Rajasthan — RTI Rules and Resources

A reference note on the working of the Right to Information Act, 2005 in the State of Rajasthan — the birthplace of India's RTI movement. Readers relying on these rules for a live application, appeal, or complaint are advised to confirm against the Rajasthan Government Gazette or the Rajasthan State Information Commission website.

Rajasthan is the origin State of India's Right to Information movement. The Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS) organised public hearings (jan sunwais) on panchayat corruption in Bhim, Beawar, and other districts in the mid-1990s, which directly fed into the State-level Rajasthan Right to Information Act, 2000 — itself a predecessor to the Central Act of 2005. Any RTI practitioner in Rajasthan works in that lineage.

The Rajasthan State Information Commission (RSIC) is constituted under Section 15 of the RTI Act, 2005, seated at Jaipur. It hears second appeals under Section 19(3) and complaints under Section 18 concerning State Government departments, local bodies, and State-aided institutions.

• The Rajasthan Right to Information Rules, 2005 — the State rules on form, fee, and procedure.
• The Rajasthan State Information Commission (Appeal Procedure) Rules — procedure before the Commission.
• Official language of filing: Applications may be filed in Hindi (the State's official language) or English under Section 6(1).

Application fees under the State rules are in the Rs 10 class — confirm the notified figure against the latest Gazette before filing (our fee hub carries the verified position). Copies are charged per page as prescribed. BPL applicants are exempt on production of a valid certificate. Payment methods include Indian Postal Order, demand draft, and cash at the counter of the public authority. E-mitra kiosks handle the State's e-governance transactions and are the familiar in-person route for applications where online submission is offered.

For State departments (Revenue, Panchayati Raj, Rural Development, Home, Medical & Health, Urban Development), file with the Public Information Officer of the concerned department or district office. For Central Government bodies in Rajasthan, use rtionline.gov.in. See How to File RTI Online in India — 2026 step-by-step.

• First appeal (§19(1)) — to the FAA senior to the PIO in the same department, within a safe 30 days of the reply or the silence; no fee expected.
• Second appeal (§19(3)) — to the Rajasthan State Information Commission at Jaipur, within 90 days of the first-appeal order; the Commission's appeal-procedure rules govern the format and listing.
• Complaint (§18) — straight to the Commission where the PIO refused to accept the application, demanded extra fee, or the office simply does not function.
• Central offices in Rajasthan (Railways, Income Tax, Posts) appeal to the CIC, New Delhi, not the RSIC.

Hindi or English under §6(1) — Hindi is the working language of the State's offices; either is lawful.

The panchayat's designated PIO, with the Block/Janpad level as the practical first addressee — the Panchayati Raj department's own PIO route handles escalations.

Only as history: the 2005 Central Act governs. It was the movement's first statutory win — and the reason “Beawar” means something in this field.

On the Rajasthan SIC's website (decision search), and our case database carries the editorial summaries of the significant ones.

The Rajasthan RTI Rules have been amended by notification since 2005. Confirm the current text against the Rajasthan Government Gazette or the Commission's website before filing.

• RTI Rules — Central, State, and Commission rules.
• The Right to Information Act, 2005 — current text.
• How to File RTI Online in India — 2026 step-by-step.
• Why RTI Applications Get Rejected — and How to Avoid It.
• RTI fees in every state — verified hub
• The RTI Playbook book

1. The Right to Information Act, 2005 (No. 22 of 2005), Sections 15 and 27.
2. The Rajasthan Right to Information Rules, 2005.
3. The Rajasthan State Information Commission (Appeal Procedure) Rules.
4. The Rajasthan Right to Information Act, 2000 (since subsumed by the Central Act of 2005).

Last reviewed on: 27 August 2026. Appeals-and-complaints section (RSIC Jaipur, the CIC split for Central offices), e-mitra note, FAQ and hub link added; fee kept with its Gazette caveat.