INTRODUCTION |
The Right to Information Act 2005
(Act No. 22 of 2005) provides 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
each public authority. |
Section 2(h) defines "public
authority" as follows:
(h) "public 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. |
Section 2(i) defines "record" which
includes-
(a) any document, manuscript and
file;
(b) any microfilm, microfiche and
facsimile copy of a document;
(c) any reproduction of image or
images embodied in such microfilm
(whether enlarged or not); and
(d) any other material produced by a
computer or any other device. |
Further, as per Section 2(j)
"right to information" |
(1) |
"right to information" means
the right to information
accessible under this Act
which is held by or under
the control of any public
authority and includes the
right to- |
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(i) |
inspection of work,
documents, records; |
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(ii) |
taking notes, extracts or
certified copies of
documents or records; |
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(iii) |
taking certified samples of
material; |
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(iv) |
obtaining information in the
form of diskettes, floppies,
tapes, video cassettes or in
any other electronic mode or
through printouts where such
information is stored in a
computer or in any other
device; |
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Section 4(1)(b) requires every
public authority to provide as much
information SUO MOTO to the public
at regular intervals through various
means of communication, including
internet, so that the public have
minimum resort to the use of this
Act to obtain information. The sub
section 4(1)(b) provides for
publication of information broadly
mentioned under headings (i) to
(xvii). In compliance with these
provisions, this Information
Handbook is published about Kuvempu
University. The information is also
available at University website
www.kuvempu.ac.in |
This Information Handbook will
enable the citizens to obtain
information as to the provisions
contained in various rules and
regulations governing the Kuvempu
University and related information.
This Information Handbook is divided
into 17 manuals.
Subsection 4(1)(b)(xii) provides
information on the manner of
execution of subsidy programmes.
This programme per se is not
applicable to the University. |
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