Question: Does RTI apply to Private Charitable Institutions covered under Bombay Charitable Trust Act.?

[kishormehta11]

Please Somebody Answer the Query..?

Thank You,
regards

[sidmis]

Private Charitable Institutions receiving Govt. Funds, Assistance, Grants, concessions etc are liable to provide information under the RTI Act. But If they have not received any Public funds / Assistance then they are not coming under the purview of the Act.

But you can always seek information on these organisation through the Charity Commission. All such organisations are required to file some details of their activities like Annual Report, Financial Accounts, Membership details etc. etc. And if no such records are available with the charity commission then file a complaint before the charity commission for compliance.

[sidmis]

Apart from Charity Commission, there are two more Govt. bodies that can be approached for information on Pvt. Charitable Organisation.


Income Tax Dept. : In case the the Organisation is regd. under the Income Tax Act u/s 10/12 and 80(g) etc.

Ministry of Home Affairs : If in case the organisation is regd. under the FCRA Act to receive foreign fund.

So try your luck there too.

[karira]

Kishore,

As per the following thread, the information can also be got from the Charity Commissioner:

RTI brings justice to man sacked by trust

[sidmis]

Hello Kishore & Vijendra Find Below the PIO details of charity Commissioner.

CHARITY COMMISSIONER Maharastra

Sr. No	Name of the Office	Name of the Information Officer	Appellate Authority	Address	Phone No/Fax/ E Mail
1	Office of the Charity Commissioner Maharashtra State, Mumbai	Public Relation Officer	Deputy Charity Commissioner Head Office	Dharmaday Ayakta Bhavan, 3rd Floor,83-Dr.Annie Besant Rd., Worli, Mumbai --400 018.	24930499 24935518 Fax24976420
2	Public Trusts Registration Office Greater Mumbai Region Mumbai	Superintendent (Judicial)	Deputy Charity Commissioner Greater Mumbai Region	Dharmaday Ayakta Bhavan,2nd Floor,83-Dr.Annie Besant Rd., Worli,Mumbai --400 018.	24930499 24935518 Fax24976420
3	Public Trusts Registration Office Thane	Superintendent (Judicial)	Assistant Charity Commissioner Thane	Lily Apt.,1st Floor, Parsi Agiary Lane, Tembhi Naka, Thane(W)-400 601	25346523

courtesy:- http://www.prajanet.org/partners/mah...o-charity.html

[karira]

Please see:

Income Tax returns of Charitable Trusts to be treated different from returns from others...possibility of disclosure