law: The Right to Information Act, 2005
  Chapter II
  Right to information
  
  and obligations of public authorities
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  3.
  Subject to the
  
  provisions of this Act, all citizens shall have the right to information.
  4.  
  
  
  1.   Every public
  
  authority shall-    
  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;    
  b.   publish within one
  
  hundred and twenty days from the enactment of this Act,-
   
  
   i.  
  
    the
  
  particulars of its organisation, functions and duties;
   
  
   ii.  
  
    the
  
  powers and duties of its officers and employees;
   
  
   iii.  
  
    the
  
  procedure followed in the decision making process, including channels of
  
  supervision and accountability;
   
  
  
  
   iv.  
  
    the
  
  norms set by it for the discharge of its functions;
   
  
   v.  
  
    the
  
  rules, regulations, instructions, manuals and records, held by it or under its
  
  control or used by its employees for discharging its functions;    
  
   
   
  
   vi.  
  
    a
  
  statement of the categories of documents that are held by it or under its
  
  control;
   
  
   vii.  
  
    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;
   
  
   viii.  
  
  
  
    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;
   
  
   ix.  
  
    a
  
  directory of its officers and employees;
   
  
   x.  
  
  
  
    the
  
  monthly remuneration received by each of its officers and employees, including
  
  the system of compensation as provided in its regulations;
  
  
   
  
   xi.  
  
    the
  
  budget allocated to each of its agency, indicating the particulars of all
  
  plans, proposed expenditures and reports on disbursements made;
   
  
   xii.  
  
    the
  
  manner of execution of subsidy programmes, including the amounts allocated and
  
  the details of beneficiaries of such programmes;
   
  
   xiii.  
  
    particulars
  
  of recipients of concessions, permits or authorisations granted by it;  
  
     
   
  
   xiv.  
  
    details
  
  in respect of the information, available to or held by it, reduced in an
  
  electronic form;
   
  
   xv.  
  
    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;
   
  
   xvi.  
  
    the
  
  names, designations and other particulars of the Public Information Officers;
  
       
   
  
   xvii.  
  
    such
  
  other information as may be prescribed and thereafter update these publications
  
  every year;    
  a.  
  
  
  b.  
  
  
  a.  
  
  
  b.  
  
  
  c.   publish all relevant
  
  facts while formulating important policies or announcing the decisions which
  
  affect public;
  d.   provide reasons for
  
  its administrative or quasi-judicial decisions to affected persons.  
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  2.   It shall be a
  
  constant endeavour of every public authority to take steps in accordance with
  
  the requirements of clause (b) of sub-section (1) to provide as much
  
  information suo motu to the public at regular intervals through various means
  
  of communications, including internet, so that the public have minimum resort
  
  to the use of this Act to obtain information.  
  3.   For the purposes of
  
  sub-section (1), every information shall be disseminated widely and in such
  
  form and manner which is easily accessible to the public.  
  4.   All materials shall
  
  be disseminated taking into consideration the cost effectiveness, local
  
  language and the most effective method of communication in that local area and
  
  the information should be easily accessible, to the extent possible in
  
  electronic format with the Central Public Information Officer or State Public
  
  Information Officer, as the case may be, available free or at such cost of the
  
  medium or the print cost price as may be prescribed.
  Explanation.- For the
  
  purposes of sub-sections (3) and (4), "disseminated" means making
  
  known or communicated the information to the public through notice boards,
  
  newspapers, public announcements, media broadcasts, the internet or any other
  
  means, including inspection of offices of any public authority.
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