law: The Collection of Statistics Act, 2008
  10. Appropriate
  
  Government authorised to disclose certain information. -
  Notwithstanding the
  
  provisions contained in section 9 of this Act, the appropriate Government may
  
  disclose the following information, namely:-
  a.  
  
    information
  
  supplied by informant in respect of which disclosure is consented to in writing
  
  by the informant or by any person authorised by the said informant;
  b.  
  
    information
  
  otherwise available to the public under any Act or as a public document;
  c.  
  
    information
  
  in the form of an index or list of the names and addresses of informants
  
  together with the classification, if any, allotted to them and the number of
  
  persons engaged.