New RTI Rules Notified
GOVERNMENT has superseded the Central Information Commission (Appeal Procedure) Rules, 2005 and the Right to Information (Regulation of Fee and Cost) Rules, 2005 and notified the Right to Information Rules, 2012.
Now, an application under RTI Act should not contain more than five hundred words. Of course, no application will be rejected only on the ground that it contains more than five hundred words. For information furnished on a diskette or floppy, a fee of Rs. 50 will be charged. Do they still have floppy disks? If postage charges exceed 50 rupees, it will be charged on the information seeker. A Format for appeal is provided.
Though the Rules were notified on 31 July 2012, to this date, neither the DOPT, nor the CIC carried the Rules in their websites and virtually nobody had a copy of the Notification. Is the DOPT learning from the Department of Revenue? We bring it you today.