1. Short title and commencement - (1) These rules may be called
the Right to Information (Regulation of Fee and Cost) Rules, 2005.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. Definitions - In the rules, unless the context otherwise requires, -
(a) 'Act' means the Right to Information Act, 2005;
(b) 'section' means section of the Act;
(c) all other words and expressions used herein but not defined and
defined in the Act shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Act.
3. A request for obtaining information under sub-section (1) of section 6 shall be accompanied by an application fee of rupees ten by way of cash against proper receipt or by demand draft or bankers cheque payable to the Accounts Officer of the public authority.
4. For providing the information under sub-section (1) of section 7, the fee shall be charged by way of cash against proper receipt or by demand draft or bankers cheque payable to the Accounts Officer of the public authority at the foliowing rates:-
(a) rupees two for each page (in A-4 or A-3 size paper) created or
copied;
(b) actual charge or cost price of a copy in larger size paper;
(c) actual cost or price for samples or models; and
(d) for inspection of records, no fee for the first hour; and a fee of
rupees five for each fifteen minutes (or fraction thereof)
thereafter.
5. For providing the information under sub-section (5) of section 7, the fee shall be charged by way of cash against proper receipt or by demand draft or bankers cheque payable to the Accounts Officer of the public authority at the following rates:-
(a) for information provided in diskette or floppy rupees fifty per
diskette or floppy; and
(b) 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.

 

1. Short title and commencement - (1) These rules may be called the Right to Information (Regulation of Fee and Cost) (Amendment) Rules, 2005.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the
Official Gazette.
2. In the Right to Information (Regulation of Fee and Cost) Rules, 2005,
in rule 4, for clause (d), the following clause shall be substituted, namely.-
"(d) for inspection of records, no fee for the first hour; and a fee of rupees five for each subsequent hour (or fraction thereof)."

Note.- The Principal rules were published in the Gazette of India vide Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (Department of Personnel and Training) notification No. 34012j8(s)j2005-Estt. (B) dated 16th September, 2005 [G.S.R. No. 336 dated 1st October, 2005, Part II, section 3, sub-section (i)]