Indra Rongphar 25 June 2020

Rti related

Sir, Can any information(document) obtained through RTI Act, 2005 be uploaded in social media with a view to make public regarding the implementation of various schemes by the Implementing Agencies under Departments & Ministries of State Governments as well as Central Government of India and is it punishable offence or not ? Please, suggest.

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MANISH DUBEY 25 June 2020

vailid RTI not offence

Dr J C Vashista (Advocate) 26 June 2020

Such an information must already have been uploaded by the concerned ministry/ department, recheck on the site of concerned department.

However, it can be made public since the information for implementation of various scheme(s) which do not contain any restricted or secret information.

Kishor Mehta (CEO) 26 June 2020

𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚘 𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚝, 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚍𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜. 𝙸𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚝𝚎 𝚊𝚗 𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚎 𝚒𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚛𝚍 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚢'𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚟𝚘𝚕𝚟𝚎𝚍.

G.L.N. Prasad (Retired employee.) 26 June 2020

PIO provides only a public record. Publishing the public record is not an offense. The objective of the enactment of RTI is Transparency and Accountability. Only if the information is published for a larger public interest, there can be a logical ending for seeking information. No one seeks information for storing in cupboards. In any newspaper, every day you can find such information provided or denied under RTI Act.