Salient Features of the Right to Information Act, 2005 :

• The Act extends to the whole of India .
• It provides a very definite day for its commencement i.e. 120 days from enactment.
• It shall apply to Public Authorities.
• All citizens shall have the right to information, subject to provisions of the Act.
• The Public Information Officers/Assistant Public Information Officers will be responsible to deal with the requests for information and also to assist persons seeking information.
• Fee will be payable by the applicant depending on the nature of information sought.
• Certain categories of information have been exempted from disclosure under Section 8 and 9 of the Act.
• Intelligence and security agencies specified in Schedule II to the Act have been exempted from the ambit of the Act, subject to certain conditions.