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Under Section 4(1)(b) of the RTI Act, 2005, every public authority must publish prescribed particulars of its organisation, powers, duties etc. within:
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B.
1. Section 4(1)(b) of the RTI Act mandates suo motu publication of seventeen categories of information by every public authority.
2. The Lesson 16 paragraph states this must be done "within one hundred and twenty days of the enactment".
3. These suo motu publications must also be updated every year thereafter.
4. The 120-day window flowed from the date of enactment (June 2005) and pre-dated the Act's actual commencement on 12-Oct-2005.
_Source: ICSI CS Executive Paper 1 (Jurisprudence, Interpretation & General Laws) — Lesson 16: Right to Information Act, 2005, pp. 391-405._
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