No. 1/44/2009-IR
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances \& Pensions
Department of Personnel \& Training

North Block, New Delhi, Dated the $7^{\text {th }}$ October, 2013

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: – Extending the facility of e-IPO for payment of RTI fee in Indian Missions by ‘Indian citizens abroad’.

A service called e-IPO (Electronic Indian Postal Order) was launched w.e.f. 22.03.2013 to facilitate Indian citizens abroad across the globe to purchase an e-IPO by paying the fee online to access the information under the RTI Act, 2005 from the Central Public Authorities.
2. The procedure to obtain e-IPO has already been explained vide this Department’s Office Memorandum of even number dated 22.03.2013. The main points of the procedure are as under:
[a] The user needs to get himself registered at either of the two websites http://www.epostoffice.gov.in or www.indiapost.gov.in .
[b] He has to select the Ministry/Department from whom he desires to seek the information under the RTI Act and the e-IPO so generated, by making payment using Debit or Credit card, can be used to seek information from that Ministry/Department only.
[c] A printout of the e-IPO is required to be attached with the RTI application. If the RTI application is being filed electronically, e-IPO is required to be attached as an attachment.
[d] This facility is only for purchasing an Indian Postal Order electronically. All the requirements for filing an RTI application as well as other provisions regarding eligibility, time limit, exemptions etc., as provided in the RTI Act, 2005 will continue to apply.
3. It has been brought to the notice of this Department that Indian citizens living abroad are facing difficulties in payment of fees for accessing information from Indian Missions/Posts abroad as the facility of e-IPO was not available with them.
4. In order to facilitate for obtaining the information under the RTI Act, 2005 by the Indian citizen living abroad from Indian Missions/Posts under Ministry of External Affairs, the facility of e-IPO is extended to 176 Indian Missions/Posts. List is enclosed.5. This may be brought to the notice of all concerned.

Manoj Joshi

(Manoj Joshi)
Joint Secretary (AT&A)
Tel: 23093688

1. All the Ministries / Departments of the Government of India.
2. Union Public Service Commission/ Lok Sabha Sectt./ Rajya Sabha Secretariat/ Cabinet Secretariat/ Central Vigilance Commission/ President’s Secretariat/ Vice-President’s Secretariat/ Prime Minister’s Office/ Planning Commission/Election Commission.
3. Central Information Commission/ State Information Commissions.
4. Staff Selection Commission, CGO Complex, New Delhi.
5. O/o the Comptroller & Auditor General of India, 10, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi.
6. All officers/Desks/Sections, DOP&T and Department of Pension & Pensioners Welfare.

Copy to: Ms. Sujata Choudhary, General Manager (BP), Deptt. of Posts, Business Development and Marketing Directorate, Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg, New Delhi for information w.r.t. their letter No. 65-04/2013-BD&MD dated 17.09.2013.| S.no. | Name of the Indian Mission/Post |
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| 1 | Embassy of India,Kabul, Afghanistan |
| 2 | Consulate General of India, Herat, Afghanistan |
| 3 | Consulate General of India, Jalalabad, Afghanistan |
| 4 | Consulate General of India, Kandahar, Afghanistan |
| 5 | Consulate General of India, Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan |
| 6 | Embassy of India, Algiers, Algeria |
| 7 | Embassy of India, Luanda, Angola |
| 8 | Embassy of India, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| 9 | Embassy of India,Yerevan, Armenia |
| 10 | High Commission of India, Canberra, Australia |
| 11 | Consulate General of India, Melbourne, Australia |
| 12 | Consulate General of India, Perth, Australia |
| 13 | Consulate General of India, Sydney, Australia |
| 14 | Embassy of India,Vienna, Austria |
| 15 | Embassy of India, Baku, Azerbaijan |
| 16 | Embassy of India,Manama, Bahrain |
| 17 | High Commission of India,Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| 18 | Assistant High Commission of India, Chittagong, Bangladesh |
| 19 | Assistant High Commission of India, Rajshahi, Bangladesh |
| 20 | Embassy of India, Minsk, Belarus |
| 21 | Embassy of India, Brussels, Belgium |
| 22 | Embassy of India,Thimphu, Bhutan |
| 23 | Consulate General of India, Phuentsholing, Bhutan |
| 24 | High Commission of India,Gaborone, Botswana |
| 25 | Embassy of India, Brasilia, Brazil |
| 26 | Consulate General of India, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| 27 | High Commission of India,Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam |
| 28 | Embassy of India, Sofia,Bulgaria |
| 29 | Embassy of India, Pnom Penh,Cambodia |
| 30 | High Commission of India, Ottawa, Canada |
| 31 | Consulate General of India, Toronto, Canada |
| 32 | Consulate General of India, Vancouver, Canada |
| 33 | Embassy of India,Santiago, Chile |
| 34 | Embassy of India, Beijing, China |
| 35 | Consulate General of India, Guangzhou, China |
| 36 | Consulate General of India, Hongkong |
| 37 | Consulate General of India, Shanghai, China |
| 38 | Embassy of India, Bogota, Colombia |
| 39 | Embassy of India, Democratic Republic of Congo |
| 40 | Embassy of India,Abidjan, Ivory Coast |
| 41 | Embassy of India, Zagreb, Croatia |
| 42 | Embassy of India, Havana, Cuba |
| 43 | High Commission of India, Nicosia, Cyprus |
| 44 | Embassy of India, Prague, Czech Republic |
| 45 | Embassy of India,Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 46 | Embassy of India, Cairo, Egypt |
| 47 | Embassy of India,Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |48 High Commission of India, Suva, Fiji islands
49 Embassy of India, Helsinki, Finland
50 Embassy of India, Paris, France
51 Permanent Delegation of India to the UNESCO, Paris, France
52 Consulate General of India, Saint Denis, Reunion Island
53 Embassy of India, Berlin, Germany
54 Consulate General of India, Frankfurt, Germany
55 Consulate General of India, Hamburg, Germany
56 Consulate General of India, Munich, Germany
57 High Commission of India, Accra, Ghana
58 Embassy of India, Athens, Greece
59 Embassy of India, Guatemala City, Guatemala
60 High Commission of India, Georgetown, Guyana
61 Embassy of India, Budapest, Hungary
62 Embassy of India, Reykjavik, Iceland
63 Embassy of India, Jakarta, Indonesia
64 Consulate General of India, Medan, Indonesia
65 Embassy of India, Tehran, Iran
66 Consulate General of India, Bandar Abbas, Iran
67 Consulate General of India, Zahidan, Iran
68 Embassy of India, Baghdad, Iraq
69 Embassy of India, Dublin, Ireland
70 Embassy of India, Tel Aviv, Israel
71 Embassy of India, Rome, Italy
72 Consulate General of India, Milan, Italy
73 High Commission of India, Kingston, Jamaica
74 Embassy of India, Tokyo, Japan
75 Consulate General of India, Osaka-Kobe, Japan
76 Embassy of India, Amman, Jordan
77 Embassy of India, Astana, Kazakhstan
78 High Commission of India, Nairobi,Kenya
79 Assistant High Commission of India, Mombasa, Kenya
80 Embassy of India, Pyongyang, DPR Korea
81 Embassy of India, Seoul, Republic of Korea
82 Embassy of India, Safat, Kuwait
83 Embassy of India, Bishkek, Kyrgyztan
84 Emnbassy of India, Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic
85 Embassy of India, Beirut, Lebanon
86 Embassy of India, Tripoli, Libya
87 Embassy of India, Antananarivo, Madagascar
88 High Commission of India, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
89 High Commission of India, Male, Republic of Maldives
90 Embassy of India, Bamako, Mali
91 High Commission of India, Port Louis, Mauritius
92 Embassy of India, Mexico
93 Embassy of India, Ulaanbaatar,Mongolia
94 Embassy of India, Rabat, Morocco
95 High Commission of India, Maputo, Mozambique
96 Embassy of India, Yangon, Myanmar
97 Consulate General of India, Mandalay, Myanmar98 High Commission of India, Windhoek, Namibia
99 Embassy of India, Kathmandu, Nepal
100 Embassy of India Camp Office, Biratnagar, Nepal
101 Consulate General of India, Birgunj, Nepal
102 Embassy of India, The Hague, Netherlands
103 High Commission of India, Wellington, New Zealand
104 Embassy of India, Niamey, Niger
105 High Commission of India, Abuja, Nigeria
106 Office of the High Commission of India, Lagos, Nigeria
107 Embassy of India, Oslo, Norway
108 Embassy of India, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
109 High Commission of India,Islamabad, Pakistan
110 Representative Office of India, Ramallah City, State ofPalestine
111 Embassy of India, Panama
112 High Commission of India, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
113 Embassy of India, Lima, Peru
114 Embassy of India, Manila, Philippines
115 Embassy of India, Lisbon, Portugal
116 Embassy of India, Doha, Qatar
117 Embassy of India, Bucharest, , Romania
118 Embassy of India, Moscow, Russian Federation
119 Consulate General of India, St. Petersburg, Russian federation
120 Consulate General of India, Vladivostok, Russian Federation
121 Embassy of India, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
122 Consulate General of India, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
123 Embassy of India, Dakar, Senegal
124 Embassy of India, Belgrade, Republic of Serbia
125 High Commission of India, Victoria, Seychelles
126 High Commission of India, Singapore
127 Embassy of India, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
128 Embassy of India, Ljubljana, Slovenia
129 High Commission of India, Pretoria, South Africa
130 Consulate General of India, Cape Town, South Africa
131 Consulate General of India, Durban, South Africa
132 Consulate General of India, Johannesburg, South Africa
133 Embassy of India, Madrid, Spain
134 High Commission of India, Colombo, Sri Lanka
135 Assistant High Commission of India, Kandy, sri Lanka
136 Consulate General of India, Hambantota, Sri Lanka
137 Consulate General of India, Jaffna, Sri Lanka
138 Embassy of India, Khartoum, Sudan
139 Consulate General of India, Juba, Sudan
140 Embassy of India, Paramaribo, Suriname
141 Embassy of India, Stockholm, Sweden
142 Embassy of India, Berne, Switzerland
143 Consulate General of India, Geneva, Switzerland
144 Permanent Mission of India to the UN Offices in Geneva, Switzerland
145 Embassy of India, Damascus, Syria
146 Embassy of India, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
147 High Commission of India, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania148 Consulate General of India, Zanzibar, Tanzania
149 Embassy of India, Bangkok, Thailand
150 Consulate of India, Chiangmai, Thailand
151 High Commission of India, Trinidad & Tobago, West Indies
152 Embassy of India, Tunis, Tunisia
153 Embassy of India, Istanbul, Turkey
154 Consulate General of India, Istanbul, Turkey
155 Embassy of India, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
156 High Commission of India, Kampala, Uganda
157 Embassy of India, Kyiv, Ukraine
158 Embassy of India, Abu Dhabi, UAE
159 Consulate General of India, Dubai, UAE
160 High Commission of India, London, United Kingdom
161 Consulate General of India, Birmingham, United Kingdom
162 Consulate General of India, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
163 Embassy of India, Washington, USA
164 Consulate General of India, Atlanta, USA
165 Consulate General of India, Chicago, USA
166 Consulate general of India, Houston, USA
167 Consulate General of India, New York, USA
168 Consulate General of India, San Francisco, USA
169 Permanent Mission of India to the UN, New York, USA
170 Embassy of India, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
171 Embassy of India, Caracas, Venezuela
172 Embassy of India, Hanoi, Vietnam
173 Consulate General of India, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
174 Embassy of India, Sana’a, Yemen
175 High Commission of India, Lusaka, Zambia
176 Embassy of India, Harare, Zimbabwe