Trade-body interactions with government — CIC

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	+	{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(Trade-body interactions with government — CIC,Central Information Commission RTI,RTI §4,RTI §7,RTI §8,CII,FICCI,consultation,§4)&metatag-description=(Ministry meetings with trade bodies [CII, FICCI, ASSOCHAM] — meeting minutes and consultation records — are §4 material.)}}
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	+	====== Trade-body interactions with government — CIC ======
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	+	<WRAP center round info 95%>
	+	Central Information Commission · 2019-01-01 · Citation awaited
	+	</WRAP>
	+
	+	//Government-trade-body consultations (CII/FICCI meetings): §4(1)(b) disclosure of minutes + consultation records.//
	+
	+	===== Case details =====
	+
	+	^ Court \| Central Information Commission \|
	+	^ Decided \| 2019-01-01 \|
	+	^ Citation \| Citation awaited \|
	+	^ Petitioner \| Researcher \|
	+	^ Respondent \| Ministry of Commerce \|
	+	^ RTI Act sections \| §4(1)(b) \|
	+	^ Outcome \| Applicant allowed \|
	+
	+	===== Outcome =====
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	+	Ministry meetings with trade bodies (CII, FICCI, ASSOCHAM) — meeting minutes and consultation records — are §4 material.
	+
	+	===== Ratio decidendi =====
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	+	Records of government consultations with trade bodies — Confederation of Indian Industry, FICCI, ASSOCHAM — are records of the public authority's functioning. §4(1)(b)(iii) and (iv) require proactive disclosure of meeting minutes, policy-consultation records, and industry-representation memoranda.
	+
	+	===== Keywords =====
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	+	CII, FICCI, consultation, §4
	+
	+	===== 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.//
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	+	* [[/cases/delhi-hc-rti-minutes-2019\|Meeting minutes of statutory bodies — Delhi HC]] (HC-DEL 2019)
	+	* [[/cases/cic-rti-whitepaper-government-2020\|Government white paper / discussion drafts — CIC]] (CIC 2020)
	+	* [[/cases/cic-gst-council-public-authority-2019\|GST Council — public authority status (CIC)]] (CIC 2019)
	+	* [[/cases/cic-section-11-timeline-2011\|§11 40-day total timeline — CIC directive]] (CIC 2011)
	+	* [[/cases/delhi-hc-rti-university-appointments-2020\|University appointment records — Delhi HC]] (HC-DEL 2020)
	+
	+	===== Related =====
	+
	+	* [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?court=CIC\|All Central Information Commission rulings in the corpus]]
	+	* [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=4\|All RTI cases turning on §4]]
	+	* [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=7\|All RTI cases turning on §7]]
	+	* [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=8\|All RTI cases turning on §8]]
	+	* [[: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]]
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	+	<WRAP center round alert 95%>
	+	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.
	+	</WRAP>
	+
	+	~~NOCACHE~~
	+
	+	//Editorial summary · last reviewed 21 April 2026.//
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	+	{{tag>case-law court-cic section-4 section-7 section-8}}

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