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+ | ====== RTI Act or Statutory Rules for giving information under RTI Act 2005 ====== | ||
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- | Once Public Authorities have put information in the public domain and put a price on accessing that information, | + | Once Public Authorities have put information in the public domain and put a price on accessing that information, |
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- | The inference from the text of this sub-section and, especially the three expressions quoted above, is that an information to which a citizen will have a right should be shown to be a) an information which is accessible under the RTI Act and b) that it is held or is under the control of a certain public authority. This should mean that unless an information is exclusively held and controlled by a public authority, that information cannot be said to be an information accessible under the [[pages:rti-act|RTI Act]]. Inferentially it would mean that once a certain information is placed in the public domain accessible to the citizens either freely, or on payment of a pre-determined price, that information cannot be said to be ‘held’ or ‘under the control of’ the public authority and, thus would cease to be an information accessible under the [[pages:rti-act|RTI Act]]. | + | The inference from the text of this sub-section and, especially the three expressions quoted above, is that an information to which a citizen will have a right should be shown to be a) an information which is accessible under the RTI Act and b) that it is held or is under the control of a certain public authority. This should mean that unless an information is exclusively held and controlled by a public authority, that information cannot be said to be an information accessible under the [[downloads:act:online|RTI Act]]. Inferentially it would mean that once a certain information is placed in the public domain accessible to the citizens either freely, or on payment of a pre-determined price, that information cannot be said to be ‘held’ or ‘under the control of’ the public authority and, thus would cease to be an information accessible under the [[downloads:act:online|RTI Act]]. |
- | This interpretation is further strengthened by the provisions of the RTI Act in [[http:// | + | This interpretation is further strengthened by the provisions of the RTI Act in [[downloads:act:online|Sections 4(2), 4(3) and 4(4)]], which oblige the public authority to constantly endeavour “to take steps in accordance with the requirement of clause b of subsection 1 of the Section 4 to provide as much information suo-motu to the public at regular intervals through various means of communication including internet, so that the public have minimum resort to the use of this Act to obtain information.” (Section 4 sub-section 2). This Section further elaborates the position. It states that “All materials shall be disseminated taking into consideration the cost effectiveness, |
The RTI Act very clearly sets the course for the evolution of the RTI regime, which is that less and less information should be progressively held by public authorities, | The RTI Act very clearly sets the course for the evolution of the RTI regime, which is that less and less information should be progressively held by public authorities, | ||
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The Act therefore vests in the public authority the power and the right to prescribe the mode of access to voluntarily disclosed information, | The Act therefore vests in the public authority the power and the right to prescribe the mode of access to voluntarily disclosed information, | ||
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+ | ~~DISCUSSION~~ | ||
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+ | ==== More Common terms under RTI ==== | ||
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