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Introduction

Ministry of Law & Justice, legislative department, published the RTI Act 2005, in the Gazette of India on 15th June 2005. The Objective of the Act was to provide all the citizens access to information under the control of public authorities to facilitate & promote transparency and accountability in the working of institutions working under the Government.

Definitions under the Act are as under:-

Section 2 (f) - “Information” means :-“Any material in any form including records, documents, memos, e-mails, opinions, advices, press releases, circulars, orders, logbooks, contracts, reports, papers, samples, models, data material held in any electronic form and information relating to any private body which can be accessed by a public authority under any other law for the time being in force.

Section 2 (i) - “Records” means:-

  • any document, manuscript and file;
  • any microfilm, microfiche and facsimile copy of a document;
  • any reproduction of image or images embodied in such microfilm (whether enlarged or not); and
  • any other material produced by a computer or any other device.

Section 2 (j) - “Right to Information” means:-

  • Inspection of work, documents, records.
  • Taking notes, extracts or certified copies of documents or records;
  • Taking certified samples of material;
  • Obtaining information in the form of diskettes, floppies, tapes, video
    cassettes or in any other electronic mode or through printouts where
    suchinformation is stored in a computer or in any other device.