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Bharatkosh Payment

If a government department has told you to "pay the fee on Bharatkosh," you have probably landed on a portal that asks for a Purpose, a PAO code and a DDO code before it will take a rupee from you. It is not obvious, and one wrong selection means your money reaches the wrong department's account. Bharatkosh is the Government of India's Non-Tax Receipt Portal (NTRP). It is where you pay anything that is not a tax: RTI application fees, tender fees, exam fees, licence fees, testing charges, penalties, and donations. No bank queue, no demand draft, no visit to a government office. This guide covers the three things people actually need. How to make a Bharatkosh payment correctly the first time, how to check your Bharatkosh payment status when the screen fails but your money leaves, and how to download your payment receipt (GAR 6) and challan (GAR 7) afterwards. Everything here follows the official CGA user guide.