THE RTI APPLICATION CAN BE MADE ON PLAIN PAPER, EVEN IN CASES WHERE THE INFORMATION IS SOUGHT ELECTRONICALLY, AND THE GOVERNMENT IS COMMITTED FOR THE SIMPLIFICATION OF PROCESSES FOR FILING OF RTI

The Right to information Act 2005 has been made for the welfare of common man living in the society and circle and demanding free and fair service from the system of governance, as such government is committed for the simplification of processes for filing of the RTI and the facility of filing of the RTI applications and Appeals online through RTI online web portal has been launched and is being implemented in all the Ministries/Departments of the Government of India situated in New Delhi. The same facility can be extended to the state government offices by sharing with them the software developed by NIC (Headquarters) , New Delhi. The ATIs may play the role of catalyst in the implementation of the facility in the public authorities located in the state. Proposals in this regard are invited from ATIs and funds would be granted on the basis of such proposal. As for as the format of RTI application is concerned, there is no prescribed form of application for seeking information. The application can made on plain paper. The application should, however have the name and complete postal address of the applicant. Even in cases where the information is sought electronically, the application should contain name and the postal address of the applicant.