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III.       Payment of RTI fee online-Electronic Indian Postal Order (eIPO) about the information sought from Embassy of India, Tel Aviv, required under section 4(1) (b) of the Right to Information Act, 2005

Please note that:

The information provided under the Act is available to the citizens of India only. Applications should be submitted along with documentary proof of Indian Citizenship in the prescribed way. More information is available at: http://rti.gov.in

It may also be pointed out that as per section 6(1) (a) of the RTI Act, 2005, a person who desires to obtain information under the Act is required to submit the application to the Information Officer of the "concerned public authority". Applicants are, therefore, advised to send their requests under the RTI Act to the Embassy only when the subject matter can reasonably be presumed to pertain to the Embassy.

ROUTINE ENQUIRIES ON CONSULAR MATTERS ARE DEALT BY THE CONSULAR SECTION. THESE SHOULD BE RAISED WITH THE CONSULAR SECTION ONLY https://www.indembassyisrael.gov.in

Applications seeking information under the Act may be sent along with the prescribed fee in New Israeli Shekel, equivalent to Indian Rs.10/- in cheque or demand draft favoring Embassy of India, Tel Aviv. The RTI fee can also be paid using e-ipo service of Department of Posts details of which is given in para 2 below.

The Government of India (Department of Post) has launched the e-IPO (Electronic Indian Postal Order) service to facilitate purchase of Indian Postal order electronically for paying RTI fee/cost of information on-line through e-Post Office Portal (https://www.epostoffice.gov.in) of the Department of Posts. The detailed instructions for using the e-IPO service for payment of RTI fee on-line are contained in DOP&T’s OM No.1/44/2009-IR dated March 22, 2013.  The facility of e-IPO has been extended to 176 Indian Missions/Posts abroad also vide Department of Personnel & Training OM NO 1/44/2009-IR dated October 7, 2013.  Department of Posts has extended the eIPO service to Indian citizens residing in India also w.e.f. February 13, 2014 vide OM No. 1/44/2009-IR dated 13th February 2014.  The RTI applicants may, therefore, pay the RTI fee/cost of information, also on-line using the said e-IPO service, for seeking information from Ministries/Departments in India as well as from Indian Missions abroad.

It may be noted that information provided under the Act is available to citizens of India only. OCI/PIO Card holders are foreign nationals, holding foreign passports and are, therefore, not eligible to seek information under the RTI Act 2005.  Applications should be submitted along with documentary proof of Indian Citizenship (like copy of personal particulars pages of passport.) More information is available at http://rti.gov.in. The mailing address is Ms. Rakhee Mayuri, First Secretary (Pol.&Edu), Embassy of India, 140, Hayarkon Street, PO Box No. 3368, Tel Aviv-6345103, Israel.

It may also be pointed out that as per section 6(1) (a) of the RTI Act, 2005, a person who desires to obtain information under the Act is required to submit the application to the Information Officer of the concerned public authority. Applicants are, therefore, advised to send their requests under the RTI Act to the Embassy only when the subject matter can reasonably be presumed to pertain to the Embassy. While section 6(3) provides for the transfer of an application by a receiving PIO to another [concerned] PIO, this is clearly meant to cover situations where the application is addressed to a PIO on the assumption that it has been directed to the concerned PIO. Where the information required obviously does not pertain to the Embassy, the application may be addressed to the concerned PIO directly.

Contact details of designated officers under RTI Act:

Central Public Information Officer (CPIO)

Ms. Rakhee Mayuri

First Secretary (Pol.&Edu)

Phone: +972 03 5270297

Email: fs.telaviv@mea.gov.in

Appellate Authority

Mr. Rajiv Bodwade

Deputy Chief of Mission

Phone: +972 03 5220631

Email: dcm.telaviv@mea.gov.in

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