Multiple choice

What does right to information mean?

  1. Right to information means right to access to information or material relating to the affairs of any authority public or private.

  2. The freedom to receive information from willing sources without government interference.

  3. Information means any material in any form including records, documents, memos, e-mails, opinions, advices, press releases, circulars, orders, logbooks, contracts, reports, papers, samples, models, data material held in any electronic form and information relating to any private body which can be accessed by a public authority under any other law for the time being in force but does not include 'file nothing'.

  4. The right to obtain information in form of printouts, diskettes, floppies, tapes, video cassettes only.
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Explanation

Information means any material in any form including records, documents, memos, e-mails, opinions, advices, press releases, circulars, orders, logbooks, contracts, reports, papers, samples, models, data material held in any electronic form and information relating to any private body which can be accessed by a public authority under any other law for the time being in force but does not include “file nothings” [S.2(f)].

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