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 ;

and

• The Appointments Committee will be headed by the Chief Minister. Other members include the Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly and one Cabinet Minister nominated by the Chief Minister.
• The qualifications for appointment as SCIC/SIC shall be the same as that for Central Commissioners.
• The salary of the State Chief Information Commissioner will be the same as that of an Election Commissioner. The salary of the State Information Commissioner will be the same as that of the Chief Secretary of the State Government. (S.15)

• The State Information Commission will be constituted by the State Government through a Gazette notification. It will have one State Chief Information Commissioner (SCIC) and not more than 10 State Information Commissioners (SIC) to be appointed by the Governor.
• Oath of office will be administered by the Governor according to the form set out in the First Schedule.
• The headquarters of the State Information Commission shall be at such place as the State Government may specify.