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Originally Posted by vashisthvivek  Since there is an express provision under the RTI Act, 2005 itself that no fees will be charged from the person below the poverty line, therefore the position is same all over the country. No State Government can make rules ultra-vires to the main Act. Hence, BPL people all over the country are exempted from fees for obtaining information under the RTI Act. |
vashistvivek,
There are 4 different situations for fees:
1. Application Fee for applications under Section 6(1)
2. Additional Fees for providing information under Sections 7(3) and 7(5)
3. Fees for First Appeal, if any prescribed in the Rules
4. Fees for Second Appeal, if any prescribed in the Rules
What you have said is absolutely correct for fees under Section 6(1).
However, in several states and courts, the Rules framed are silent on fees
under items 2, 3 and 4 above for BPL category.
Please read this thread:
Appeals under RTI
and especially, this post:
Appeals under RTI
Members can also refer to:
fees for appeal/subsequent querry,P.O. rejected PLEASE help me in compiling all this information in this thread:
http://www.rtiindia.org/forum/1762-r...e-payment.html
naren2k,
Sorry, I could not find the English version of the pdf document , hence had to put it in Hindi.