WELCOME

RIGHT TO

INFORMATION

WHAT IS RTI?

History of RTI Act, 2005

What does Right to Information mean?

NEED FOR RTI

AIM & OBJECTIVES OF RTI

AUTHORITY UNDER RTI ACT, 2005

WHO IS NOT COVERED ?

IB & RAW Directorate of Revenue Intelligence Central Economic Intelligence Bureau Directorate of Enforcement Narcotics Control Bureau Aviation Research Centre Special Frontier Force CRPF, ITBP, CISF, NSG Special Service Bureau Assam Rifles

HOW TO FILE AN RTI APPLICATION

ROLE & OF PIO AND APIO

FUNCTIONS OF PIO

DISPOSAL OF REQUEST : TIME FRAME

CASE STUDY -I

STUDENTS HAVE RIGHT TO EXAMINE ANSWER SHEETS CBSE (Dt. 9/08/2011) The Supreme Court said examinees have a right to inspect answer-sheets

under the transparency law. The evaluated answer-sheets are covered under the definition of the “information” under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, a Bench comprising Justices R V Raveendran and A K Patnaik said. It upheld the judgment of the Calcutta High Court which had said “rejection for inspection of answer-sheets cannot be sustained”. The apex court dismissed the appeals of CBSE, West Bengal Board of Secondary Education, West Bengal Council for

Higher Education, University of Calcutta, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and West Bengal Central School Service Commission which had

challenged the February 5, 2009 judgment. The apex court agreed with the findings of the High Court that the examination conducting bodies do not

retain the evaluated answersheets under any “fiduciary capacity”.

CASE STUDY -II

Student employ RTI to bring changes :(Dt. 29/05/2011)RTI application filed by school children in UP government’s health department

demanding information why tobacco retaill shops are allowed to operate within the 100 yards of educational institution of ban, who is responsible to

enforce tobacco law in Lucknow, what action should be taken against the official for not taking any action, - A student filed RTI applications with the Lucknow Municipal Corporation demanding information on why garbage is

dumped in public places, who is responsible to remove it, what action will be taken, and when garbage will be removed. - These students were part of the recently held summer training camp in which they were taught by Magsaysay

award winner social activist Sandeep Pandey and social activist Bobby Ramakant as how to draft an RTI application and use it as a tool to curb

corruption and make state government agencies do their job.Most of the children who have filed applications are students of Class 9 to 12

AISHWARYA 9 YEARS OLD FILED RTI IN NOV.2009

CASE STUDY -III

Rs 2,490 Crore tax-exemption given to political parties in 5 years (Obtained through RTI Application)

Congress – Rs. 1385.36 Crore BJP – Rs. 682 Crore

NCP – Rs. 141.34 Crore BSP – Rs. 147.18 Crore RJD – Rs. 2.85 Crore

The information came through a petition filed by Hisar based RTI activist Ramesh Verma before the Income Tax department. Political parties are

exempted from tax on their income through Section 13 A of IT Act 1961. They have to, however, maintain a book of account for donations or income above

Rs 20,000

RTI SUCCESS STORY

CONCLUSION

RTI has definitely helped in better governanceEven though it has been 7 yrs, but still the act has not

been used to its full power because of many reasons like less awareness, threats, political power and corruption.

There are no amendments in the law since the time it has been passed even though there is a need to change.

RTI ACT HAS HELPED IN

SOME IMPORTANT WEBSITES

www.rti.gov.in (Govt. of India’s most imp website on RTI) www.cic.gov.in (Central Information Commissioner, New Delhi www.rti.india.gov.in www.rti.org.in www.gic.guj.nic.in (Gujarat Information Commissioner) www.sic.maharashtra.gov.in (Maharashtra Information

Commissioner) www.ric.rajasthan.gov.in (Rajasthan Information Commissioner) www.rtiawards.org Note :- Please visit website of other State Information Commissioner for more information.