CAG paras dealing with information about the issues of sovereignty and

CAG paras dealing with information about the issues of sovereignty and integrity of India, the security, strategic, scientific or economic interests of the State and information covered under which one of the following Sections of the RTI Act, 2005 is exempted from disclosure?

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The correct answer is D. Section 8 of the Right to Information Act, 2005, lists the exemptions from disclosure, including information that would prejudicially affect the sovereignty and integrity of India, the security, strategic, scientific or economic interests of the State, etc.

– Section 8(1) of the RTI Act provides a list of grounds upon which a public authority may refuse to disclose information.
– Section 8(1)(a) exempts information, disclosure of which would prejudicially affect the sovereignty and integrity of India, the security, strategic, scientific or economic interests of the State, relation with foreign State or lead to incitement to an offence.
– The question mentions CAG paras dealing with such sensitive information. Information contained in CAG reports is generally accessible under RTI, but specific paras dealing with matters covered under exemption clauses like Section 8(1)(a) are exempted from disclosure.

Section 8(1) contains several other clauses listing various exemptions, such as information forbidden to be published by any court of law, information which would cause a breach of privilege of Parliament or the State Legislature, information relating to commercial confidence, trade secrets or intellectual property, information available to a person in his fiduciary relationship, information received in confidence from a foreign Government, information which would endanger the life or physical safety of any person, information which would impede the process of investigation or prosecution of offenders, Cabinet papers, personal information which has no relationship to any public activity or interest, etc. These exemptions are subject to the public interest override clause in Section 8(2).

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