Rights to Information Act
Learn why the 2005 RTI Act supports informed citizenship, transparency and accountability, with its enactment sequence and the activists named by Samacheer.
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RTI Act Purpose, Enactment and Textbook Activists
Learn why the 2005 RTI Act supports informed citizenship, transparency and accountability, with its enactment sequence and the activists named by Samacheer.
Open article →Who Can Use RTI and What Information Can Be Accessed
Understand who may request information, which public authorities are covered, and how records, inspection, copies, samples and electronic access differ.
Open article →RTI Application: PIO, Language, Assistance and Transfer
Follow an RTI request from identifying the information and PIO through language choice, assistance for oral requests and transfer to the correct authority.
Open article →RTI Time Limits, Fees and Deemed Refusal
Master the normal 30-day response, urgent and special time limits, reasonable fees, free delayed disclosure and when silence becomes deemed refusal.
Open article →RTI Exemptions, Security Bodies and Partial Disclosure
Understand why some information is protected, how public interest and severability preserve access, and why security-body exclusion is not absolute.
Open article →RTI First Appeal, Second Appeal and Information Commissions
Trace the remedy for no response, refusal or an unsatisfactory decision through the first appellate authority and the Central or State Information Commission.
Open article →Central and State Information Commissions under the RTI Act
Compare the statutory Central and State Information Commissions, their jurisdictions, composition, appointment committees and eligibility safeguards.
Open article →Information Commission Powers, Removal and the 2019 RTI Amendment
Learn when Information Commissions receive complaints, what inquiry and compliance powers they hold, how commissioners may be removed, and what changed in 2019.
Open article →RTI Proactive Disclosure, Penalty and Public Accountability
Learn how routine publication reduces requests and how delay, wrongful refusal, false information, destruction or obstruction can create personal PIO liability.
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