What Is The Right To Information Act ?
The Right To Information Act 2005, was promulgated in 2005. It is an Act to provide for setting out the practical regime of right to information for citizens to secure access to information under the control of Public Authorities, in order to promote transparency and accountability in the working of every Public Authority.
What does Right To Information mean ?
It includes the right to -
- Inspect works, documents, records.
- Take notes, extracts or certified copies of documents or records.
- Take certified samples of material.
- Obtain information in form of printouts, diskettes, floppies, tapes, video cassettes or in any other electronic mode or through printouts.
North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Ltd., a Govt of India Enterprise (wholly owned subsidiary of NTPC since March, 2020) provides access to information under the Act, which is held by it or held under its control and ensures that a constant endeavour is taken to provide as much information suo motu to the public at regular intervals through public domain, so that the public have minimum resort to use of the RTI Act, 2005 to obtain information.