The daily penalty for delay or refusal by a PIO is ₹250 per day, up to a maximum of ₹25,000.
The Commission shall impose how much amount as the penalty on each day, if the PIO, without any reasonable cause, refused to receive an application for information till it reaches Rupees twenty-five thousand under the RTI Act, 2005 ?
Asked in UPSC Combined Section Officer 2021 22 · Topic: Lokpal and Important Commissions (Central Information Commission (CIC) and State Information Commissions (SICs): Powers and role under RTI Act)
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