₹2,000 for political rallies, ₹300 for Bihu: Assam Police permission fees raise eyebrows

Assam govt revises user charges & service fees for citizen-centric services. Permission for political rallies, Bihu & other cultural programmes to incur fees of ₹2K, ₹300 & ₹500 respectively.

GUWAHATI

Political rallies in Assam would entail a permission fee of ₹2,000 while ₹500 would be charged for clearance to organise street plays and awareness programmes or rallies.

Similarly, permission to organise the spring-time Bihu and other cultural programmes, meetings, and conferences would incur a fee of ₹300.

The Assam government has revised the user charges and service fees for “citizen-centric service delivery” through the Assam Police Sewa Setu, a portal offering 26 services.

A notification issued by Biswajit Pegu, the Home (A) Department Secretary on November 17 said a dozen services such as filing e-complaint, e-FIR (First Information Report), passport, and permission for holding religious events have been exempted from any fee.

The remaining services would be provided for fees ranging from ₹300 to ₹50,000, the notification said.

According to the list, permission for holding any sporting event and political rally, event, and meeting would carry a fee of ₹2,000.