THE FINAL RETURN OF THE SUBSEQUENT FINANCIAL YEAR SHOULD BE UPLOADED LATEST BY THE 15 TH APRIL, AS FOR AS THE ANNUAL REPORTS ARE PREPARED TO LAY BEFORE THE PARLIAMENT/VIDHANSABHA.

As far as matter of laying annual reports of the Central information commission before the House of the parliament is concerned, it is directed to refer to section 25 of the Right to information Act 2005 which provides that the Central information commission shall prepare a report on the implementation of the provisions of the Act each year, which the central government would lay before the each house of the Parliament. Each Ministry/Department is responsible to ensure that necessary information in relation to reparation of the Report is sent to the Central information Commission by all public authorities within its jurisdiction in time. The central information commission has developed a web based system through which the public authorities may upload the annual return on the web site of the Commission direct. The software developed by the commission is known as the RTI annual report information system which is accessible on the website www.cic.gov.in . The information has to be posted on quarterly basis. (2) It has been observed that a number of public authorities do not upload the Annual Return in time on the system. It results in the delay of the preparation of the Annual Report and consequently in laying the report before the Houses of the Parliament. (3) All the Ministries/Departments are requested to ensure that quarterly returns of all public authorities under their jurisdiction is uploaded on the Annual report information system referred to above in every year. The final return for the year should be unloaded latest by the Fifteenth of the April of the subsequent financial year. The public authorities who have not uploaded their final returns in respect of may complete the process till 30th of the June. (4) It has also been brought to the notice of this Department that some Ministries/Departments have not registered the all public authorities under their jurisdiction with the central information commission. It results into non inclusion of the complete information in the Annual Report. All the Ministries/Departments are requested to ensure that all public authorities under their jurisdiction are registered with the Commission and they all post requisite information on the website referred to above regularly. Similar is the process of laying of Annual Reports of the State information Commissions.