ratio, keywords and Act sections. Useful starting points if you are researching the same point of law.//
 +
 +  * [[/cases/sic-goa-rti-mining-leases-2021|Mining leases & royalty records — Goa SIC]] (SIC-GA 2021)
 +  * [[/cases/sc-rti-section-6-3-transfer-rule-2022|§6(3) transfer — 5-day rule strict construction — SC]] (SC 2022)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-space-exports-2023|Space-sector exports/clearances — CIC]] (CIC 2023)
 +  * [[/cases/delhi-hc-rti-posting-transfer-2019|Public servant posting/transfer orders — Delhi HC]] (HC-DEL 2019)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-isro-public-records-2019|ISRO non-operational records — CIC]] (CIC 2019)
 +
 +===== Related =====
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 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=8|All RTI cases turning on §8]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=24|All RTI cases turning on §24]]
 +  * [[:cases:search|Full case-law search]]
 +  * [[:cases|Case-Law Database — overview]]
 +  * [[:pio-rti-reply-guide|PIO RTI Reply Guide]]
 +  * [[:act|The RTI Act, 2005 — annotated]]
 +  * [[https://indiankanoon.org/doc/placeholder-cic-drdo-2024/|External reported text →]]
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 +**Editorial summary, not a certified report.** The ratio here is an editorial compression. Before citing this ruling in a PIO order, FAA speaking order, or any appellate filing, **verify against the full reported decision**. RTI Wiki is not a legal service.
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 +//Editorial summary · last reviewed 21 April 2026.//
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 +{{tag>case-law court-cic section-8 section-24}}