This namespace carries the full text of the Right to Information Act, 2005 as amended, along with the departmental circulars, the regional-language translations, and a subject-wise reference index.

• The Act, as amended. Section-wise text of the Right to Information Act, 2005. The text incorporates the Right to Information (Amendment) Act, 2019 and the amendment to Section 8(1)(j) effected by Section 44(3) of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, which came into force on notification of the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 on 14 November 2025.

The Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 were notified in the Gazette of India on 14 November 2025. With that notification, Section 44(3) of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 became operational and replaced the proviso to Section 8(1)(j) of the Right to Information Act, 2005. The larger public interest override in the earlier clause stands removed.

For a practitioner note on the change, see DPDP Rules, 2025: The amendment to Section 8(1)(j) of the RTI Act.

• Translations. The Act in regional languages as notified.

• RTI Rules. Central Government, Supreme Court, High Court, and State-level rules framed under Section 27 and Section 28 of the Act.

• Case law library. Decisions of the Supreme Court, the High Courts, and the Information Commissions that interpret the provisions of the Act.

• Decoded. A plain-language walkthrough of each section of the Act, with an illustrative case.

1. The Right to Information Act, 2005 (No. 22 of 2005).
2. The Right to Information (Amendment) Act, 2019 (No. 24 of 2019).
3. The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (No. 22 of 2023), Section 44(3).
4. The Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025, notified on 14 November 2025.

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