Engineering Projects (India) Ltd. (EPI) is pleased to notify for information of all concerned, that EPI has designated the following employees of the Company as Public Information Officer (PIO) and Assistant Public Information Officer(s) (APIO) at Corporate and Regional levels:

PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER (PIO)

ASSISTANT PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER(S) (APIO)

The designated PIO / APIOs shall deal with requests for information and also assist persons seeking information under Right to Information Act.

Right to Information Act
 

Prominent rules have been notified under the Right to Information Act, 2005 (22 of 2005). These are as follows:

1. Short Title and Commencement

These rules are to be called the Right to Information (Regulation of Fee and Cost) Rules, 2005. These shall come into force on September 16, 2005.

2. Definitions – In the rules, unless the context otherwise requires:

(i) ‘Act’ means the Right to Information Act, 2005;
(ii) ‘Section’ means section of the Act;
(iii) All other words and expressions used herein but not defined in the Act shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Act.

3. A request for obtaining information under sub-section (1) of section 6 shall be accompanied by an application fee of Rs.10/- by way of cash against proper receipt or by demand draft or bankers cheque payable to the Accounts Officers of the public authority.

4. For providing the information under sub-section (1) of section 6 the fee shall be charged by way of cash against proper receipt only demand draft or bankers cheque payable to the Account Officer of the public authority at the following rates:

(i) Rs.2 for each page (in size of paper A-4 or A-3) 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 Rs.5 for each fifteen minutes (for fraction thereof) thereafter.

5. For providing the information under sub-section (5) of section 7, the fee shall be charged by way of cash against proper receipt or by demand draft or bankers cheque payable to the Account Officer of the public authority at the following rates:

(i) For information provided in diskette or floppy, Rs.50 per diskette or floppy, and
(ii) For information provided in printed provided in printed form at the price fixed for such publication or Rs.2 per page of photocopy for extracts from the publication.

Interested parties shall apply in the prescribed application form and deposit fee as notified above for obtaining information under the right to information act from Engineering Projects (India) Ltd.


The requisite fee should be deposited at any of the notified establishments of the Company together with application given hereunder.


Form of Application for seeking information
To

The PIO / APIO
_____________
_____________


1. Name of the applicant :

2. Address :

3. Particulars of information
a) Concerned Department :

b) Particulars of Information required :

1. Details of Information required :
2. Period for which information is
asked for :
3. Other details :

4. I state that the information sought does not fall within the restrictions contained in section 6 of the Act and to the best of my knowledge it pertains to your office.

5. A fee of Rs…………..has been deposited in the office of the competent Authority vide No………dated……….


Place: _______________
(Signature of Applicant)
Date : _______________ E-mail address, if any___________
Tel. No. (Office)________________
(Residence)___________________

Note: -

(i) Reasonable assistance can be provided by the Competent Authority in filling up the Form
.
(ii) Please ensure that the Form is complete in all respect and there is no ambiguity in providing the details of information required.