Right to Information Act (Act No.22/2005) 

Information Exempted from disclosure:-

Certain categories of the information are exempted from disclosures to the Citizens and it is provided under Sec 8 & 9 of the Act. Hence the public is requested to refer the relative provisions of the Act before submitting a request for information.For convenience of the general public, the main ingredients of the said provisions are given below : -

Section 8.Exemption from disclosure of information

(1) Not withstanding anything contained in this Act, there shall be no obligation to give any citizen,

a) information, disclosure of which would prejudicially affect the sovereignty and integrity of India, the security, strategic, scientific or economic interests of the State, relation with foreign State or lead to incitement of an offence;

b) information which has been expressly forbidden to be published by any court of law or tribunal or the disclosure of which may constitute contempt of court;

c) information, the disclosure of which would cause a breach of privilege of Parliament or the State Legislature;

d) information including commercial confidence, trade secrets or intellectual property, the disclosure of which would harm the competitive position of a third party, unless the competent authority is satisfied that larger public interest warrants the disclosure of such information;

e) information available to a person in his fiduciary relationship, unless the competent authority is satisfied that the larger public interest warrants the disclosure of such information;

f) information received in confidence from foreign government;

g) information, the disclosure of which would endanger the life or physical safety of any person or identify the source of information or assistance given in confidence for law enforcement or security purposes;

h) information which would impede the process of investigation or apprehension or prosecution of offenders;

i)cabinet papers including records of deliberations of the Council of Ministers, Secretaries and other officers;

Provided that the decisions of Council of Ministers, the reasons thereof, and the material on the basis of which the decisions were taken shall be made public after the decision has been taken, and the matter is complete, or over; Provided further that those matters which come under the exemptions specified in this section shall not be disclosed;

j) information which relates to personal information the disclosure of which has no relationship to any public activity or interest, or which would cause unwarranted invasion of the privacy of the individual unless the Central Public Information

Officer or the State Public Information Officer or the appellate authority, as the case may be, is satisfied that the larger public interest justifies the disclosure of the information.

Provided that the information, which cannot be denied to the Parliament or a State Legislature shall not be denied to any person.

(2) Notwithstanding anything in the Official Secrets Act, 1923 nor any of the exemptions permissible in accordance with sub-section (1), a public authority may allow access to information, if public interest in disclosure outweighs the harm to the protected interests.

(3) Subject to the provisions of clauses (a), (c) and (I) of sub-section (1), any information relating to any occurrence, event or matter which has taken place, occurred or happened twenty years before the date on which any request is made under

section 6 shall be provided to any person making a request under that section.

Provided that where any question arises to the date from which the said period of twenty years has to be computed, the decision of he Central Government shall be final, subject to the usual appeals provided for in this Act.

Section 9. Grounds for rejection to access in certain cases:

Without prejudice to the provisions of Section 8, a Central Public Information Officermay reject a request for information where such a request for providing access would involve an infringement of copyright subsisting in a person
other than the State.

How to access the Bank’s Information:-

The particulars on Corporate profile, Bank’s network, products and services, Internet Banking, Multi Branch Banking and other details are provided in our Bank’s Web Site. Public can access to the Bank’s web site www.bankofindia.com for the
details for their information.

It may kindly be noted that provisions of the Act stated herein are indicative and meant for guidance of the general public and hence is not exhaustive.It is requested that the person who requires an information may refer the Act and Rules for better understanding before making a request for his convenience

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