Are there any organization in Government not covered under RTI Act?

[senthil]

I wanted to know are there any exception by which any organizations are exempt from disclosure under RTI Act?

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[Dr. Pathak]

Sponsorer

Yes the intelligence agencies specified in the secound Schedule are not bound to make available the information.
The whole list can be read here: The Second Schedule

[crusader]

Does that mean that these organisations will never disclose any information, or is there some procedure by which the information can be revealed?

[Dr. Pathak]

By reason of their exemption, no citizen can approach for information the said agencies firstly in relation to any investigation, nor can they be compelled to disclose the information or the report or reports they may submit to the Government of India.

However, there is one exception to this exemption. This exception is about the request for information relating to corruption or human right violation. In the case of the former, the concerned organisation may be requested for the report furnished by it to the Government.


And, in the case of the later viz. the human right violations those organisations are bound to provide the information after obtaining the approval of Central Information commission. If the central Information commission is of the opinion that such report to the human right vioaltion shall not be disclosed, the intelligence agency need not respond to the request made by the citizen in this regard.

The decision of the central Information Commission where the disclosure of information is permissible, such disclosure shall be made within 45 days from the date of receipt of the request.

The decision made in this regard by the commission will be final.

[crusader]

I just saw the list, is the list final? I mean can there be more agencies of the Government which can come under this schedule?