State the types of information, other than those exempted information in Section 8, a public authority is not under an obligation to furnish to an applicant under Right to Information Act, 2005.

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State the types of information, other than those exempted information in Section 8, a public authority is not under an obligation to furnish to an applicant under Right to Information Act, 2005.

Answer & Explanation:

The Right to Information Act, 2005(the Act) provides access to all information that is available and existing. This is clear from a combined reading of section 3 and the definitions of 'information' and 'right to information' under clauses (f) and (j) of Section 2 of the Act. If a public authority has any information in the form of data or analysed data, or abstracts, or statistics, an applicant may access such information, subject to the exemptions in section 8 of the Right to Information Act, 2005. But where the information sought is not a part of the record of a public authority, and where such information is not required to be maintained under any law or the rules or regulations of the public authority, the Right to Information Act, 2005 does not cast an obligation upon the public authority, to collect or collate such non-available information and then furnish it to an applicant. A public authority is also not required to furnish information which require drawing of inferences and/or making of assumptions. It is also not required to provide 'advice' or 'opinion' to an applicant, nor required to obtain and furnish any 'opinion' or 'advice' to an applicant.

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