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Public Information Officer (PIO) - SUBMITTING THE RTI APPLICATION

Each Government Department is required to have a designated CPIO or PIO or Public Information Officer. You need to give the RTI Application to him. Remember to get the fees receipt and received statement on the xerox copy of your RTI Application by the Public Information Officer once he accepts your Application.

 • How will you know who is the Public Information Officer (PIO) ?
Google for the website of the service for which you need to file the RTI. In my case it was "passport website". Each government organization website will have an RTI link these days to give you the details of the PIO. I got the details for Ranchi Passport Officer as Public Information Officer (PIO).
The Information can be found at http://www.passportindia.gov.in/AppOnlineProject/pdf/RTI.pdf
I also tried http://www.rti.gov.in but found the website too difficult for any information. !!!

 • Always remember one thing "GOVERNMENT WEBSITE WORKS BEST WITH INTERNET EXPLORER" !!! Yes they recommend it also in the footer. See our DG Shipping Site as an example. I am a fan of Firefox and it took me good 1/2 hour to realize that popups/links were not working. You can try the rti.gov.in website and see for yourself.

 • I do not know about others but my meeting with the Public Information Officer, Passport Officer, Ranchi was not encouraging. He refused to accept my RTI application because of the following reasons :
 > The RTI Application has to be separate for each applicant.
 > Each applicant needs to sign the RTI Application.
 > I cannot ask for any information for the delay in Passport of my relatives.