This presents the overview of the Right to Information Act, 2005, which provides right to information to citizens of India.

1. Right to Information
Act, 2005: Overview
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Right to Information Act, 2005: Introduction
 RTI Act, 2005 was passed by the Parliament of India on
12 May 2005, and received assent of the President on 15
June, 2005. It came into force on 12 October 2005.
 The RTI Act contains:
Preamble
Six (6) Chapters
Thirty One (31) Sections
Two (2) Schedules
Twenty Six (26) Pages

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Right to Information Act, 2005: Introduction(Contd...)
 CHAPTER I: Preliminary Sections (Section 1 – 2)
 CHAPTER II: Right to Information and Obligations of
Public Authorities (Section 3-11) – Most Important
 CHAPTER III: The Central Information Commission
(Section 12-14)
 CHAPTER IV: The State Information Commission (Section
15-17)
 CHAPTER V: Powers and Functions of The Information
Commissions, Appeal and Penalties (Section 18-20)
 CHAPTER VI: Miscellaneous (Section 21-31)

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Chapter I: Preliminary Sections
 Section 1. Short title, extent and commencement.
 Section 2. Definitions of:
(a) Appropriate Government
(b) Central Information Commission
(c) Central Public Information Officer
(d) Chief Information Commissioner and Information
Commissioner
(e) Competent Authority
(f) Information
(g) Prescribed

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(h) Public Authority
(i) Record
(j) Right to Information
(k) State Information Commission
(l) State Chief Information Commissioner and State
Information Commissioner
(m) State Public Information Officer
(n) Third Party

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Chapter II: Right to Information and Obligations
of Public Authorities
 Section 3. Right to information.
 Section 4. Obligations of public authorities.
 Section 5. Designation of Public Information Officers.
 Section 6. Request for obtaining information.
 Section 7. Disposal of request.
 Section 8. Exemption from disclosure of information.
 Section 9. Grounds for rejection to access in certain cases.
 Section 10. Severability.
 Section 11.Third party information.

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Chapter III: The Central Information Commission
 Section 12. Constitution of Central Information
Commission.
 Section 13. Term of office and conditions of service.
 Section 14. Removal of' Chief Information
Commissioner or Information Commissioner.

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Chapter IV: The State Information Commission
 Section 15. Constitution of State Information
Commission.
 Section 16. Term of office and conditions of service.
 Section 17. Removal of State Chief Information
Commissioner or State Information Commissioner.

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Chapter V: Powers and Functions of The Information
Commissions, Appeal And Penalties
 Section 18. Powers and functions of Information
Commissions.
 Section 19. Appeal.
 Section 20. Penalties.

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Chapter VI: Miscellaneous
 Section 21. Protection of action taken in good faith.
 Section 22. Act to have overriding effect.
 Section 23. Bar of jurisdiction of courts.
 Section 24. Act not to apply in certain organizations.
 Section 25. Monitoring and reporting.
 Section 26. Appropriate Government to prepare programmes.
 Section 27. Power to make rules by appropriate Government.
 Section 28. Power to make rules by competent authority.
 Section 29. Laying of rules.
 Section 30. Power to remove difficulties.
 Section 31. Repeal.

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The First Schedule [Sections 13 (3) and 16(3)]
 Form of Oath or Affirmation to be made by the Chief
Information Commissioner/ The Information
Commissioner/ The State Chief Information
Commissioner/ The State information Commissioner

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The Second Schedule [Section 24]
 Intelligence and Security organization established by
the central government

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