Right to Information Act:

Contact details of officers for addressing applications under Right to Information Act, 2005:-

Public Information Officer 

Mr. Rahul Chhabra 
Minister (Press, Information & Culture)
Fax: 202 -462 7276 
Email 

Appellate Authority 

Mr. R.S. Jassal
Deputy Chief of Mission 
Fax: 202-483 3970 
Email: Email 

Applications seeking information under the Act may be sent along with the prescribed fee in Dollars, equivalent to Indian Rs.10/- in cheque or demand draft favoring Embassy of India, Washington, DC. [The official Rupee-Dollar conversion rate for the current month August 2008 is $ 1 = Rs 43.06]

It may be noted that information provided under the Act is available to citizens of India only. Applications should be submitted along with documentary proof of Indian Citizenship (like copy of personal particulars pages of passport.) More information is available at  http://rti.gov.in.

It may also be pointed out that as per section 6(1) (a) of the RTI Act, 2005, a person who desires to obtain information under the Act is required to submit the application to the Information Officer of the “concerned public authority”. Applicants are, therefore, advised to send their requests under the RTI Act to the Embassy only when the subject matter can reasonably be presumed to pertain to the Embassy. While section 6(3) provides for the transfer of an application by a receiving PIO to another [concerned] PIO, this is clearly meant to cover situations where the application is addressed to a PIO on the assumption that it has been directed to the concerned PIO. Where the information required obviously does not pertain to the Embassy, the application may be addressed to the concerned PIO directly.