Right to Information Act, 2005 is the only powerful Act on which common man of India can hope to solve his problems coming in his day to day life.
The present day scenario is not very encouraging as the Public Information Officer of any Govt Department is trying his level best to oppose, discourage and demoralize the information seekers under the RTI Act, 2005.
I will discuss the points from my own experience and hope, u & me will ultimately find a way to know what we want. In fact, what we want from a Govt Department? It ranges from personal queries to public interests.
If u are Govt Servant, u may be interested to know what remarks have been written in ur Annual Confidential Reports, when u are getting promotion or why u are not getting promotion etc & etc. Similarly, if u are businessman, u may be interested to know who has got the Tender on what basis etc. If u are a farmer, u may be interested to know what was the Govt policy of distributing the subsidy, loan & fertilizer etc.
So, how u will write an RTI Application? There is no prescribed format. U can write a simple letter just saying what u want, which information and which document. U have to attach a postal Order / non-judicial stamp paper/ bank draft etc as prescribed the State / Central Govt Authority.
I want to share which will startle any man. The general RTI fees is Rs 10/- in Chhattisgarh but if u want to any information about Chhattisgarh State Assembly, it is simply Rs 500/-. So, it is obvious that the State Govt does not want public should know anything about Assembly. The Govt has given something in one hand and at the same time, snatched in the other hand. A movement is required against this trend.
