Akshaya Centres: New Directives on Service Charges Released

Quick Summary:

• State government has issued orders fixing service charges for Akshaya centres providing K-Smart online services for Local Self-Government institutions.
• Service charges are additional to application fees (if applicable), and both fees must be displayed clearly at Akshaya centres.
• Fixed service charges outlined in the order:

– Birth registration: ₹40; Death registration: ₹40; Corrections in birth/death registrations: ₹50
– Marriage registration: ₹70 (general category); SC/ST category includes printing/scanning fee of ₹50; corrections in marriage registrations: ₹60
– Licence applications/corrections in licences: ₹40 each; complaints filing fee: ₹30; downloading certificates/notifications per page fee is ₹10.
– Tax payment fees vary based on amount paid, ranging from fixed rates of up to ₹100 or percentage-based amounts thereafter.
– Ownership change requests incur a charge of ₹50 while applications for BPL certificate cost only ₹10, and other misc applications are charged at a minimal rate of about towards.

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