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Unit 8: Legal Environment

2. Each Ministry has a duty to compile reports from its Public Authorities and send them to Notes
the Central Information Commission or State Information Commission, as the case may
be.
3. Each report will contain details of number of requests received by each Public Authority,
number of rejections and appeals, particulars of any disciplinary action taken, amount of
fees and charges collected etc.
4. Central Government will table the Central Information Commission report before
Parliament after the end of each year. The concerned State Government will table the
report of the State Information Commission before the Vidhan Sabha (and the Vidhan
Parishad wherever applicable) (S.25).

8.3.4 Role of the Governments

Role of Central/State Governments
1. Develop educational programmes for the public especially disadvantaged communities
on RTI.
2. Encourage Public Authorities to participate in the development and organization of such
programmes.
3. Promote timely dissemination of accurate information to the public.
4. Train officers and develop training materials.
5. Compile and disseminate a User Guide for the public in the respective official language.

6. Publish names, designation postal addresses and contact details of PIOs and other
information such as notices regarding fees to be paid, remedies available in law if request
is rejected etc. (S.26).
Who has the Rule making power?: Central Government, State Governments and the Competent
Authority as defined in S.2(e) are vested with powers to make rules to carry out the provisions
of the Right to Information Act, 2005 (S.27 & S.28).
Who has the power to deal with the difficulties while implementing this act?: If any difficulty
arises in giving effect to the provisions in the Act, the Central Government may, by Order
published in the Official Gazette, make provisions necessary/expedient for removing the
difficulty (S.30).

8.3.5 How to Appeal for RTI?

An appeal to the Commission shall contain the following information, namely:
1. name and address of the appellant;
2. name and address of the Central Public Information Officer against the decision of whom
the appeal is preferred;
3. particulars of the order including number, if any, against which the appeal is preferred;
4. brief facts leading to the appeal;

5. if the appeal is preferred against deemed refusal, the particulars of the application, including
number and date and name and address of the Central Public Information Officer to
whom the application was made;

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