Proactive Disclosures
under Section 4 (i) (b) of the Right To Information Act, 2005
4 (1) (b) (viii) A statement of the boards, councils, committees and other bodies consisting of two or more persons constituted as its part or for the purpose of its advice, and as to weather meetings of those boards, councils, committees and other bodies are open to the public, or the minutes of such meetings are accessible for public
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The details in respect of Boards, Committees and the minutes cant be disclosed to the common people in the larger interest of public and the State. These committees / councils deal with highly proprietary / scientific information which is explicitly confidential in nature. This aspect is in the light of para 4 (i) (b) (viii), chapter II of the Act regarding exemption from disclosure of the information, which promises for not discharging information, which is sensitive to market intelligence & security. Under exemption from disclosure of information in the RTI Act (para 4 (i) (b) (viii), Chapter II) and in view of the S&T interests involved in all the programmes of the department, following exemptions from disclosure of information were recommended by the competent authority in general for all the programmes of the DSIR.
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