Chandigarh, Feb 14 (IANS) The Chandigarh Administration Thursday hiked the fee for seeking information under the Right to Information (RTI) Act.
The fee applicable for any application seeking information will now be Rs.50. A spokesman of the administration said that the new rate is already applicable in the states of Punjab and Haryana. Earlier, this fee was Rs.10 per application.
For the information supplied under the RTI Act for any application, a fee of Rs.10 will be charged for each page of information provided. For samples or models, the actual cost of these will be recovered from the applicant.
For inspection of records, a fee of Rs.20 per 15 minutes will be charged.
Photocopies of information material will cost Rs.10 per page while information on computer floppy will cost Rs.100 per floppy and Rs.200 per CD, the spokesman added.