An Act to provide for setting out the practical regime of the right to information for citizens to secure access to information under the control of public authorities, in order to promote transparency and accountability in the working of every public authority, the constitution of a Central Information Commission and State Information Commissions and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Public cooperation, including all matters relating to voluntary agencies for Rural Development, Council of Advancement of People's Action and Rural Technology (CAPART), and National Fund for Rural Development, other than aspects that fall within the purview of the Department of Drinking Water Supply.