MBAL-105: Legal Aspects in Business – Unit 21

MBAL-105: Legal Aspects in Business – Unit 21

Objectives: Explain the meaning and significance of the information and right to informatian; Describe evolution of right to information in a democratic country like India; Evaluate the obligations of public authorities under the Right to Information Act, 2005; and Examine the composition, functions and powers of information Commissions at various levels.

Materials:
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Questions:

1. Explain the need and significance of information.
2. What do you understand by the term ‘exempted information’ under the Right to Information Act, 2005?
3. Define third party information.
4. Define public authority, in the context of right to information.
5. What is the procedure for accessing information under the Right to Informtition Act, 2005?