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Thursday, April 11

RTI Act not applies to certain organisations listed in second schedule of the Act



By virtue of section 24 of Right to Information Act, 2005, the Act shall not apply to

(i)                 intelligence and security organisation listed in second schedule, being organisation established by the Central Government, or

(ii)               any information furnished by such organisation to Central Government.


This Act shall also not apply to such intelligence and security organisation being organisation established by the State Government, as State Government may from time to time specify by way of notification.


However the information pertaining to the allegations of corruption and human rights violations in respect of such organisation are not be excluded.

In the case of information sought for is in respect of allegations of violation of human rights, the information shall only be provided after the approval of the Central Information Commission. Further such information shall be provided within forty- five days from the date of the receipt of request, notwithstanding any thing contained in section 7.


Following organisation is listed in the second schedule and thus exempted from the application of RTI Act, 2005 as per section 24


1.         Intelligence Bureau.
2.         Research and Analysis Wing of the Cabinet Secretariat.
3.         Directorate of Revenue Intelligence.
4.         Central Economic Intelligence Bureau.
5.         Directorate of Enforcement.
6.         Narcotics Control Bureau.
7.         Aviation Research Centre.
8.         Special Frontier Force.
9.         Border Security Force.
10.       Central Reserve Police Force.
11.       Indo- Tibetan Border Police.
12.       Central Industrial Security Force.
13.       National Security Guards.
14.       Assam Rifles.
15.       Special Service Bureau
16.       Special Branch (CID), Andaman and Nicobar.
17.       The Crime Branch- C. I. D.- CB, Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
18.       Special Branch, Lakshadweep Police.