Section 26 of RTI Act : Section 26: Appropriate Government To Prepare Programmes

(1) The appropriate Government may, to the extent of availability of financial and other resources, (a) develop and organise educational programmes to advance the understanding of the public, in particular of disadvantaged communities as to how to exercise the rights contemplated under this Act; (b) encourage public authorities to participate in the development and organisation of programmes referred to in clause (a) and to undertake such programmes themselves; (c) promote timely and effective dissemination of accurate information by public authorities about their activities; (d) train Central Public Information Officers or State Public Information Officers, as the case may be, of public authorities and produce relevant training materials for use by the public authorities themselves. (2) The appropriate Government shall, within eighteen months from the commencement of this Act, compile in its official language a guide containing such information, in an easily comprehensible form and manner, as may reasonably be required by a person who wishes to exercise any right specified in this Act. (3) The appropriate Government shall, if necessary, update and publish the guidelines referred to in sub-section (2) at regular intervals which shall, in particular and without prejudice to the generality of sub-section (2), include - (a) the objects of this Act; (b) the postal and street address, the phone and fax number and, if available, electronic mail address of the Central Public Information Officer or State Public Information Officer, as the case may be, of every public authority appointed under sub-section (1) of section 5; (c) the manner and the form...

Simplified Explanation of Section 26 of The Right to Information Act, 2005 Part 1: The government can, based on the resources it has: (a) Set up and run educational programs to help people, especially those from disadvantaged groups, learn how to use their rights under this law; (b) Motivate government bodies to help create these educational programs and to run them too; (c) Ensure gove...

Imagine a small town where a local environmental group wants to understand the impact of a new factory on the area's air quality. The group is aware that the government holds records on environmental assessments, but they are not sure how to request this information. Here's how Section 26 of The Right to Information Act, 2005, comes into play: The state government, as part of its obligations under Section 26(1)(a), has organized workshops in the town to educate citizens ...