Filing RTI Application Online - Part 2

In case you are looking for step-by-step procedure of filing online RTI application, please follow my earlier post at this link: http://bit.ly/1eBPTcQ

This post is to provide you further information on RTI applicable once you have successfully submitted an RTI application:

1. The application filed through this Web Portal would reach electronically to the "Nodal Officer" of concerned Ministry/Department, who would transmit the RTI application electronically to the concerned CPIO.  
   
   
   
   2.     In case additional fee is required representing the cost for providing information, the CPIO would intimate the applicant through this portal. This intimation can be seen by the applicant through Status Report or through his/her e-mail alert.
   
   
   3.     For making an appeal to the first Appellate Authority, the applicant has to click at "Submit First Appeal" and fill up the page that will appear.
   
   
   4.     The registration number of original application has to be used for reference.
   
   
   5.     As per RTI Act, no fee has to be paid for first appeal.
   
   
   6.     The applicant/the appellant should submit his/her mobile number to receive SMS alert.
   
   
   7.     Status of the RTI application/first appeal filed online can be seen by the applicant/appellant by clicking at View Status
   
   
   8.     All the requirements for filing an RTI application and first appeal as well as other provisions regarding time limit, exemptions etc., as provided in the RTI Act, 2005 will continue to apply
   
   
   
   
   Further, Indian Citizens can now buy postal orders online to file RTI applications after payment of fee through a postal department website.
   
   
   Reference: https://rtionline.gov.in/guidelines.php?request as on March 23, 2014