, Public Grievances &
Pensions05-December, 2012 16:36 IST
Right to Information Act is applicable to Public Authorities. A
pubic authority means any authority or body or institution of self-government
established or constituted (a) by or under the Constitution; (b) by any other
law made by Parliament; (c) by any other law made by State Legislature; (d)
by notification issued or order made by the appropriate Government and
includes any – (i) body owned, controlled or substantially financed; (ii)
non-Government organization substantially financed, directly or indirectly by
funds provided by the appropriate Government.
Further, as per Section 2(f) of the Act, information relating to any private body, which can be accessed by public authority under any other law for the time being in force, is already within the purview of the RTI Act, 2005. This was stated by Shri V. Narayanasamy, Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office in written reply to a question by Dr. Sanjay Sinh and Shri Prataprao Ganpatrao Jadhao in the Lok Sabha today.
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