Archive · 6 Oct 2026
CIC Orders NRAI to Disclose Age-Verification Affidavit Rules
A shooter asked for information about a rule requiring an affidavit to prove a shooter's age.
The request also asked whether the affidavit could be sent online and how long document checks took.
The National Rifle Association of India said its age-fraud committee had decided on the requirement.
It said the affidavit had to be submitted on paper and checks took up to 15 working days.
The Central Information Commission said that naming the committee's decision was not enough.
It ordered the association to share documents that show the decision and any related rules.
The association must provide them within two weeks.
If there is no separate rule or order, it must say so and provide the existing record behind the requirement.
The Central Information Commission directed the National Rifle Association of India to provide records supporting its age-verification affidavit requirement.
The applicant sought the rule or notification behind the requirement and asked about online submission and processing times.
The NRAI said the requirement followed a Prevention of Age Fraud Committee decision approved by its Governing Body.
The NRAI said a hard-copy affidavit was mandatory and applications were processed within 15 working days.
The CIC said the explanation did not provide the underlying records and ordered the NRAI to furnish relevant documents within two weeks.
- Who
- The Central Information Commission, the National Rifle Association of India, and an applicant who filed an RTI appeal.
- What
- The CIC ordered the NRAI to disclose records supporting its requirement for shooters to submit an age-verification affidavit.
- When
- The direction was issued while the CIC heard the RTI appeal; the report is dated October 6.
- Where
- New Delhi.
- Why
- The applicant sought the rule or record establishing the affidavit requirement, and the CIC found that the NRAI had not supplied the specific supporting record.
NRAI's explanation
CIC's assessment
Basis for the affidavit requirement
NRAI's explanation
The NRAI said the Prevention of Age Fraud Committee framed the rules and policy, and its Governing Body approved them as part of efforts to prevent age fraud and protect fair competition.
CIC's assessment
The CIC said that referring to a committee decision did not answer the request without the decision or other record showing the basis for the requirement.
Disclosure of records
NRAI's explanation
The NRAI stated that the requirement was based on its committee's decision.
CIC's assessment
The CIC ordered disclosure of relevant existing records, including committee or Governing Body decisions, minutes or resolutions, and any applicable rules or notices.
- Applicant's request
- The basis for the affidavit requirement, whether it could be submitted online, and the time taken to approve or reject identification documents.
- NRAI's stated basis
- A decision of the Prevention of Age Fraud Committee, approved by its Governing Body.
- Affidavit format
- The NRAI said a hard copy on non-judicial stamp paper was mandatory.
- Processing time
- The NRAI said applications were processed within 15 working days.
- CIC's finding
- The NRAI had not provided the specific decision, minutes, resolution, or other record establishing the requirement.
- Deadline
- The CIC directed the NRAI's CPIO to provide relevant existing records within two weeks.
- If no separate rule exists
- The applicant must be told clearly and given the relevant existing record underlying the requirement, subject to the RTI Act.