Statutory, regulatory and quasi-judicial bodies
Right to Information, Official Secrets and citizens' charters
Concepts to cover
- RTI Act 2005: public authority, PIOs, time limits, section 8 exemptions
- Central and State Information Commissions; 2019 amendment
- Official Secrets Act 1923 and its tension with RTI
- Citizens' charters, social audit and grievance redress
- e-Governance models and Digital India
Where to study
The Right to Information Act, 2005
- Right to Information Act 2005
- s. 2 Definitions (s. 2(h) public authority)
- s. 4 Obligations of public authorities
- s. 5 Designation of Public Information Officers
- s. 6 Request for obtaining information
- s. 7 Disposal of request (time limits)
- s. 8 Exemption from disclosure of information
- ss. 2, 6, 7, 8
- s. 12 Constitution of Central Information Commission
- s. 13 Terms of office and conditions of service (as amended in 2019)
- s. 15 Constitution of State Information Commission
- s. 19 Appeal
- s. 20 Penalties
- ss. 12-17
- s. 22 Act to have overriding effect
- s. 22
Central Information Commission: home page
- home
Indian Polity · M. Laxmikanth
- ch. 52 Central Information Commission
The Official Secrets Act, 1923
- s. 3 Penalties for spying
- s. 5 Wrongful communication, etc., of information
Ministry of Home Affairs: home page
- home
Physics Wallah: Polity syllabus for UPSC prelims, topic wise
- Public Policy and Governance
LotusArise: Polity syllabus for UPSC with micro topics
- Mechanism, laws, institutions