Consider the following statements 1 Manual of Office Procedures do not allow notes made in a file to...........

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Consider the following statements.

1.Manual of Office Procedures do not allow notes made in a file to be made public

2.Section 8 of RTI Act lists the exemption categories to withheld information from public

Which of the above statements is/are correct ?

1 Only

2 Only

Both 1 and 2

Neither 1 nor 2

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Explanation:

Manual of Office Procedure has provision about treating the notes portion of a file as confidential. 2nd ARC recommends its deletion.The recommendation has not been accepted.
Sections of the RTI Act to which Classification information pertains
8(1)(a) Top Secret
8(1)(b) Confidential
8(1)(c) Confidential
8(1)(d) Secret
8(1)(e) Confidential
8(1)(f) Secret
8(1)(g) Top Secret/Secret
8(1)(h) Secret/Confidential
8(1)(i) Confidential
8(1)(j) Confidential/restricted
9 Confidential/restricted