<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Right to Information Act, 2005 </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> It is an act to provide for setting out the practical regime of right to information for citizens to under control of public authorities, in order to promote transparency and accountability in the working of every public authority, the constitution of a Central Information Commission and State Information Commissions and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Citation </Th> <Td> Act No. 22 of 2005 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Territorial extent </Th> <Td> Whole of India except Jammu and Kashmir </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Enacted by </Th> <Td> Parliament of India </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Date enacted </Th> <Td> 15 - June - 2005 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Date assented to </Th> <Td> 22 - June - 2005 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Date commenced </Th> <Td> <P> 12 - October - 2005 </P> First RTI application submitted by Shahid Raza Burney to a police station in Pune on 12 October 2005 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Status: In force </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Right to Information Act, 2005 </Th> </Tr>

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