Right to Information Act is applicable to Public
Authorities. A pubic authority means any authority or body or
institution of self-government established or constituted (a) by or
under the Constitution; (b) by any other law made by Parliament; (c) by
any other law made by State Legislature; (d) by notification issued or
order made by the appropriate Government and includes any – (i) body
owned, controlled or substantially financed; (ii) non-Government
organization substantially financed, directly or indirectly by funds
provided by the appropriate Government.
Further, as per Section 2(f) of the Act, information relating to any private body, which can be accessed by public authority under any other law for the time being in force, is already within the purview of the RTI Act, 2005.
This was stated by Shri V. Narayanasamy, Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office in written reply to a question by Dr. Sanjay Sinh and Shri Prataprao Ganpatrao Jadhao in the Lok Sabha today.
Further, as per Section 2(f) of the Act, information relating to any private body, which can be accessed by public authority under any other law for the time being in force, is already within the purview of the RTI Act, 2005.
This was stated by Shri V. Narayanasamy, Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office in written reply to a question by Dr. Sanjay Sinh and Shri Prataprao Ganpatrao Jadhao in the Lok Sabha today.
Source : PIB, 05 Dec, 2012
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