| Basic Details |
Objectives | Sections of the Act | Complaints/Appeals | Penalties | |
| Highlights of Act : Sections of the Act | |||||
| Section | Subject |
| 1. | Short Title, Extent and Commencement |
| 2. | Definitions |
| 3. | Right to Information |
| 4. | Obligations of Public Authority |
| 5. | Designation of Public Information Officers |
| 6. | Request for Obtaining Information |
| 7. | Disposal of Request |
| 8. | Exemption from Disclosure of Information |
| 9. | Grounds for Rejection |
| 10. | Severability |
| 11. | Third Party Information |
| 12. | Constitution of Central Information Commission |
| 13. | Term of Office and Conditions of Service |
| 14. | Removal of Chief Information Commissioner or Information Commissioner |
| 15. | Constitution of State Information Commission |
| 16. | Term of Office and Conditions of Service |
| 17. | Removal of State Chief Information Commissioner or State |
| 18. | Powers and Functions of Information Commissioners |
| 19. | Appeals |
| 20. | Penalties |
| 21. | Protection of Action in Good Faith |
| 22. | Act to have Overriding Effect |
| 23. | Bar of Jurisdiction of Courts |
| 24. | Act not to Apply to Certain Organisations |
| 25. | Monitoring and Reporting |
| 26. | Appropriate Government to Prepare Programmes |
| 27. | Power to Make Rules by Appropriate Government |
| 28. | Power to Make Rules by Competent Authority |
| 29. | Laying of Rules |
| 30. | Power to Remove Difficulties |
| 31. | Repeal |