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Under Section 4(1)(a) of the Right to Information Act, 2005, which of the following must every public authority do with its records?

A public authority must maintain all its records duly catalogued and indexed in a manner and form that facilitates the right to information. It must also computerise appropriate records within a reasonable time, subject to resources, and network them so that access to them is easier.

  1. ADestroy records older than twenty years to avoid disclosure requests
  2. BKeep records duly catalogued and indexed so that the right to information is facilitatedCorrect
  3. CHand over all records to the Central Government for safekeeping
  4. DKeep records only in physical form and avoid computerisation

Explanation

Section 4(1)(a) requires records to be maintained duly catalogued and indexed in a manner and form that facilitates the right to information. Appropriate records must also be computerised within a reasonable time, subject to availability of resources, so the option rejecting computerisation is wrong. Nothing requires destruction or transfer of records.

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