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Thursday, August 21, 2014

Right To Information (RTI)

Person can request to Information commission to know about government activity as per Right to Information (RTI) 2005 act.  Information is provided by Public Information Officers (PIO).

As per Right To Information act, applicant cannot know all the information whatever he/she want. There are some exclusion in this. Exclusion is given in official site. Website address is given below.


Let us know more about RTI
 

Procedure to apply for RTI
As per Gujarat Information Commission, procedure to apply for RTI is as below.

(1) Application can be done using form 'K' or by writing on plain paper in local official language or English or Hindi.
(2) Applicant needs to specify particulars of information that what kind of information applicant wants.
(3) Information can be send by direct application by going to PIO office or by postal application.
(4) Pay fees. It may be prescribed.

There are different PIO as per different government departments. So information seeker needs to file RTI with respective department. List of department can be found from official site.

Time taken to get information.
(1) Information can be received in 30 days within application.
(2) If it is related to life of person and Independence then within 48 hour.
(3) If applicant cannot receive application within 30 days or information is partial, then applicant can contact PIO. If PIO is unable to reply then applicant can contact Gujarat Ayog.

What is the fee?
Application Fees
(1) It is mentioned in act that application fee must be reasonable. Application fee is Rs. 20.
(2) There is no fee for the people who are living below the poverty line.
(3) If additional fee is required, then it must be informed in writing with calculation details of fee figure to applicant.

Application fees can be paid by Cash, DD, Indian postal order, Pay order, Revenue stamp and by many other options.

Gujarat Information Commission
Address:
1st Floor, Bureau of Economics & Statistics Building,
Sector -18, Gandhinagar - 382 010, Gujarat
Phone :- +91 79 232 52706, 52701
FAX :- +91 79 232 52829
Email :- gscic[at]gujarat[dot]gov[dot]in

Central RTI Site: http://rti.gov.in/


Reference: http://gic.guj.nic.in/

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