Introduction
1.1 In order to promote transparency and
accountability in the working of
every public authority and to empower the citizens to secure access to
information under the control of each public authority, the Government of India
has brought out an Act, namely, “The Right to Information Act, 2005”, (RTI Act)
which came into force on 15.6.2005. In
accordance with the provisions of section 4(I)(b) of
this Act, the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India (GOI) has brought out
this handbook for information and guidance of the stakeholders and the general
public.
1.2 The purpose of this Handbook is to inform
the general public about the Ministry’s organisational set-up, its functions
and duties, records and documents available in the Ministry, etc.
1.3 This
handbook is aimed at the public in general and users of the services provided
and the schemes, projects and programmes being implemented by the Ministry and
its various organisations.
1.4 Central
Public Information Officers (CPIOs) of this Ministry have been designated with
reference to the work assigned to the Divisions concerned. Persons requiring any additional information
may contact the CPIOs. Their particulars
are available in chapter 8 (Manual – 7) of this Hand-book.
1.5 The
website of the Ministry of Tourism (http://www.tourism.nic.in/), of which this Handbook is a part, provides
information about the policies and programmes of the Ministry to the general
public. In addition, information about
the activities of the Ministry is made available through its Annual
Reports. This document for the year
2009-10 is available to the general public as part of this website as also on
another website of the Ministry namely http://www.incredibleindia.org/.
1.6 In
accordance with the Department of Personnel & Training Notification No.
34012/8(S)/2005-Estt. (B) dated
(a) A
request for obtaining information under sub-section (1) of section 6 of the RTI
Act shall be made, either in person or by post, to the CPIO concerned
accompanied by an application fee of Rs. 10/- by way of cash against proper
receipt or by demand draft or bankers cheque or Postal order payable to the Pay
and Accounts Officer, Ministry of Tourism, New Delhi. Payments in person will have to be made at
the Facilitation Centre for the purpose in the Ministry located at the C-1
Hutments,
(b) For
providing information under sub-section (1) of section 7, the request shall be made as at (a) above and the fee
shall be charged by way of cash against proper receipt or by demand draft or
bankers cheque or postal order payable to the Pay and Accounts Officer,
Ministry of Tourism, New Delhi at the following rates :-
i. Rupees two for each page (in A-4 or A-3 size paper)created or copied;
ii. actual charge or cost
price of a copy in larger size paper;
iii. actual cost or price
for samples or models; and
iv. for inspection of
records, no fee for the first hour; and a fee of rupees five for each
fifteen minutes (or fraction thereof) thereafter.
(c) For
providing information under sub-section (5) of section 7, of the RTI Act, the
request shall be made as at (a) above and the fee shall be charged by way of
cash against proper receipt or by demand draft or bankers cheque or Postal
order payable to the Pay and Accounts Officer, Ministry of Tourism, New Delhi
at the following rates:-
i. for
information provided in diskette or floppy, at the rate Rs. 50/- (fifty) per
diskette or floppy; and;
ii. for
information provided in printed form at the price fixed for such publication or
Rs. 2 (two) per page of photocopy for extracts from the publication.
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