Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to satate :-

(a) whether there is any official definition and categorization of friendly and least friendly/enemy nations as per Government;

(b) if so, the details of friendly and least friendly/enemy nations; and

(c) if not, the details of the number of cases in which Ministry of External Affairs has denied information under RTI Act, 2005 and to Members of Parliament stating that the requirement information would affect the relations with friendly nations, during last two years, year-wise?

ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS (SHRIMATI PRENEET KAUR)

(a) No.

(b) Does not arise.

(c) Section 8(1)(a) of the RTI Act, 2005 was invoked in response to 21 and 35 applications in 2010-11 and 2011-12 respectively.
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