What is the amount of fees and the procedure for paying fees to get information from the Central as well as State departments?
To obtain information from the State Government Department a request for obtaining information under subsection (1) of section 6 can be made to the concerned PIO on the plain paper in the given format and can be accompanied by an application fee of Rs. 10/- by way of cash against proper receipt or demand draft or by way of banker’s cheque payable to the public authority by affixing a court fee stamp of Rs. 10. For getting information on A-4, A-3 size paper, the applicant has to pay Rs. 2 for each page. For information on diskette or floppy, the applicant has to pay Rs. 50 per diskette or floppy plus postal charges. No postal charges shall be charged if the applicant collects the information personally. To obtain information from the Central Government Department, the application can be sent through Post Office. The Post Office forwards the application to the concerned department. There are no postal charges but the application fee of Rs. 10 has to be paid. Central Government Department
