Autonomous institutions likely to introduce new user charges

All autonomous institutions under the central government are likely to introduce new user charges or even hike their existing rates in light of a finance ministry directive to generate revenue internally.

"The finance ministry had recommended last year that all statutory bodies of the government which provide services to the public should generate revenue and add to the government exchequer. So, the revised fee which we have proposed includes a service charge of 10 per cent for CARA," CARA Chairperson, Deepak Kumar told

(This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)