RAS question
The Rajasthan State Information Commission was constituted under which Act?
Correct answer: (B) Right to Information Act, 2005.
The Rajasthan State Information Commission was constituted under the Right to Information Act, 2005.
Explanation
The governing law is the Right to Information Act, 2005. The Devasthan Department, Government of Rajasthan page carries the Act and, in Chapter IV, Section 15(1), provides that every State Government shall constitute, by notification in the Official Gazette, a body known as the State Information Commission for that State. Rajasthan's commission therefore derives from the RTI Act, not from a general administrative order or a secrecy law. The commission's role also covers appeals and complaints when public authorities deny information, so the Act is both the source of the body's creation and the framework within which it exercises its assigned functions.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) The Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 concerns Human Rights Commissions, so it is not the statute that creates State Information Commissions.
- (C) The Press Council Act, 1978 deals with the Press Council, not the statutory information commissions created under the RTI framework.
- (D) The Official Secrets Act, 1923 restricts disclosure of information; it does not establish a State Information Commission to hear RTI-related matters.
Concept
RAS tests statutory bodies in Rajasthan's administrative system, especially the link between an institution and its parent Act. Commissions, their legal basis and their accountability roles are frequent prelims targets.