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North Block, New Delhi
Dated: the 05th October, 2009
OFFICE MEMORANDUM

The undersigned is directed to say that this Department has issued four sets of guidelines and several other Office Memoranda regarding implementation of the Right to lnformation Act, 2005 during last three years. Section 26 of the Act requires the Government to prepare such guidelines and update these at regular
intervals.
Accordingly a consolidated updated Guide on the Act has been prepared which would help all the stake-holders -information seekers in getting information, public information officers in dealing with the RTI applications, first appellate authorities in taking cogent decisions on appeals and the public authorities in
implementing various provisions of the Act in right earnest.

2. A copy of  the Guide is enclosed herewith with the reauest that it mav be brought to the notice of all concerned.

1. All the Ministries I Departments of the Government of lndia

2. Union Public Service Commissionl Lok Sabha Sectt.1 Rajya Sabha

Secretariat/ Cabinet Secretariat/ Central Vigilance Commissionl President's

Secretariat/ Vice-President's Secretariat1 Prime Minister's Office1 Plannin.a,

CommissionlElection Commission

3. Central lnformation CommissionlState lnformation Commissions.

4. Staff Selection Commission, CGO Complex, New Delhi ,

5. Office of the Comptroller & Auditor General of lndia, 10, Bahadur Shah

Zafar Marg, New Delhi.

6. All officersIDeskslSections, Department of Personnel & Training and

Department of Pension & Pensioners Welfare.

Copy to: Chief Secretaries of all the StatesIUTs.

The enclosed Guide is mutatis mutandis applicable to the public authorities

of the States as well. The State Government may like to get it translated into the

regional language(s) and circulate amongst various stake-holders.


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