abhishreshthaa
Abhijeet S
The Act shall commence 120 days after its passing. The Government machinery shall have to work overtime to gear up for the responsibilities the Act places on it in respect of providing the right to information to citizens. It casts an obligation on Public Authorities v/s 4(1)(b)
i. To publish before the commencement of this Act 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 advise, 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 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 within such intervals in each year as may be prescribed
a. Publish all relevant facts while formulating important policies or announcing the decisions, which affect public
b. Provide reasons for its administrative or quasi judicial decisions to affected persons
c. Before initiating any project, or formulating any policy, scheme, programme or law, publish or communicate to the public in general or to the persons likely to be affected thereby in particular, the facts available to it or to which it has reasonable access which in its opinion should be known to them in the best interest of natural justice and promotion of democratic principles.
The Act does not stop at that, and exhorts the public authorities that it shall be a constant endeavour of every public authority to take steps to provide as much information suo motu to the public at regular intervals through various means of communications so that the public have minimum resort to the use of this Act to obtain information, and every such information shall be disseminated widely and in such form and manner which is easily accessible and comprehensible to the public.
All such 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 Public Information Officer, available free or at such cost of the medium or the print cost price as may be prescribed
i. To publish before the commencement of this Act 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 advise, 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 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 within such intervals in each year as may be prescribed
a. Publish all relevant facts while formulating important policies or announcing the decisions, which affect public
b. Provide reasons for its administrative or quasi judicial decisions to affected persons
c. Before initiating any project, or formulating any policy, scheme, programme or law, publish or communicate to the public in general or to the persons likely to be affected thereby in particular, the facts available to it or to which it has reasonable access which in its opinion should be known to them in the best interest of natural justice and promotion of democratic principles.
The Act does not stop at that, and exhorts the public authorities that it shall be a constant endeavour of every public authority to take steps to provide as much information suo motu to the public at regular intervals through various means of communications so that the public have minimum resort to the use of this Act to obtain information, and every such information shall be disseminated widely and in such form and manner which is easily accessible and comprehensible to the public.
All such 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 Public Information Officer, available free or at such cost of the medium or the print cost price as may be prescribed