Import No 47
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Notification No. 65/2005 Date : 21.10.05

Sub : Right to Information Act 2005 – schedule of Fees Prescribed for seeking information – reg.
Attention of the citizens of India is drawn to the Public Notice No. 59/2005 dated 11.10.2005 on the Right to Information Act, 2005. In Para 2 of the Public Notice it was mentioned that a separate Public Notice would be issued for the fees to be paid. In this regard, Government of India have issued notification dated 16.09.2005 notifying the schedule of rates (copy enclosed).

F.NO.S/26-87/2005A(G)

(A.K. PRASAD)
COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS (IMPORTS), NCH, MUMBAI.

ENCL.: As above.

No. 296/16/2005-CX.9
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Revenue

NEW DELHI THE 10TH OCTOBER,2005
To

All Chief Commissioner of Customs & Central Excise
All Chief Commissioner of Customs
All Director General

Subject : Right to Information Act 2005- Implementation of –

Sir,

I am directed to sent herewith a copy of Department of Personal and Training Notification No. 34012/8/ (s)/2005- Estt (B) dated 16.09.2005 and Department of Revenue OM No. 12/12/2005-Coord. (Pt.1) dated 7.10.2005 for information and necessary action.

Yours faithfully,

( S.K. Sharma )
Under Secretary to the Govt. of India.

(TO BE PUBLISHED IN PART –II SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (I) OF THEGAZETTE OF INDIA)

Government of India
Ministry of personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
(Department of Personnel and Training)
New Delhi, dated the 16th September,2005

Notification
G.S.R…….., In exercise of the powers conferred by clauses (b) and (c) of subsection (2) of section 27 of the Right to Information Act, 2005 (22 of 2005), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules, namely:-

1. Short title and commencement-(1) These rules may be called the Right to Information (Regulation of Fee and Cost) Rules, 2005.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. Definitions-. In the rules, unless the context otherwise requires-

(a) ‘Act’ means the Right to Information Act, 2005;

(b) ‘section’ means section of the Act;

(c) all other words and expressions used herein but not defined and defined in the Act shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Act.

3 A request for obtaining information under sub-section (1) of section 6 shall be Accompanied by an application fee of rupees ten by way of cash against proper receipt or by demand draft or bankers cheque payable to the Accounts Officer of the public authority.

4 For providing the information under sub-section (1) of section 7, the fee shall be charged by way of cash against proper receipt or by demand draft or bankers cheque payable to the Accounts Officer of the public authority at the following rates:-

(a) rupees two for each page (in A-4 or A-3 size paper) created or copied;

(b) actual charge or cost price of a copy in larger size paper;

(c) actual cost or price for samples or models; and

(d) for Inspection of records, no fee for the first hour; and a fee of rupees five for each fifteen minutes (or fraction thereof) thereafter.

5 For providing the Information under sub-section (5) if section 7, the fee shall be charged by way if cash against proper receipt or by demand draft or bankers cheque payable to the Accounts Officer of the public authority at the following rates:-

(a) for information provided in diskette or floppy rupees fifty per diskette or floppy ; and

(b) for information provided in printed form at the price fixed for such publication or rupees two per page of photocopy for extracts from the publication.

(Hari Kumar)
Director

(F.No. 34012/8(S)/2005-Estt. (B))

Notification
To

The Manager,
Government of India Press,
Mayapuri, New Delhi.

No.34012/8(s) /2005-Estt (B) New Delhi, dated the 16th september,2005

Copy to:

1 All Ministries/Departments of the Government of India
2 Comptroller and Auditor General of India, New Delhi
3 Union Public Service Commission, New Delhi.
4 Central Vigilance Commission, New Delhi.
5 Central Bureau of Investigation, New Delhi.
6 Chief Secretaries of State Governments and Union Territory Administrations.
7 Lok Sabha/Rajya Sabha Sectrtariat.
8 All Attached and Subordinate Offices of the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Ministry of Home Affairs.
9 All Officers and Sections of the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Ministry of Home Affairs.

(Hari Kumar)
Director

F.No.12/12/2005-Coord (Pt.I)

Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Revenue

NEW DELHI
Dated:the 7th October, 2005

Subject: Clarification regarding the term ‘information’ for the purpose of RTI Act, 2005

Kindly refer to the website of DoPT wherein details relating to RTI Act have been uploaded. The term ‘information’ has been defined to mean:

“ any material in any form including records, documents, memos, e-mails,

opinions, advices, press releases, circulars, orders, logbooks, contracts, reports, papers, samples, models, data material held in any electronic form and Information relating to any private body which can be accessed by a public authority under any other law for the time being in force but does not include ‘file notings’ {S.2(f)}”

2. From the above definition, it appears that ‘file notings’ would not constitute information under the RTI Act. However, no clarification has been received in this regard from DOPT, despite repeated reminders. Since the RTI Act is coming into force from 12th October 2005 and the time available is very short, instructions are being issued, in the meantime, to the Organizations under the Department of Revenue that ‘file notings’ would not constitute ‘information’ under the RTI Act. This is in accordance with the details provided in the website of the DOPT.

(Anuja Sarangi)
Director (Coordination)
Phone #2309 2282

Shri T. Jacob
Joint Secretary
DoPT
New Delhi

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