To become an Information officer a candidate needs to have qualified bachelor’s degree with any stream or subject from a recognized university or educational institution. The candidate must have done one year PG diploma or two years PG degree in Public Relation from a recognized institution.

Public affairs officers (PAO) are formed by the army personal, officers, and civilians who deal with the public relationship affairs and the media. For example, PAO write press releases and speeches for politicians (Option a) and establish relationships with members of the media (Option e).

Public Information Officer Duties & Responsibilities

• Communicate critical information effectively to the public.
• Write press releases and prepare information for distribution by media outlets.
• Draft speeches and arrange interviews for government officials.
• Respond to requests for information from media outlets.

To be successful as a public information officer, you should have superior communication skills, both written and verbal. Top candidates will also be very media savvy and detail-oriented.

Every public authority shall for the purposes of this Act, appoint one or more officers as Public Information Officers. Every Public Information Officer shall deal with requests for information and shall render reasonable assistance to any person seeking such information.

1 ) Who is the Public Information officer ( PIO ) of NAGAR-PALIKA BANDIKUI ? Ans.) ” THE PIO ” is the PIO/APIO/CPIO of NAGAR-PALIKA BANDIKUI .

Every Central Public Information Officer or State Public Information Officer, as the case may be, shall deal with requests from persons seeking information and render reasonable assistance to the persons seeking such information.

13. A citizen who desires to obtain any information under the Act, should make an application to the Central Public Information Officer (CPIO) of the concerned public authority in writing in English or Hindi or in the official language of the area in which the application is made.

The RTI Act is not applicable on Private Companies. However, it is specifically mentioned in the Act that the information of private companies can be sought from its regulator if any.

The Central Information Commission has observed that an RTI application cannot be rejected merely for not annexing proof of identity of the applicant. The authority can demand such proof only in rarest of rare case in which there is doubt about the citizenship status of the applicant, the Commission observed.

For making an appeal to the first Appellate Authority, the applicant has to click at “Submit First Appeal” and fill up the page that will appear. The registration number of original application has to be used for reference. As per RTI Act, no fee has to be paid for first appeal.

If the applicant is not satisfied with the response of RTI appeal, then the applicant can either file a RTI appeal or file a Section 18 complaint or go for a second appeal.

First Appeal is the statutory remedy available to the RTI Applicant, when there is no response from the Public Information Officer within stipulated time limit or the decision of PIO is not satisfactory or the PIO offered / supplied incorrect / misleading information or demanded exorbitant further fee etc.

At present, the fee for requesting information through an RTI application from the CPIO of Central public authorities is Rs. 10/-. Most of the State Governments too have prescribed the RTI fee of Rs. 10 for filing of RTI applications.

You may only ask for specific information under RTI Act, 2005 rather than questioning the action of public authority. ‘ The RTI act does not state that queries must not be answered, nor does it stipulate that prefixes such as ‘why, what, when and whether’ cannot be used.

Complaint can be filed immediately if CPIO of Public Authority refuses to accept RTI Application as per RTI Act 2005. After receipt of reply to RTI application or thirty days after filing of RTI application and if no reply received.

Do I need to make any payment for filing an appeal? As per RTI Act, no fee has to be paid for first appeal.

What questions can be asked in RTI? What kind of questions can be asked in RTI? Interrogative Queries under RTI

• When was RTI Act, 2005 passed?
• Who is Joint Secretary in PMO?
• Where is the PMO located?
• What is tenure of PM?
• Why Yogi Adityanath was appointed as CM of UP?
• What do you think about performance of PM Modi?

30 days

The applicant may kindly send the amount in the form of DD/Indian Postal Order/ Banker’s Cheque drawn in favour of ‘Central Road Research Institute’ or remit the charges by Cash through Cash Challan in the Cash Section of Central Road Research Institute, Mathura Road, New Delhi – 110025.

You can send your RTI application by post to the PIO of the relevant department by any of the two modes: Registered Post AD: The AD card will act as proof of submission after it is returned to you by the postal department.

According to the Right to Information Rules, 2012, an applicant can make payment of fee in cash to the public authority or CAPIO or by demand draft or banker’s cheque or Indian Postal Order payable to the Accounts Officer of the public authority.

When sending an RTI request by post, we can use Rs. 10’s IPO / Court Fee Stamp. Those below the poverty line (BPL) don’t have to pay Rs. 10 as a fee for filing an RTI.

Admissibility and Proof of RTI Documents under the Indian Evidence Act. The Right to Information Act, 2005 (‘RTI Act’) is frequently used in civil and criminal litigation to obtain government documents. However, the RTI Act is silent about the admissibility and proof of such documents in a trial.

Grounds of Rejection of RTI There are only three possible grounds on which information can be denied: The organisation is not a Public authority – eg. a Cooperative Society, or a Private corporate or Institution, not substantially financed or controlled by the Government.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday said the fee for filing applications under the Right to Information Act would be maximum Rs 50 and photocopying charges will be Rs 5 per page.

1. 10/-(Rupees ten), payable to The Accounts Officer of the Public Authority as fee prescribed for seeking information. The payment of fee can also be made by way of cash to the Accounts Officer of the public authority or to the Assistant Public Information Officer against proper receipt.

a. An applicant, along with his application, is required to send a demand draft or a banker’s cheque or an Indian Postal Order of RS. 10/- (Rupees ten), payable to the Accounts Officer of the public authority as fee prescribed for seeking information.