Section 3: Right to information

Right to Information Act, 2005

English statutory text

3. Right to information.

¶Subject to the provisions of this Act, all citizens shall have the right to information.

DoPT consolidated edition, 18 November 2025. PDF footnote numbers removed; consolidation brackets and omission marks retained. See the official PDFs for amendment footnotes and schedules.

Study: explanations and related material

Understand this section

The statutory right belongs to citizens and is subject to the Act. This short section should be read with Section 2 for its scope and Sections 8–11 for limits and disclosure procedures.

Original Banaka explanation · checked 30 September 2026 · not a substitute for the statute.