INFORMATION DESCRIBED UNDER RTI ACT ADJUDICATION AND ROLE OF THE PIO

The Right to information Act 2005 empowers citizens of country to get information from the public authorities. The public information officer ( PIO) of the public authorities plays  a pivotal role in making the right of a citizen to information reality.The act casts specific duties on the Public information officers and too makes liable for penalties ,in case of default .As such it is essential for the PIOs to study the RTI act publications carefully and understand it's provisions in the correct manner,so that  required information,any material in any form, documents, records, memos ,e- mail , opinions,advices ,press releases,circulars ,orders, logbooks ,contracts , reports, papers, samples, models, data prescribed, electronic format be made available to the citizens under law code manual of the RTI act publications The information relating to the any private body which can be accessed by the public authorities under law code manual prefixed by the study of impact assessment realised by the government in this behalf has also been included in the RTI