Pradeepkumar (Retired Bank Manager) 15 May 2020
Nandhini SR 09 June 2020
Respected sir,
First of all for an authority to be answerable under the RTI Act,2005 it should fall within the ambit of the term "Public Authority" under section 2(h) of the RTI Act,2005.
So coming to your question MNC's like Cognizant, Wipro, Infosys etc are not public authorities and hence are not bound by the RTI Act,2005. However, you may approach the regulator of these companies for any information, provided that the information you need should be something that the Company is bound to disclose to you (general public).
Pradeepkumar (Retired Bank Manager) 09 June 2020
Thank you so much. I think we have to appeal to the Government to bring MNC and certain Private companies and Banks into the ambit of RTI. So that they are accountable.
Nandhini SR 10 June 2020
Rightly said sir. Accountability is one of the most important factor which few Private Companies are lacking now a days.(Not specifying any corporate body, just a general view)