F. NO.1016/2013RTI .(- Government of India

Ministry of Communications & IT

Department of Posts

Oak Bhavan, Sansad Marg,

New Delhj110001, the 26t11 May, 2014 OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subiect: To provide Information to ADG (IR) on suggestion numbering DPOST/1470, dated 11.06.2012 by Shri Subhash Chandra Agrawal.

I am to refer to OM of DDG (PG, QA & In) dated 21.05.2014, numbering F. No.108-112014-RTI, containing instructions to provide information to ADG (lR) in compliance to CIC Order No. CIC/Bs/Al2013/000870/5078 dated 8th May 2014 on suggestion of Shri Subhash Chandra Agrawal, 1775, Kucha Lattushah Dariba, Chandni Chowk, Delhi-110006, numbering DPOST/1470, dated 11.06.2012.

2. In so far as much CPIO (RTI) is concerned, the 'information regarding the suggestion numbering DPOST/1470, dated 11.06.2012 is as given below:

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The proposal on feasibility of accepting any public-autbority on 'SlIbmiS$f01l0f Ril feel! of ten ru~ t)UIlt saving iximl:e~~JII)II RTI applications at all Post Officers J)O~tiif..order ClOJ1itni~sio.nfor \I$cl$ ofF;TI I\;et. 8ul\hiS llllI"Ii~ j~ne!U\et popular IWf-avl!il@lf',!!f throughout the country had been 1111 pMwffi9tll.Fac;\lity to ~elveRTI petill~~r any pli!!/iC-alllhorily only qn pllYDltjlt4f a.'tr thoroughly examined by the fe" of rujl~$lenSMuld be Ilvailablllt till post.o!tl~; 1hro\lJlho.u.t tl1e ~n'l')', Si~le e~tY Department of Posts and views of the pOstorner&, however small it may !;Ie. iS811~hl!(l/\lClllbected with a big !lost.Dffioo,RTIlletjlii'lQ$ Department had been conveyed to thethus ~ved al smaller post.offices ClIn be SMI to ,big pOSIio911I'!~ forbelng p~Sed f.1li1~. Department of Personnel & Training

(DOP&T) vide Department of Posts (DOP) letter No. 1016/2013RTI dated 10.01.2014, a copy of which is enclosed with the present OM as Annexure 1. On the feasibility of introduction of RTI stamps. the recommendations of

wortb ril~ ten presently used as !tTl fees. Ao>ti:ting w an RTf I'~(ln.

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Governm$nt ofIndis'

Ministry of Communication &IT

Department of PQsts

(RTIOesk)

DakSanavn. Sansad Marg.

New Deihl- 110001 Oate~f 1()~ Jam:ary. 2014

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Dlrecl()r{l~l.~ooM No 219"A~ DOP&T, NorlflQlock. New Delhj..110001 'SUb: The CIC. New O$lhi Judgment dated 27.08.Q013in the case of$bnSubt'l,Qsh Agrawal

v;s;Minlstry of HOllle Affairs nurribering File No. CIc/BS/Cli01 ~/000149!LS. CJOIS$IC/2013/000012/LS &

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3.... The isslJe listed at .sEuiat numl)er (v) of pat~.2 of this letter relates to the etc JUGgnierttregarding di$play Cif"RTl APPLIATIOl;!S ARE ACOEPTED HERE" and In addltl90 to 9ispJay the names/aOdressees of the.C:PIO ,nd appropriate autl10rrtles The fee: along with apfjUc.ation should b~acepted at the same counter

TheS8.directlonsare bElinQ.renerated to the Postal Circles for ens.."nng compliance itl respeCt of those Post Offi~ that: have been authorized to accept the RTf applIcatIons allo

d~iQnated ~s ~APIO. 4. . . TheiaslIeR$t$d in serl.at number (IIi) of para 2 QfthisleUer 1$ with refe(encetct~e CAPIO servJ,ce of~red by th19 .DOP to' thOSE! centra.1 Mini$tri,s/Oepartments who' dId not haye offic.es at sub divlsionall0cmtian when the RTI Act was brought)n to force. TI'e commission ha.s advised the'Si9cretary, Department of Posts. to consider deSignating all 25.464 Departmental Post Offices to accept RTI applioationsand the reqv:slte fee mSlea(.1 of 4700 PostOfftt:e$.

In thi$ regard the followlOgls submlUed: Presently the Department has 4710 authorized Post Of~l/;es accal,)f lhe RTi applj~tion's and de$igm~teda$ CAPIO. "'

(i) PostofflC$.sweregiven ;'0 additional manpower or remunarShon to do this work. The' DOP has carried this burden inspile of constraints ot manpower .and witho.ut any temuneration for more tt'lan 08 y:e3!$ (s!ncq Inception of Rtl Act) for those central public authorities whc nadagreoo to

~vail,of the CAPIO service. (ii) Since th$ t~tensjon of cAplO services, several Centrai Mtnlstnes might have, opened offices and designated CAPIOs at sub dlVIS'On-31 leve! Therefore. they m~y actually not reqwre this service Hence they may ~.e directed to handle the RTlmatters at their level . .em) The~ryioe r,squires infrastructure facilities $uchas compLlter peripherals '~nd internet : broadband cOnfl.ectivity c~ li:HjeQ~Jate speed These technological a.pects appear to have restricted lhe'nllltloe( of CAPiOs in the Department ofPoststbnearty 4710 only. (iv) Therefore, any attempt to e)(teod this service to 8 level lower. thaI" sub divteianat level would be violalion of Section 5( 1) 01 the RTj Act as weI! .\IS ;l Will create problem regarding .flnanclal, technologIcal and manpOWe~

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P~ease ref~r to this department's O.M. nu.mbetilig~ven. dated 10.01 : 014 n response to OOP'&T 10 NO 11/312013~IR (Pt) dated 07103/2013 or) the c;. ted;UI)J~;~t T',e rn.att~r has been examined'by the:Oepartment of Posts bYoSettlng )JP ~ cOr'lnllttee Whlgh has gone through various8.'Spects and folloWing observatlO~s 'were rlladE by me comtnlUea . ,

2. Observi!tiona I1v th! CUrnmlttee: ConsIdering the ne,ed ot, ~Ir! fjilf~ !'j,) !Po? mode of payment of fee forRTI application. the. Committee has ODseevel1 as tre follOWing:

i, Use of definitive sene:s of postage Stamps wpuld be easy t(\ ":a(!I 1(~ i'l i~ reduce the cost to the goyernment over IPO cost and tl1& app"cant~ Will Ol?"'e " by not charg.irlg Of the commission which is presently ~harged on tnt: IPC

n. Pro.blems mentioned In Par~ 3 will not e)Cist If the: deflnttlve ~f: IIr';S .t $tamp13 Will be $lIowed by the Government for piymem at fee uMet tIe R', Act.

iii. P!'esently t~le RTI fee and other allied fees suet' as fee tor ;:N:C( opylrg documents are credit~ In the accounts of respectwe DepartmeffSJMll!$tJis where the RTI applicants are preferr~ to. .It may. howe"I!r. t~e r!1)[ admInistratively fe.eib)~for the.Department of Posts to.apportlon the RT, fee !O e.sch Department/MinIstry incase definitive postaQ!;I stamps are u~ed '0:' th:s purpose,

3, ~!UtQmm!DdfSi9f11 aeRr2ve51 Q~ the Sgcretarv (fqsts). The CO(lm";l~e h;:5 given follOWing recommendatiol1$ which have bee'l approvea by the Secretal'll)os!s-'

8; Use of the definitive Serie1; of postage stamps WhIch are 'Jb,q~lItous y available In the Post Offices across the Country in different denornil' a\iOn; Instead of an exclUSive RTI stamp which would. Ile.ed to 11tt pnnted slJP.lli~d n

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. . aU post offices and Inform people to use RTI stamps.

-- f-::f!.. Sf~~':" ;'H.:... .'.'. b. The RTf applicants would . also need to affix the said stan-pis) vI': Ii"' A :-:~3':~ c: (~~ ~::.; RTI application. The RTI applicant (s) by putting his signatum .;)r t"~jm~~Olun'wr ru: ~,\;f"~l

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Impression shallcancelthe$~id postage stamp{s} to prevent It frcm rrrSlI$e : fe-use .

4. The use of the d~finitive series of postage stamps and cancellaton d used stamp/s. would r~qulre amendment in the Right to Informatipn (Re.gutatlon of Fee ard Cost) Rules. 2005. It is therefore requested to take action on the approvd recomrnendatians given In para 3.a'&b ofthis letter as DOP & T IS the no(lai 8llthor. y to administrator the Right to Information (Regulation of Fee and Cost) Rule:; 20',)5

Your~ faithfully

(S.K. Tripathi I J 011 aclO (PC

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Postal Dept to bring RTI stamp soon

PTI 17.09.2013

TIRUCHIRAPALLI (TN): RTI applicants will no longer have to wait to get their applications

processed as the Department of Posts is all set to bring out an RTI stamp for sale soon and also

set up special counters, according to a senior officer.

Under orders of the Central Information Commission, the Department will issue RTI stamps in

the denomination of Rs. 10. We will also introduce special counters to accept applications in all

1.5 lakh post offices across the country, the officer speaking on condition of anonymity, told

PTI.

Visitors will no longer have to wait at post offices or face problems in depositing RTI fees,

photocopying charges as the CIC directions will be enforced, he said.

He said CIC had also asked Central Government departments to instruct all information officers

to accept postal orders, demand drafts and bankers cheques payable to accounts officers and not

reject applications on flimsy grounds such as every department incurs Rs. 22 towards bank

charges and commission to encash postal orders worth Rs. 10.

He said post offices are gearing up to impart adequate training to staff for processing the

applications.

Chief Information Commissioner Satyanandan Mishra had issued a series of directions on receipt

of a complaint by an information seeker. After deliberating on the pros and cons, suitable orders

have been issued to the postal services, he said.

CENTRAL INFORMATION COMMISSIONRoom No. 308, B-Wing, August Kranti Bhawan, Bhikaji Cama Place, New Delhi-110066

File No.CIC/BS/C/2013/000149/LSFile No.CIC/BS/C/2013/000072/LSFile No.CIC/LS/C/2010/000108/LS

Complainant : Shri Subhash Chandra AgrawalPublic Authority : Ministry of Home Affairs. Date of hearing : 18.07.2013Date of decision : 27.08.2013

Facts :-

In the RTI application dated 30.4.2011, the appellant had sought information on 11 paras from the Ministry of Law & Justice regarding the 187th Report of the Law Commission of India and the matters related there-with. The CPIO of the Ministry of Law & Justice had transferred the said RTI application to the Ministry of Home Affairs for action as per law. Thereupon, Shri Rakesh Jhingan, Section Officer, J(II), M.H.A., had responded to it vide letter dated 22.6.2011. His letter is reproduced below :-

I am directed to refer to your letter dated 03.06.2011 furnishing therewith the additional fee of Rs. 27/- by way of IPOs. You may aware that the validity of IPO is only six months from date of issue. While furnishing the same to the CPIO, a sufficient period of time i.e. one to two months, should be given to CPIO/Accounts Officer for encashment of IPO(s). One of the IPO No. ID 132843 (OF Rs.7/-) has already been expired and issued date of another IPO No. 55F 324367 (Rs.20/-) is not clear. Therefore, Accounts Officer of this Ministry has refused to accept the same.

2. In view of above, your letter dated 03.06.2011 along with IPOs No. 55F 324367 (of Rs. 20/-) & ID 132843 (of Rs.7/-) are returned herewith. You are also requested that in future validity of IPOs may be checked before sending it to this Ministry.

3. This issues with the approval of Joint Secretary(Judl.) & CPIO.

2. Thereupon, the complainant had visited the M.H.A. office at Jaisalmer House for deposition of fee of Rs. 27/- in cash but the Receptionist did not allow him to enter the office and told him that the fee in cash was not accepted in the said office and directed him to visit the North Block office of MHA for

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the above purpose. The complainant then visited the North Block of MHA and deposited the fee of Rs.27/-.

3. The complainant has filed the present complaint before the Commission alleging therein that non-acceptance of fee in cash by the Jaisalmer House office of MHA caused him avoidable harassment and also resulted in delayed supply of information. The present complaint arises out of the issues stated herein above.

4. In view of the complex legal issues involved in the matter, the Chief Information Commissioner constituted a Full Bench comprising of :-

- Shri Satyananda Mishra, CIC;- Shri M.L. Sharma, IC; and- Shri Basant Seth, IC.

5. The Bench heard the matter on 18.7.2013. The appellant was present. The Commission permitted Shri R.K. Jain, Advocate, to intervene in the matter. The following officers from various Ministries/Departments were present before the Commission :-

MHA

Shri J.P. Aggarwal, Joint Secretary(Judicial) Shri Rakesh Jhingan, Under Secretary(J-II)

DoPT

Shri R.K. Girdhar, Under Secretary

Department of Posts

Shri T. Neelakrishnan, Assistant Director General

DoT :-

Shri G. Baskaran, Director Shri P.C. Sharma, Director

6. The parties were heard at length. The submissions made by the complainant herein are summarized here below :-

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(i) The CPIOs do not accept the requisite fee in cash. They ask the information seekers to deposit the fee with the Cashier who, generally, is not located in the same office. It results not only in harassment but also wastage of time and resources of the information seekers.

(ii) The fee is payable through the IPOs. However, the public authorities often refuse to accept the IPOs if they are not stamped or not properly stamped by the Postal authorities. Stamping is to be done by the Postal authorities; it is not the concern of the information seekers. Non-stamping or improper stamping of the IPOs cannot be a ground for their non-acceptance by the concerned public authorities;

(iii) The Postal authorities issue IPOs in blank form. The information seekers generally mention the names of the Accounts Officers of the Public Authority as payee as per DoPT Circular No. F. 10/9/2008/IR dated 5.12.2008. Notwithstanding the above, the postal orders payable to the Accounts Officers are not being accepted by some of the public authorities thereby causing harassment to the information seekers.

(iv) More importantly, the operational cost of an IPO of Rs. 10/- is more than Rs. 22/- as per costing exercise undertaken in 2006-07. Thus, the Central Government, instead of being a gainer, is, in fact, a loser in insisting on deposition of application fee and copying fee through IPOs.

7. In order to streamline the system, the complainant suggests that this Commission may make the following recommendations u/s 25(5) of the RTI Act :-

(i) To direct all public authorities to mention complete names and addresses of the officers who may accept fees and copying charges in cash along with the timings for depositing the fee;

(ii) To direct all public authorities to make entire correspondence relating to RTI matters through Speed Post or Registered Post;

(iii) To issue instructions to all public authorities to waive off copying charges upto Rs. 20/-.

(iv) To recommend to the Department of Posts to issue RTI stamps of the denomination of Rs. 10/-, to facilitate deposition of fee and copying charges.

(v) To recommend to the Department of Posts to direct all Post Offices to accept RTI applications and the requisite fee. This is essential as designation of

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only 4700 Post Offices, as of now, is grossly inadequate, considering the size of the country and the number of information seekers.

8. Shri R.K. Jain, Intervener, has made the following submissions in this regard :-

(i) The CPIOs insist on IPOs of the value of exact amount of fee. The IPOs of the higher values are not being accepted by the CPIOs. The DoPT may be asked to advise all public authorities to accept IPOs of higher values, when the depositors do not insist on refund.

(ii) The IPOs not containing names of payees are not being accepted by the public authorities even when they contain the names of the senders. The information seekers are finding it difficult to mention the names of the payees in the IPOs as this information has not been put in public domain by most of the public authorities. Hence, DoPT may be advised to issue directions to all the public authorities to accept IPOs of all denominations and to fill up the names of the payees, so long as the IPOs contain the names of the senders. He buttresses his argument by referring to sub section (3) of section 5 of the RTI Act which casts a burden on the CPIO to render reasonable assistance to the information seeker.

(iii) The designated Post Offices, numbering about 4700, donot display at conspicuous places in their premises that they shall accept RTI applications. Besides, some designated Post Offices are refusing to accept the RTI applications. They may be directed to comply with the guidelines issued by the Department of Posts in this regard.

(iv) This Commission must make a strong recommendation to the Department of Posts to issue RTI stamps of Rs. 10/- denomination for facilitation of deposition of application fee and copying charges by the information seekers.

(v) The remittance of fee by the money order may be accepted cash payment by the public authorities.

(vi) The CPIOs and AAs must disclose their names, designations, postal addresses and their telephone and fax numbers in the RTI related correspondence.

(vii) All public authorities in the country may be directed to display the names and designations of the officers who are responsible for accepting RTI fee in cash or through any other mode of payment.

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9. The real issue is to evolve an effective mechanism for depositing the fee and copying charges for expeditious provisioning of information. In this context, it would be pertinent to mention that Rule 6 of the Right to Information Rules, 2012, provides for three modes of deposition of fee. Rule 6 is extracted below:-

6. Mode of Payment of fee.-- Fees under these rules may be paid in any of the following manner, namely :-

(a) in cash, to the public authority or to the Central Assistant Public Information Officer of the public authority as the case may be, against a proper receipt; or

(b) by demand draft or bankers cheque or Indian Postal Order payable to the Accounts Officer of the public authority; or

(c) by electronic means to the Accounts Officer of the public authority, if facility for receiving fees through electronic means is available with the public authority.

10. It may also be pertinent to extract the relevant part of the OM No. F. 10/9/2008-IR dated 5.12.2008 issued by DoPT in this connection :-

The undersigned is directed to say that the Right to Information (Regulation of Fee and Cost) Rules, 2005 provide that a person seeking information under the RTI Act, 2005 can make payment of fee for obtaining information by cash or demand draft or bankers cheque /IPO should be payable to the Accounts Officer of the concerned public authority. It was brought to the notice of this Department that some public authorities did not accept demand drafts/bankers cheques/Indian postal Orders drawn in the name of their Accounts Officer and insisted that these should be drawn in the name of Drawing and Disbursing Officer or the Under Secretary or the Section Officer etc. This Department vide OM No.1/2/2007-IR dated 23rd March, 2007 issued instructions that the demand drafts/bankers cheques/IPOs made payable to the Accounts Officers of the public authority should not be denied. Inspite of the provisions in the rules and instructions of this Department, some public authorities still refuse to accept demand drafts/bankers cheques/IPOs drawn in the name of the Accounts officer of the public authority.

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2. Refusal to accept an application on the ground that the demand draft/bankers cheque/IPO submitted by the applicant has been drawn in the name of the Accounts Officer may amount to refusal to accept the application. It may result into imposition of penalty by the Central Information Commission on the concerned Central Public Information Officer under Section 20 of the Act. All the public authorities should, therefore, ensure that payment of fee by demand draft/bankers cheque/IPO made payable to the Accounts Officer of the public authority is not denied.

11. It needs to be underlined that preamble of the RTI Act provides for setting out the practical regime of right to information for the citizenry in order to promote transparency and accountability in the working of every public authority. This word connotes a pragmatic approach on the part of all concerned in implementing the provisions of this law. The Commission is aware that difficulties are being experienced by the information seekers in depositing the fee and copying charges and consequential delay in provisioning of information. On a thoughtful consideration of the matter, the Commission makes the following recommendations to the Ministries/Departments/Public Authorities of the Central Government u/s 25 (5) of the RTI Act:-

(i) All public authorities shall direct the officers under their command to accept demand drafts or banker cheques or IPOs payable to their Accounts Officers of the public authority. This is in line with clause (b) of Rule 6 of the RTI Rules, 2012. In other words, no instrument shall be returned by any officer of the public authority on the ground that it has not been drawn in the name of a particular officer. So long as the instrument has been drawn in favour of the Accounts Officer, it shall be accepted in all circumstances.

(ii) All public authorities are required to direct the concerned officers to accept IPOs of the denomination of higher values vis--vis the fee / copying charges when the senders do not ask for refund of the excess amount. To illustrate, if fee of Rs. 18/- is payable by the information seeker and if he sends IPO of Rs. 20/-, this should be accepted by the concerned officer rather than returning the same, for practical reasons. The entire amount will be treated as RTI fee.

(iii) All public authorities shall direct the CPIOs and ACPIOs under their command to accept application fee and copying charges in cash from the information seekers in line with Rule 06 (a) of the RTI Rules. It is made clear that the CPIOs and APIOs will not direct the information seekers to deposit the fee with the officers located in other buildings / offices.

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(iv) DoPT shall direct all the CPIOs / APIOs / Accounts Officers to accept money orders towards the deposition of fee / copying charges. This is in line with the order dated 19.9.2007 passed by the Karnataka Information Commission in B. V. Gautma vs. Dy. Commissioner of Stamps & Registration, Bangalore. (KIC 2038 CoM 2007).

(v) The Department of Posts has issued a detailed Circular No. 103-1/2007-RTI dated 12.10.2007 for streamlining the procedure of handling applications by various CAPIOs which, interalia contains the following directions:-

(1) Display of the signboard RTI APPLICATIONS ARE ACCEPTED HERE should be made on the notice board / prominent place in the post office. In addition, the names / addresses of the CPIO and appropriate authorities of the Post office should also be displayed.

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(9) The fee alongwith application should be accepted at the same counter and in no case the applicant should be made to visit another counter for depositing the requisite fee.

The Department of Posts is required to ensure that the above directions are complied with by all concerned.

(vi) As noted herein above, as of now, the RTI applications and the requisite fee are being accepted by the designated Post Offices, numbering above 4700. Considering the size of the country and the number of RTI applicants/applications, the number of designated Post Offices appears to be too small. It has been brought to the notice of the Commission that there are 25,464 Departmental Post Offices and 1,29,402 Extra Departmental Branch Post Offices. The Commission, therefore, advises the Secretary, Department of Posts, to consider designating all 25,464 Departmental Post Offices to accept RTI applications and the requisite fee.

(vii) The best solution to the fee related problems appears to be to issue RTI stamps of the denomination of Rs. 10/- by the Deptt. of Posts. It would be a time and cost effective step. The Commission would urge Department of Posts/DoPT to consider the viability of this suggestion with utmost dispatch.

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(viii) The Commission also directs the CPIOs and the Appellate Authorities to mention their names, designations and telephone and fax numbers in the RTI related correspondence.

12. The Commission expects all Ministries/Departments/Public Authorities of the Central Government to give urgent consideration to the above recommendations.

Order reserved and pronounced on the 27th day of August, 2013.

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( M.L. Sharma ) ( Basant Seth )Information Commissioner Information Commissioner

Sd/-( Satyananda Mishra ) Chief Information Commissioner

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MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS &. of. T.

DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

Dak Bhawan, New Delhi-110001

. TARIFF &. COSTING SECTION

F. No. 1-1/ 2013-2014/RTI-17/T&C Dated 18th October, 2013 To

Sh. Subhash Chandra Aggarwal, 1775 Kucha Lattushah, Dariba, Chandni Chowk, Delhi-110006.

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Subject: Application for seeking information under the Right to Information Act. 2005.

Kindly refer your RTI petition dated 02/09.2013, received on 07.10.2103 through Ministry of Finance, New Delhi-ll000l, vide their Letter No. 12011/09/2013-Coord dated 01/10/2013 for supply the information. Only para no. 8 is related to this division for which requisite information is given below:

"As per costing exercise 2011-2012 (Actual), the operational cost .ofa postal order is Rs. 37.45."

2. Kindly refer your letter dated 19.3.2013. It is to inform you that case has been examined in detail and reveals that only para-3 of your letter Is related to TarIff & Costing Section. In this context, it is intimated that the postal service Is an essential element of the soc/o-economic Infrastructure. The Department does take into account various determinants viz. cost of operation, user profile, price elasticity, price of competing services, affordabi/ity factor etc. while fixing/revising the tariff of services/ products. The valuable inputs have been noted and would be considereJlong with other factors, at appropriate time.

3. Your letter dated 01.04.2013 relates to PO Section of this office and information will be supplied by them directly to you on the subject.

4. With reference to your letter dated 2.4.2013, it Is Intimated that only para No. 6 and 8 relates to this section. Parawlse Information/replies is as under:

Para No. 6: Informatlo~"::'-on the'steps is b'e7ifg taken for'revlew/removal of anomalies, if any. However, information in this regard can be provided only after the approval/notification of the same. Para No.8: As per costing exercise 2011-2012 (Actual), the operational cost of a postal order is Rs. 37.45,

~ (Satlsh Kumar) DIRECTOR (TBt.C) Bt. CPIO

Tel. 23036515

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