Policy of classifying documents
The documents are classified as ‘secret’, ‘top secret’ and ‘confidential’ as per “Manual of Departmental Security Instructions, 1994”. Various factors such as national security, national interest and potentiality to embarrass the government in its functioning are taken into consideration at the time of security classification of the documents as Top Secret, Secret and Confidential.
Some of the recommendations received from the committee constituted by the Central Information Commission have been accepted by the Government and accordingly public authorities have been requested through an O.M. No. 1/34/2013-IR dated 29th June, 2015 to follow such recommendations.
This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary in written reply to a question by Shri Salim Ansari in the Rajya Sabha today.
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