Procedure adopted in POWERGRID for furnishing information under Right to Information Act, 2005
Introduction:
- The Right to Information Act, 2005 (RTI) is a law enacted by the Parliament of India "to provide for setting out the practical regime of right to information for citizens." The Right to Information Act has become fully operational in October, 2005 so as to enable the citizens of India to secure access to information under the control of Public Authorities.
- Right to Information Act 2005 mandates timely response to citizen requests for government information. Under the provisions of the Act, any citizen may request information from a "public authority" which is required to reply expeditiously or within thirty days.
- Right to Information Act 2005 mandates timely response to citizen requests for government information. POWERGRID has designated CPIO(s) for POWERGRID and its subsidiaries in Corporate Centre & all Regions. The respective CPIO provides information related to their area of jurisdiction.
Procedure adopted for furnishing information under RTI is as under:
- On receipt of any RTI application through online or by post , Nodal Office process the RTI application and forward the same to the concerned CPIO(s). CPIO(s) further seek inputs/ information from PIOs of concerned Departments.
- On receipt of such request, the concerned departments forward the input, to the extent possible in the form in which it is sought, to the CPIO, within the stipulated timeframe.
- If information sought is found to be pertaining with other CPIO(s) in POWERGRID, such application is immediately forwarded to the concerned CPIO(s) for directly providing the information to the requester.
- If information sought is found to be pertaining to the domain of other Public Authorities, such application is immediately be transferred to the concerned Public Authorities, for furnishing the reply to the requester as per the RTI Act, 2005.
- If any Appeal is received online or by post against any RTI, Nodal Office processes the same and forward the same to the concern Appellate Authority. The flow chart of RTI/Appeal process in POWERGRID is given below:
- Publications/ Updates & information regarding RTI are available in below links:
RTI Order
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