Are FAQs not one of the items listed for Pro active voluntary disclosure or not?

[P.Suresh]

Are there any CIC/SIC/superior court decisions that:

1. Suggest list of items to PA's FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) list?

2. Asks PA to include this this item in its FAQ i.e. Voluntary disclosure list?



PS: I have limited access to internet. But, I definitely follow threads.

[sharmajee]

Sponsorer

I think it doesn't matter as long as voluntary disclosures u/s section 4 (and its sub sections) are made under FAQ or otherwise. What should matter to us is 17 items voluntarily disclosed .....

[P.Suresh]

Thank you Sir.

So, there are 17 items that PAs need to disclose voluntarily.

It will be great if you could list the 17 items out here.

[karira]

So, there are 17 items that PAs need to disclose voluntarily.
It will be great if you could list the 17 items out here.

Read Section 4(1)(b) of the RTI Act here:

Right to Information Act 2005

[P.Suresh]

THANK YOU v.much Sir.

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Details are:

1.Every public authority shall—

b.	publish within one hundred and twenty days from the enactment of this Act,—

i.	the particulars of its organisation, functions and duties;

ii.	the powers and duties of its officers and employees;

iii.	the procedure followed in the decision making process, including channels of supervision and accountability;

iv.	the norms set by it for the discharge of its functions;

v.	the rules, regulations, instructions, manuals and records, held by it or under its control or used by its employees for discharging its functions;

vi.	a statement of the categories of documents that are held by it or under its control;

vii.	the particulars of any arrangement that exists for consultation with, or representation by, the members of the public in relation to the formulation of its policy or implementation thereof;

viii.

a statement of the boards, councils, committees and other bodies consisting of two or more persons constituted as its part or for the purpose of its advice, and as to whether meetings of those boards, councils, committees and other bodies are open to the public, or the minutes of such meetings are accessible for public;

ix.	a directory of its officers and employees;

x.	the monthly remuneration received by each of its officers and employees, including the system of compensation as provided in its regulations;

xi.	the budget allocated to each of its agency, indicating the particulars of all plans, proposed expenditures and reports on disbursements made;

xii.	the manner of execution of subsidy programmes, including the amounts allocated and the details of beneficiaries of such programmes;

xiii.

particulars of recipients of concessions, permits or authorisations granted by it;

xiv.	details in respect of the information, available to or held by it, reduced in an electronic form;

xv.	the particulars of facilities available to citizens for obtaining information, including the working hours of a library or reading room, if maintained for public use;

xvi.	the names, designations and other particulars of the Public Information Officers;

xvii.

such other information as may be prescribed and thereafter update these publications every year;

c.	publish all relevant facts while formulating important policies or announcing the decisions which affect public;

d.	provide reasons for its administrative or quasi-judicial decisions to affected persons.