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State
Level RTI: West Bengal
Law
In
May 2005, the national Right
to Information Act 2005 was passed by Parliament. The RTI Act
2005 received Presidential assent on 15 June and came fully into
force on 12 October 2005. (For more information on the passage of
the RTI Act 2005 and implementation at the national level, click
here.)
The RTI Act 2005 covers all Central, State and local government
bodies and applies to the State Government of West Bengal.
The
West Bengal Government has started implementing the RTI Act 2005.
The Government has issued "West
Bengal Right to Information Rules, 2006".
For
a list of Public Information Officers and Appellate Authorities
designated by the State Government, click here.
Details
of Fee & Costs
| Application
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Rs
10 |
| Mode
of payment |
Court
fee |
| Additional
Fees: |
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(A-4)
paper created or photo copies |
Rs
2 per page |
Large size paper |
Actual cost price |
Sample
or models |
Actual
cost price |
Floppy/CD/diskette
or any other electronic mode |
Rs
50 per item |
Inspection
of records |
Rs 5 for each 15 minutes or a fraction thereof
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Publication
and printed form |
Actual
cost fixed and Rs 2 per page of photocopy and information
in printed form |
Second Appeals and complaints against non-disclosure of information may be filed with the West Bengal State Information Commission
State
Information Commission
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S.N.
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Name
of Commissioner
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Contact
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1
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Mr.Arun Bhattacharya
State Chief Information Commissioner |
Bhawani
Bhavan
2nd floor
Kolkatta - 700027
Off: +91-33-2225858 |
Newsupdates,
Activities & Advocacy
- Replying to a question in the house, Chief Minister
Buddhadev Bhattacharjee has said that four
committees have been set up under the Central Information
Commission to expedite the process of gathering and disseminating
information including a Monitoring Commitee, Website Committee,
Rules Commitee and Intelligence and Security Agency. He also stated,
that after the state-level office has been made operational, offices
in the district level will also be set up.
- The Department of Personnel and Administrative
Reforms (DPAR) has finalized draft rules for the implementation
of the RTI Act 2005. The draft rules have been sent to the Law
Department for vetting and amendments. The State Government is
yet to set up the State Information Commission though, DPAR officials
have made an outlay of approximately Rs. 20 crores for setting
up and running the Commission.
Resources
& Articles
Government
CHRI
- CHRI (2005) Forwarding Information Requests and
Appeals: A Step by Step Guide for Assistant Public Information
Officers under the Right to Information Act 2005, prepared by
Mr Venkatesh Nayak.
- CHRI (2005) Processing Information Requests:
A Step by Step Guide for Assistant Public Information Officers
under the Right to Information Act 2005, prepared by Mr Venkatesh
Nayak.
Miscellaneous
- The Calcutta Samaritans (2007) Right
to Information is our weapon (Bengali Booklet), prepared
by Ranjan Chakravarty.
- Staff Reporter (2006) Jyoti
Basus 14 Foreign Trips Cost State Rs 18 Lakh Only, 27 January,
The Statesman.
- Staff Reporter (2005) Raj
Bhawan Starts Website to Disseminate Information, 17 November,
UNI.
- Jayanth Jacob (2005) Finally,
Draft Rules for Act Ready, 8 November, Kolkata Newsline,
Express News Service.
- Indranil Chakraborty (2005) Will
the Bengal Tiger Vomit Information?, 31 October, The
Financial Express.
- Ravindra Kumar (2005) Its
Our Right, The Statesman.
- Jayanth Jacob (2005) In
Bengal, EC Makes a Start, Names Nodal Officers, 19 October,
Kolkata Newsline. Express News Service.
- Anjan Chakraborty (2005) Do-Nothing
Cogs in Do-Little Wheel, 11 October, The Statesman.
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