Implementation of suo motu disclosure under Section 4 of RTI Act, 2005

Implementation of suo motu disclosure under Section 4 of RTI Act, 2005 – Issue of guidelines regarding:
Section 4(1)(b) of the RTI Act lays down the information which should be disclosed by Public Authorities on a suo motu or proactive basis. Section 4(2) and Section 4(3) prescribe the method of dissemination of this information. The purpose of suo motu disclosures under Section 4 is to place large amount of information in public domain on a proactive basis to make the functioning of the Public Authorities more transparent and also to reduce the need for filing individual RTI applications.


http://ccis.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D2/D02rti/Suo_moto_disclosure-15042013.pdf


http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=94720

Guidelines for Central Government Ministries/Departments are on:
i. Suo motu disclosure of more items under Section 4.
ii. Guidelines for digital publication of proactive disclosure under Section 4.
iii. Detailing of Section 4(1)(b)(iii), 4(1)(b)(iv), 4(1)(b)(xi) and 4(1)(b)(xiv)
iv. Compliance mechanism for suo motu disclosure (proactive disclosure) under the RTI Act, 2005.

Central Government Ministries/ Departments should undertake suo motu disclosure and ensure compliance based on these guidelines.

The enclosed guidelines may be brought to the notice of all for compliance.

Alok Kumar Singh

Convener RTI Council of U.P.
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