a. Question: What benefits will marginal groups, particularly woman and children, get from the law?
Answer: Section-4 of the RTI Act-2009 guarantees that every citizen has the right to information and concerned authority is obligated to provide information at the request of a person. Nothing is mentioned for women and children separately.
b. Question: Is there any departmental law that will create problems for implementing out the Right To Information Act?
Answer: As per section-3 of the Right to Information Act-2009, the Act will get priority in case of any conflict with departmental law to provide information to people.
c. Question: Will the provisions of acknowledgement of the recipient of information be included in 'Section-A'?
Answer: Section-3(2) of the Right to Information Act-2009, ensures acknowledgement of information recipient.
d. Question: Will a bidder have the right to know about shortcomings of tender submissions by the other bidders?
Answer: Under section-7(3) of the 2009 Right to Information Act, it is not mandatory for any organization to provide information to anyone before completion of the procurement process or prior to finalization of the decision.
e. Question: Is an application for personal information allowed?
Answer: Section-7 and sub-section (h) (i) (j) and (r) of the Right to Information Act state that any information which may disrupt personal secrecy or endanger one’s life, any information given secretly to assist the law enforcing agencies, or any personal information protected by law, are not subject to mandatory disclosure.
f. Question: Is there provision to know information about a person who is in safety custody?
Answer: According to RTI Act-2009, Pre-section-9(4), any information related to life and death, arrest and release from jail can be required. But According to RTI Act-2009, section-7(f) and 7(l), it is not compulsory to disclose, any such information that may, if disclose, obstruct the enforcement of law or incite any offence and any such information that may, if disclosed, impede the process of investigation.
g. Question: Any information discloser about a patient can be harmful and also violation of privacy. In this case, is there any compulsion to disclose this?
Answer: According to RTI Act, Section-7(h), there is restriction to publish any such information that may, if disclosed, offend the privacy of the personal life of an
individual. Off course, if that person permits there will not be any obligation.
h. Question: Many times compliant suffers from economic and social lose for procrastination in the court. Is there provision to know the reason behind late?
Answer: According to RTI Act, Section-7(k), organization/“Designated Officer” is not compelled to discloser of any matter pending before any court of law and which has been expressly forbidden to be published by any court of or tribunal or the disclosure of which may constitute contempt of court.
i. Question: Most of the times journalists does not follow the procedure of RTI Act to collect information instead they misbehave. In this case, is “designated officer” compelled to provide information?
Answer: According to RTI Act-2009, everyone has to follow the application procedure and pay the price. If the information is preserved in the computer (not violating section-7), it can be sent via e-mail without demanding any cost.
j. Question: If in an office there is only one officer, can any subjugated staff be appointed as “designated officer” of that office?
Answer: According to RTI Act, section-2(C), “Officer” shall also include an employee. Authority can appoint the staff as “designated officer.'' Off course in such case, authority will judge his/her capacity to play the role. On the other hand, the only officer will act as “designated officer”
k. Question: If anyone requires information through e-mail/Fax and “designated officer” does not have electronic service, how information will be provided?
Answer: According to RTI Act-2009, Section-7 if both parties have electronic support/services, then Information can be provided through this media.
l. Question: Who will take the duty if “designated officer” goes to receive any training?
Answer: In every “information providing unit”, an alternative person will be recruited to play the role of “designated officer”.
m. Question: Is there any fixed time frame to request for information?
Answer: No, there is no time limit to request for information. Off course, in the case of examination, information can be provided after the publication of result.
n. Question: Who will take the decision about the requested information is threatening for state or not?
Answer: “Designated officer” will use his/her own judgment in this regard. There is provision of appeal to appellate authority and then accusation can be submitted to Information Commission. Information Commission will take necessary steps for the charge.
o.Question: Is there any provision to file case against an authority in RTI Act 2009?
Answer: According to RTI Act-2009, section-29 no person shall, except preferring an appeal before an appellate authority or, as the case may be, lodging a complaint before the Information Commission under this Act, raise any question before any court for anything done or deemed to be done, any action taken or the legality of any order passed or any instruction made under this Act.
p. Question: If the applicant does not come to receive the requested information?
Answer: If the applicant does not pay the price, information will not be provided. But if he/she pays the price then any authorized person mentioned in the form as receiver can get the information.
r. Question: From when the time limit for information supply will be counted, from the date of application or payment date?
Answer: From the date of application.
s. Question: Is there any necessity to post a stamp on the application?
Answer: No, still now no fee for application is required but for the requested information (if received) the fixed price will have to be paid.
t. Question: Is there any provision to spend the realized price from the supplied
information?
Answer: No, this money will be deposited in government treasury. Expenditure for information supply will be met up from the regular allocation.
u. Question: If anyone applies through email, how will he/she sign in the application?
Answer: A scanned copy of the signed application will be sent by e-mail.
v. Question: Can the E-service centers be considered under the purview of Right to Information?
Answer: Since these E-service centers are not government statutory organizations, these can not be considered as “information providing unit”. Off course, these centers can cooperate to supply information properly.
w. Question: How can we get the information about stamp price?
Answer: According to RTI Act-2009, Section-8, information price will be realized.
x. Question: If anyone requires information to do harm of others?
Answer: There is no opportunity to check why a person is taking information. Except information under Section-7, “designated officer” is compelled to supply any information requested by the applicant.
y. Question: If anyone requests information through e-mail, how the price will be realized?
Answer: Since there is no expenditure for photocopy or any other purpose, the information can be supplied without any cost. Off course, if needed it can be demanded from the applicant.
z. Question: How the exact and logical price will be fixed?
Answer: There is detail direction of this in the RTI Act-2009.
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