Question

Write a detailed answer with the help of the following point.

Give information about the ‘Right to Information Act’.

Definition of ‘Information’.

Write the information under the Right to Information Act.

Interpretation of law

Answer 1

• The kind of Act was first applied in Sweden in 1776. In 1946, 'United Nations' declared the 'Right to Information', to be a fundamental human right. The Right to Information Act's data in this regard is as follows:
• The definition of the term Information' includes official records, documents, memoranda, emails, comments, consultations, press notes, circulars, orders, logbooks, tenders, reports, correspondence, formats, models, electronic data, the information of private institutions or an individual that is available in the records of any public establishment.
• It is known that the Right to Information Act of 2005 exists.

Answer 2

Under the provisions of RTI Act, any citizen of India may request information from a "public authority" (a body of Government or "instrumentality of State") which is required to reply expeditiously or within thirty days.