“Information” under the Right to Information Act, 2005 does not include
records as defined under the Right to Information Act, 2005
any information relating to a private body which cannot be accessed by a public authority
reports of Commissions of Inquiry
data material held in any electronic form
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This question was previously asked in
UPSC SO-Steno – 2017
A) records as defined under the Right to Information Act, 2005: Section 2(f) starts with “any material in any form, including records…”. Records are defined in Section 2(i). So, records are included in the definition of information.
B) any information relating to a private body which cannot be accessed by a public authority: Section 2(f) states that “information relating to any private body which *can be accessed by a public authority* under any other law for the time being in force” is included in the definition of “information”. This implies that information relating to a private body which *cannot* be accessed by a public authority under any other law is *not* included in the definition of “information” under the RTI Act.
C) reports of Commissions of Inquiry: Section 2(f) explicitly includes “reports”.
D) data material held in any electronic form: Section 2(f) explicitly includes “data material held in any electronic form”.
Therefore, information relating to a private body that a public authority cannot access under any other law is the only option that describes something *not* included in the definition of “information”.
– It includes various forms of records and data held by public authorities.
– Information held by private bodies is generally not covered, *unless* a public authority can access such information under some other law.