Right to Information Act 2005 (herein after RTI Act, 2005) was passed by Parliament on 15 June 2005 and came fully into force on 12 October 2005. Under the provisions of the RTI Act, 2005, any citizen of India may request information from a "public authority" (a body of Government or "instrumentality of State") which is required to reply expeditiously or within thirty days. Odisha Gramya Bank is a Public Authority, as per definition of Public Authority in the Right to Information Act, 2005, and thus Bank is under obligation to provide the information to the public.

R Only Citizens of India are eligible for making a request under the RTI Act, 2005. A person who desire to obtain information under the RTI Act, 2005, shall make a request in writing by Post or Electronic means (i.e. e-mail/RTI Online Portal), clearly specifying the information sought under the RTI Act, 2005 along accompanying fee as per RTI Rules 2012. The RTI application should contain the contact details of applicant for contacting back and reply to applicant.

1. Application Fee for filing RTI Application: An application under sub-section (1) of Section 6 of the RTI Act, 2005 shall be accompanied by a fee of rupees ten. The applicant can the pay in following manner: i. In cash, by depositing in RTI fee Account No. : 888873003000003. ii. By demand draft or bankers cheque or Indian Postal Order payable to the CPIO of the public authority. iii. By electronic means to the CPIO of the public authority, if facility for receiving fees through 2. Fee for providing information: Fee for providing information is as below: i. Rupees two for each page in A-3 or smaller size paper ii. Actual cost or price of a photocopy in large size paper iii. Actual cost or price for samples or models iv. Rupees fifty per diskette or floppy v. Price fixed for a publication or rupees two per page of photocopy for extracts from the publication vi. No fee for inspection of records for the first hour of inspection and a fee of rupees 5 for each subsequent hour fraction thereof vii. So much of postal charge involved in supply of information that exceeds fifty rupees. 3. Exemption from Payment of Fee: No fee shall be charged from any person, as mentioned above who, is below poverty line provided a copy of the certificate issued by the appropriate Government in this regard is submitted along with the application.

The Central Public Information Officer (CPIO) after receiving RTI application along with proper fee (i.e. as mentioned in above points) will provide or denied the information to applicant, as per the provision of RTI Act, 2005, within 30 days or within 48 hours, if the information sought concerns the life and liberty of a person, from the receipt of RTI application.

If the applicant is not satisfied with the reply/information provided by the CPIO of Odisha Gramya Bank then, applicant may file the appeal before First Appeal Authority (i.e. FAA) against the decision of the CPIO, within 30 days from the receipt of reply by affixing Rs. 20/- court fee stamp. The FAA after receiving of appeal will disposed the appeal within 30 days or within such extended period not exceeding a total of 45 days (along with reason of delay disposal) from the date of receiving of RTI appeal. The Applicant also has a right of Second Appeal before the Central Information Commission at New Delhi against the decision of the First Appellate Authority. For further information/details visit website of Central Information Commission website at: