- 1Number Of Agreements
- 5.65Total Project Cost
- 2.38TDB Commitment
(A) Attached Offices
- Directorate General of Foreign Trade, Vanijya Bhawan, New Delhi – 110011.
- Directorate General of Trade Remedies, Jeevan Tara Building, 4th Floor, 5, Parliament Street, New Delhi-110001. Ph.:011-23348653, 23348654
(B) Subordinate Offices
If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions in the Act, the Central Government may, by Order published in the Official Gazette, make provisions necessary/expedient for removing the difficulty. (S.30)
Central Government, State Governments and the Competent Authority as defined in S.2(e) are vested with powers to make rules to carry out the provisions of the Right to Information Act, 2005. (S.27 & S.28)
- Develop educational programmes for the public especially disadvantaged communities on RTI.
- Encourage Public Authorities to participate in the development and organization of such programmes.
- Promote timely dissemination of accurate information to the public.
- Train officers and develop training materials.
- Compile and disseminate a User Guide for the public in the respective official language.
- Publish names, designation postal addresses and contact details of PIOs and other information such as notices regarding fees to be paid, remedies available i
Lower Courts are barred from entertaining suits or applications against any order made under this Act. (S.23) However, the writ jurisdiction of the Supreme Court and High Courts under Articles 32 and 225 of the Constitution remains unaffected.
Every PIO will be liable for fine of Rs. 250 per day, up to a maximum of Rs. 25,000/-, for –
- Central Information Commission will send an annual report to the Central Government on the implementation of the provisions of this law at the end of the year.
The Central Information Commission/State Information Commission has a duty to receive complaints from any person –
- who has not been able to submit an information request because a PIO has not been appointed ;
- who has been refused information that was requested;
- who has received no response to his/her information request within the specified time limits ;
- who thinks the fees charged are unreasonable ;
- who thinks information given is incomplete or false or misleading ;
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