Dear Comrades,
The Indian government has launched electronic postal order for its overseas citizens to enable them to seek information under the Right to Information (RTI) Act.
Surinder Bhagat, spokesperson of the Indian Embassy in Riyadh said Wednesday that the Personnel Department and Posts Department have recently launched a service called e-IPO (Electronic Indian Postal Order) to allow Indian citizens abroad to purchase an Indian Postal Order electronically by paying fee on-line through e-Post Office Portal http://www.epostoffice.gov.in.
“This facility has been provided for Indian citizens abroad to enable them to purchase a postal order electronically to seek information under the RTI Act, 2005,” he said.
He said the user needs to register at the website. He must select the ministry/department from whom he desires to seek the information under the RTI Act and the e-IPO so generated can be used to seek information from that ministry/department only.
He added that 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.
There are more than 2.8 million Indians living in Saudi Arabia. It is the largest expatriate community in the Kingdom.
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