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--- explanations:information [2023/04/15 10:57] – Shrawan
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 ====== What is Information under RTI Act ======
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+{{ :social:auto:explanations-information.png?direct&1200 |explanations / information — RTI Wiki}}
-As per the [[act:|RT Act, Section 2(f)]] “information” means any material in any form, including records, documents, memos, e-mails, opinions, advices, press releases, circulars, orders, logbooks, contracts, reports, papers, samples, models, data material held in any electronic form and information relating to any private body which can be accessed by a public authority under any other law for the time being in force;
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+{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(explanations information rti right to information india)
+metatag-description=(Download RTI Act. Prescribed. Competent Authority under RTI Act. The RTI Act, 2005. Severability. * Download RTI Act. * Prescribed.)}}
+<WRAP center round info 95%>
+**In one line.** **Section 2(f)** defines 'information' expansively — any material in any form held by or under the control of a public authority. It covers physical and electronic records.
+**What that means in practice.**
+  * Includes records, memos, emails, opinions, advices, press releases, circulars, contracts, reports, samples, and data in electronic form.
+  * Does not include information that a public authority does not already hold (the Act does not create a duty to generate new records).
+  * File notings are information — the Supreme Court settled this in //CBSE v. Aditya Bandopadhyay// (2011).
+</WRAP>
+===== Related =====
+  * [[:act:languages|Download RTI Act]].
+  * [[:explanations:prescribed|Prescribed]].
+  * [[:explanations:competent-authority|Competent Authority under RTI Act]].
+  * [[:act:start|The RTI Act, 2005]].
+  * [[:explanations:severability|Severability]].
+//Last reviewed on: 20 April 2026//
+{{tag>information explanation rti act}}{{like>}}
+As per the [[:act:|RT Act, Section 2(f)]] “information” means any material in any form, including records, documents, memos, e-mails, opinions, advices, press releases, circulars, orders, logbooks, contracts, reports, papers, samples, models, data material held in any electronic form and information relating to any private body which can be accessed by a public authority under any other law for the time being in force;
+{{ :explanations:rti-information.jpg |What is Information under RTI Act — RTI Wiki}}
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