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Out of the following statements, which is not correct about the RTI Act. 2005? (A) The RTI Act come into force from October 13, 2005.(B) Any citizen may request information from a Public Authority (Both Govt. and Private)(C) Reply for information asked can be given within 30 days.(D) There is a nominal application fee that are needs to pay to get information under the RTI application.(E) For getting information. applicant has to pay Rs. 10/- per page of information for Central Govt. Departments. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

A.
(A), (B), (E) only
B.
(B), (E) only
C.
(C), (E) only
D.
(B), (C), (D), (E) only

Solution:

Right to Information (RTI) is an act that sets out rules and regulations regarding citizen's right to information. It replaced the former Freedom of Information Act, 2002.RTI Act 2005:The RTI Bill was passed in Parliament and come into force from October 12, 2005.?The basic objective of the RTI Act is to empower the citizens, promote transparency and accountability in the working of the Government, contain corruption, and make our democracy work for the people in the real sense.Any citizen may request information about the activities of the Public authority i.e. Government authority. The information can be obtained within 30 days from the date of request in normal case and in the matter of life or liberty of a person, information can be obtained within 48 hours from the time of the request.Certain information is prohibited under Section 8.An appeal against the decision of the Central Information Commission or State Information Commission can be made to an officer who is senior in rank.There is a nominal application fee that is needed to be paid to get information under the RTI application.The nominal fee to get the information is Rs. 10 for every application as per Rule 3 of the RTI Rules, 2005.Therefore, Statements (A), (B), (E) only is not correct about the RTI Act, 2005.

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