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 ====== Ministers Under RTI ====== ====== Ministers Under RTI ======
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 +metatag-description=(In the light of above analysis, the Commission has no hesitation to declare the Ministers in the Union Government and all State Governments as ‘public...)}} 
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 +**In one line.** The Central Information Commission has held that the offices of Union Ministers and State Ministers are "public authorities" within the meaning of Section 2(h) of the Right to Information Act, 2005. Each office must designate a Public Information Officer, a First Appellate Authority, and comply with Section 4 suo motu disclosure. 
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 +**What that means in practice.** 
 +  * A citizen may address a first application under Section 6(1) directly to the Public Information Officer of a Minister's office. 
 +  * Each Ministerial office is to publish the seventeen categories of suo motu disclosure under Section 4(1)(b) and update at least annually. 
 +  * The Commission has directed the Cabinet Secretary of the Union Government and the Chief Secretaries of the States to issue compliance instructions. 
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 ===== Declaration and Directions ===== ===== Declaration and Directions =====
  
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 ===== Download the decision ===== ===== Download the decision =====
 {{:important-decisions:cic-case-laws:435-hemant_vs._dla.docx|Hemant Dhage, Ahmednagar Vs. Department of Legal Affairs, GOI}} {{:important-decisions:cic-case-laws:435-hemant_vs._dla.docx|Hemant Dhage, Ahmednagar Vs. Department of Legal Affairs, GOI}}
-===== Links ===== +===== Links ========== Related ===== 
-  [[http://www.rtiindia.org/law/ministers-under-rti/3452/|Read the news]] + 
-  [[http://www.rtiindia.org/forum/171544-ministers-under-rti-cic.html|Discuss this decision]]+  [[important-decisions:cic-case-laws:advocates-rti|Appearance of Advocate /Non Advocate in the hearing]]. 
 +  * [[important-decisions:cic-case-laws:format-rti-cpio|Format for giving information to the applicants]]. 
 +  [[important-decisions:cic-case-laws:shri-ketan-kantilal-modi-vs-central-board-of-excise-customs|Shri Ketan Kantilal Modi vs Central Board Of Excise & Customs]]. 
 +  * [[important-decisions:cic-case-laws|Commission Decisions]]. 
 +  * [[important-decisions:court:irrelevant-information|RTI can’t be Denied on the Ground that Information sought is Irrelevant]]
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 +{{tag>rti case-law cic}} 
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