What is the time limit for getting information under the RTI Act?

The Right to Information Act, passed by the Parliament of
India, requires any public authority subject to the act to respond "expeditiously," or
"within thirty days" to inquiries seeking information covered by the act. Although the
act does not specify, it is probably safe to assume that "whichever comes first" should
be applied to that time frame. There are some variations as set forth
below.

The official title of the act
is:

An Act to
provide for setting out the practical regime of right to information for citizens to
secure access to information under the control of public authorities, in order to
promote transparency and accountability in the working of every public authority, the
constitution of a Central Information Commission and State Information Commissions and
for matters connected therewith or incidental
thereto.

The law requires any
agency covered by it to appoint a Public Information Officer (PIO) who is responsible
for responding to official written requests under the Act. If the request is applicable
to an agency other than the one in which the PIO is operating, the PIO must transfer the
request within five days. Public agencies are required to appoint an Assistant Public
Information Officer (APIO) who is responsible for forwarding the requests, or appeals
from their denial to the PIO.

Specific time limits,
paraphrased from the citation below, are:

Thirty days if the request
is made directly to the PIO
Thirty five days if the request is made to an
APIO.
If the request is transferred to another agency more applicable to the
request, thirty days from the time the PIO of the receiving agency receives the
request.
Forty five days for allegations of corruption or human rights
violations, unless human life or liberty is jeopardized, in which instance a reply must
be made within 48 hours.