The request for seeking information under the Act may be submitted to the officers mentioned above either by post, person or e-mail along with prescribed payment. The model schedule of fee for seeking information is described here.
The 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 "Under Secretary, Department of Agricultural Research and Education" also is designated Accounts Officer of this public authority under the Act.
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 "PAO, Ministry of Agriculture" at the following rates :-
- rupees two 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;and
- for inspection of records no fee for the first hour; and a fee of rupees five for each fifteen minutes (or fraction thereof) thereafter:
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 Under Secretary, Department of Agricultural Research and Education at the following rates :-
- for information provided in diskette or floppy rupees fifty 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