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Select Final Status of POSTS/R/2018/60157 Applicant Name xxxxxxxxxx Date of receipt 30/11/2018 Request Filed With Department of Posts 1. What is total one time cost incurred by Department of post and monthly rent for POS machines provided at post office counters for cashless payments . 2. No of transactions and volumes of transaction through these POS machine in month of NOV 2018. Text of Application 3. is Department of post promoting cashless paymenst at counter , if yes how customers are made aware . 4. At how many post offices , there is not a single Cashless payment by mode of POS in last 3 month and why is department paying Rent for POs . are there any plans to discontinue POS machines. Request document (if any) document not provided Status REQUEST DISPOSED OF as on 05/12/2018 Date of Action 05/12/2018 Reply :- Point wise reply to the information sought is as under 01 Department of Posts has paid Rs. 200/- (Rs. Two Remarks Hundred only) for onetime installation charges of each Desktop GPRS POS machine and Rs. 400/- (Rs. four hundred only) for each Portable GPRS POS machine and the monthly rental of Desktop GPRS POS machine is Rs. 220 and GST for first 48 months and actual SIM charges from the 49th month of installation onwards. The monthly rental of Portable GPRS POS machine is Rs. 400 and GST for first 48 months and then actual SIM charges from 49th month onwards. Point No. 2 The number of transactions performed at POS machines installed at Post Offices during the month of November, 2018 is 6 and the amount of these transactions is Rs. 11275/- and 191.73 tax. Point No 3 As per guidelines by the Department of Personnel and training in the Guide to the RTI Act, 2005 only such information (i.e. any material in any form) can be had under the RTI Act which already exists with the public authority. The public authority under the RTI Act is not supposed to create information, or to interpret information, or to solve the problems raised by the applicants, or to furnish replies to hypothetical questions. Point No 4 Part 1 At 1478 Post Offices (out of Post Offices where POS machine is installed) there was not a single transactions done through POS terminal in last 3 months. Part 2 As per guidelines by the Department of Personnel and training in the Guide to the RTI Act, 2005 only such information (i.e. any material in any form) can be had under the RTI Act which already exists with the public authority. The public authority under the RTI Act is not supposed to create information, or to interpret information, or to solve the problems raised by the applicants, or to furnish replies to hypothetical questions. Part 3 At present, Department of Posts is not planning to discontinue transactions through POS machines in Post Offices.