RTI ACT 2005: Fee for Seeking Information The applicant, along with the application, should send a demand draft or a banker’s cheque or an Indian Postal Order of Rs10/- , payable to the Accounts Office of the public authority as fee prescribed for seeking information. The payment of fee can also be made by way of cash to the Account Officer of the Public authority or to the Central Assistant Public Information Officer against proper receipt. The applicant may also be required to pay further fee towards the cost of providing the information, details of which shall be intimated to the applicant by the CPIO as prescribed by the Right Information (Regulation of Fee and Cost) Rules, 2005. Rates of fee as prescribed in the Rules are given below: Rs.2/- for each page (in A-4 or A-3 size paper) created or copied; actual charge or cost price of a copy in large size paper; actual cost or price for samples or models; for inspection of records, no fee for the first hour; and a fee of rupees five (Rs.5/-) for each subsequent hour (or fraction thereof); for information provided in diskette or floppy rupees fifty (Rs.50/-) per diskette or floppy; and for information provided in printed form at the price fixed for such publication or rupees two per page of photocopy for extracts from the publication. If the applicant belongs to below poverty line (BPL) category, he is not required to pay any fee. However, he should submit a proof in support of his claim to belong to the below poverty line. The application not accompanied by the prescribed fee of Rs.10/- or proof of the applicant’s belonging to below poverty line, as the case may be, shall not be a valid application under the Act and therefore, does not entitle the applicant to get information.
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