The Right to Information Act 2005- Implementation Status

Parliament has enacted the Right to Information Act 2005 which has been published in the Gazette of India on 21 st June 2005

The objective is to provide a practical regime of right to information for citizens to secure access to information under control of public authorities, in order to promote transparency and accountability in the working of every public authority.

Section 4(1) of the act, lays down the obligations of public authorities and enjoying upon it to provide information within a specified time-frame.

The obligations of the public authorities to provide information in respect of various areas are as follows, along with the current implementation status in the MP Warehousing & Logistics Corporation (Public authority per Sec. 2(h) of the Right to Information Act 2005)