Public Domain Information Under Rti

The part i of this right to information rti series had covered the history of the right the importance of transparency laws in democracy and a brief overview of rti laws.

Public domain information under rti. O r d e r. The union ministry of housing urban affairs housing ministry has directed all the central public information officers and appellate authorities under the right to information act to remove the. Under section 2 f of the rti act 2005 rti act information is defined to include any information relating to any private body which a public authority can access under any other law from it.

In the second installment of the rti series the author explains public authority under rti act and the obligations of a public authority in public interests. The instant matter is listed today for further hearing. If any application is made under rti act to access such already disclosed information it would suffice if the public authority informed the applicant where and how to access that information and also the fact that it was already in the public domain.

The success of a government does not lie in the high number of right to information rti applications shah said while addressing the 14th annual. Once a certain information is placed in 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 public authority. Why using it for information already in public domain is not right.

Rbi and the provisions of rti act 2005. The objective of the modi government is to proactively put out as much information as possible in public domain to reduce the need for rti applications union home minister amit shah said on saturday. Request for hard copies of information under rti act in respect of those information which are already available in the public domain will to unnecessary diversion of resources conflict with other public interest which includes optimal use of resources 24 jul 2020.

If the same information is not in the public domain then rti must be entertained but if a bone lazy person does not access from public domain with some legwork he should not be given a leg up. Once the information is in public domain a citizen can easily access it and there is no need to seek that information under rti. Therefore the pm cares fund is a public authority under the meaning of the rti act.

Not accessible under rti 20 may 2014. However you can seek a certified copy of the same under rti which cannot be denied since the right to information conferred on every citizen include the right to taking notes extracts or certified copies of documents or records as enumerated under section 2 j ii. Once public authorities have put information in the public domain and put a price on accessing that information they cannot be said to hold control of that information in terms of section 2 j of the rti act.