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CHAPTER II
Right to
information and obligations of public authorities |
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Subject
to the provisions of this Act, all citizens shall have the right
to information. |
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Every
public authority shall— |
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(a) |
maintain
all its records duly catalogued and indexed in a manner and the
form which facilitates the right to information under this Act
and ensure that all records that are appropriate to be
computerised are, within a reasonable time and subject to
availability of resources, computerised and connected through a
network all over the country on different systems so that access
to such records is facilitated; |
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(b) |
publish
within one hundred and twenty days from the enactment of this
Act,— |
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the particulars of
its organisation, functions and duties; |
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the powers and
duties of its officers and employees; |
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the procedure
followed in the decision making process, including channels of
supervision and accountability; |
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the norms set by it
for the discharge of its functions; |
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the rules,
regulations, instructions, manuals and records, held by it or
under its control or used by its employees for discharging its
functions; |
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a statement of
the categories of documents that are held by it or under its
control; |
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the particulars of
any arrangement that exists for consultation with, or
representation by, the members of the public in relation to the
formulation of its policy or implementation thereof; |
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a statement of the
boards, councils, committees and other bodies consisting of two
or more persons constituted as its part or for the purpose of
its advice, and as to whether meetings of those boards,
councils, committees and other bodies are open to the public, or
the minutes of such meetings are accessible for public; |
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(ix) |
a directory of its
officers and employees; |
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(x) |
the monthly
remuneration received by each of its officers and employees,
including the system of compensation as provided in its
regulations; |
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the budget
allocated to each of its agency, indicating the particulars of
all plans, proposed expenditures and reports on disbursements
made; |
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the manner of
execution of subsidy programmes, including the amounts allocated
and the details of beneficiaries of such programmes; |
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(xiii) |
particulars of
recipients of concessions, permits or authorisations granted by
it; |
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(xiv) |
details in respect
of the information, available to or held by it, reduced in an
electronic form; |
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the particulars of
facilities available to citizens for obtaining information,
including the working hours of a library or reading room, if
maintained for public use; |
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the names,
designations and other particulars of the Public Information
Officers; |
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such other
information as may be prescribed and thereafter update these
publications every year; |
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publish all
relevant facts while formulating important policies or
announcing the decisions which affect public; |
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provide
reasons for its administrative or quasi-judicial decisions to
affected persons. |
