Orders issued on service charges at Akshaya centres
The order issued by the Electronics and IT department makes it clear that the service charges are to be levied in addition to the application fee linked to services, if any. The application fees and service charges should be clearly displayed at the Akshaya centres, the August 6 order said.
The service charges are as follows: birth registration (₹40); death registration (₹40); corrections in birth and death registration (₹50); marriage registration (₹70 for general category, ₹3 per page for printing and scanning, ₹50 for SC/ST categories including the fee for printing/scanning); corrections in marriage registration (₹60); licence application (₹40); corrections in licences (₹40); complaints (₹30); fee for downloading certificates and notifications (per page ₹10); payment charges for tax fees (₹10 for amounts up to ₹1,000, ₹20 for amounts from ₹1,001 to ₹5,000, and 0.5% of the amount or ₹100, whichever is lowest, for sums in excess of ₹1,000); ownership change (₹50); applications for BPL certificate (₹10); and other applications (₹20).
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