i" 8m no 119 of ihs the indian post office (amendment) bill, 1968  a billfurther to amend the indian post office act, 1898 be it enacted by parliament in the nineteenth year of the republic of india as follows:-1 this act may be called the indian post office (amendment) short act, 1968 title 6 ot 1898 z in the proviso to jlection 45 of the indian post office act, 1898, amend for the words "ten rupees", the words "fifty rupees" shall be substi- ment of tuted section u  statement of objects and reasonssection 45 of the indian post office act, 1898, limits the powers of the central government to issue indian postal orders up to rs 10 this limit, which has been in existence since the introduction of the postal order scheme in 1935, being very low, a member of the public who inten~ to send a remittance above rs 10, has to make the remittance either by money order or by purchasing more than one postal order of various denominations it would, therefore, be convenient both to the public and also to the department if postal orders are issued in higher denominations accordingly, it is proposed to amend section 45 of the act to enable the central government to issue postal orders up to the value of rs 50 2 the bill is designed to give effect to the above proposal new del1ii; ram subhag singh the 3rd december, 1968  president's recommendation under article 117 of the constitution of india[copy of letter no 15110166-ci, dated the 3rd december, 1968 from 8hr! ram subhag singh, minister of parliamentary affairs and communications to the secretary, lok sabha] the president having been informed of the subject matter of the bin further to amend the indian post office act, 1898, recomment:ls the consideration of the bill in the lok sabha under article 117 (3) of the constituuon of india \ • i ~ : clause 2 of the bill empowers the central government to issue postal orders up to the value of rs 50 it is proposed to issue new postal orders of the denominations of rs 20, rb 30, rs 40 and rs 50 at present, it is difficult to estimate the demand for the postal orders proposed to be issued but if 10,000 copies each of the new denominations are printed initially, the cost of printing would come to about rs 840 this expenditure is, however, likely to be recouped by means of the corresponding saving which will be made by the reduction in the issue of postal orders of lower deno--minations it is estimated that the printing of 10,000 copies each of the new denominations would entail a reduction in the printing of 1,40,000 postal ortiers of the denomination of rs 10, which would mean a saving of rs 2,940 in the printing cost in the circumstances, the bill is not likely to invlove any recurring expenditure from the consolidated fund of india  annexure extract from the indian post office act, 1898(6 of 1898) - - - - -  chapter ixmoney orders - - - - - power to provide for the issue of postal orders 45 the central government may authorise the issue, in such form as may ,be suitable, of money orders, to be called postal orders or by such other designation as may be deemed appropriate, for certain fixed amounts, anti may make rules as to the rates of commission to be charged thereon and the manner in which, and conditions subject to which, they may be issued, paid and cancelled: provided that no such order shall be issue'd for an amount in excess of ten rupees -  -    a bill fwther to amend the indian post office act, 1898 (dr ram subhag singh, minister of parliamentary affairs and communications) 