No. 22 of 2005

[15th June, 2005]

An Act to provide for setting out the practical regime of right to information for citizens to secure access to information under the control of public authorities, in order to promote transparency and accountability in the working of every public authority, the constitution of a Central Information Commission and State Information Commissions and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

It includes the right for citizens to secure access to information such as: -

• inspect works, documents, records.

• take notes, extracts or certified copies of documents or records.

• take certified samples of material.

• obtain information in form of printouts, diskettes, floppies, tapes, video cassettes or in any other electronic mode or through printouts. [S.2(j)]

Application Procedure for requesting information

1.   Apply in writing or through electronic means in English or Hindi or in the local language to the PIO, specifying the particulars of the information sought for. There is no formal application form.

2.   Reason for seeking information are not required to be given;

3.   Pay fees as may be prescribed (if not belonging to the below poverty line category).

 Application fees

1.      A request for obtaining information under sub-section (1) of section 6 shall be accompanied by an application fee of rupees ten by way of cash against proper receipt or by demand draft or bankers cheque drawn in favour of  National Oilseeds Seeds and Vegetable Oils Development Board, payable at Gurgaon (Haryana).

2.      For providing the information under sub-section (1) of section 7, the fee shall be charged by way of cash against proper receipt or by demand draft or bankers cheque drawn in favour of  National Oilseeds Seeds and Vegetable Oils Development Board, payable at Gurgaon (Haryana) at the following rates:-

(a) rupees two for each page (in A-4 or A-3 size paper) created or copied;

(b) actual charge or cost price of a copy in larger size paper;

(c) actual cost or price for samples or models; and

(d) for inspection of records, no fee for the first hour; and a fee of rupees five for each fifteen minutes (or fraction thereof) thereafter.

3.      For providing the information under sub-section (5) of section 7, the fee shall be charged by way of cash against proper receipt or by demand draft or bankers cheque drawn in favour of  National Oilseeds Seeds and Vegetable Oils Development Board, payable at Gurgaon (Haryana) at the following rates:-

          (a)   for information provided in diskette or floppy, rupees fifty per  diskette or floppy; and

    (b)   for information provided in printed form at the price fixed for such publication or rupees two per page of photocopy for extracts 

            from the publication.

 

Contact details of PIO/Appellate Authority for  RTI

CPIO	Sh. M. Gopi Secretary (NOVOD)-cum-CPIO National Oilseeds and Vegetable Oils Development (NOVOD) Board, (Ministry of Agriculture, Department of Agriculture and Co-operation) Government of India 86, Sector-18, Institutional Area Gurgaon – 122015 (Haryana) Phone: 0124-2341884 Fax: 0124-2340614 E-mail address: novod@novodboard.com
Appellate Authority	Dr. M. Paramathma Executive Director National Oilseeds and Vegetable Oils Development (NOVOD) Board, (Ministry of Agriculture, Department of Agriculture and Co-operation) Government of India 86, Sector-18, Institutional Area Gurgaon – 122015 (Haryana) Phone: 0124-2343181 Fax: 0124-2343281 E-mail address: ed@novodboard.com

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