(i) The particulars of its organization, functions and duties:

The Consulate General of India is headed by Consul General and has the following Wings: (a) Chancery Wing (b) Commercial Wing (c) Press, Culture, and Information Wing and (d) Consular Wing.  These Wings are headed by a Consul rank officer.

The functions of the Consulate inter alia, include political and economic cooperation, trade and investment promotion, cultural interaction, press and media liaison, scientific cooperation in bilateral and multilateral and contexts: community affairs and providing passport, visa and consular services in the four States of Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland, under its jurisdiction.

Consulate functions within the purview of business allocated to the Ministry of External Affairs under the Government of India's Allocation of Business Rules and Transaction of Business Rules.

(ii) The powers and duties of its officers and employees:

General Administrative powers are derived from IFS (PLCA) Rules, 1961as amended from time to time.

Financial powers of the Officers of the Consulate General of India have been detailed in the Delegated Financial powers of the Government of India's Representatives Abroad.

Other powers are derived from the Passport Act of India.

The Officers of the Consulate function under the guidance and supervision of the Consul General.

(iii) The procedure followed in the decision making process, including channels of supervision and accountability:

Decisions are taken under the instruction and supervision of the Consul General.

(iv) The norms set by it for the discharge of its functions:

Norms are set under the instruction and supervision of the Consul General.

(v) The rules, regulations, instructions, manuals and records, held by it or under its control or used by its employees for discharging its functions:

IFS (PLCA) Rules, 1961 and its annexures giving decisions taken by the Government under the Rules, Delegated Financial Powers of Government of India's Representatives abroad, The Passport Act, Manuals on Office Procedures, Other Central Government Rules and Manuals published by the Central Government.

(vi) A statement of the categories of documents that are held by it or under its control:

Classified documents/files relating to India's external relations: Unclassified documents/files including joint statements, declarations, agreements and MoUs: Passport and consular services application forms.

(vii) The particulars of any arrangement that exists for consultation with, or representation by, the members of the public in relation to the formulation of its policy or implementation thereof:

Consulate General of India functions within the norms of India's foreign policy formulated by the Ministry of External Affairs. Policy is implemented by the Consulate under the guidance and supervision of the Consul General.

(viii) A statement of the boards, councils, committees and other bodies consisting of two or more persons constituted as its part or for the purpose of its advice, and as to whether meetings of those boards, councils, committees and other bodies are open to the public, or the minutes of such meetings are accessible for public:

Consulate interacts regularly with representatives of think tanks, academic community and others.

(ix) A directory of its officers and employees:

A directory is given at Annexure-I

(x) The monthly remuneration received by each of its officers and employees, including the system of compensation as provided in its regulations:

A statement of monthly remuneration is at Annexure-II

(xi) The budget allocated to each of its agency, indicating the particulars of all plans, proposed expenditures and reports on disbursements made:

The Budget figures for the current financial year are given in the statement at Annexure-III

(xii) The manner of execution of subsidy programmes, including the amounts allocated and the details of beneficiaries of such programmes:

Consulate General of India does not have any subsidy programme.

(xiii) Particulars of recipients of concessions, permits or authorizations granted by it:

a) No concessions/permits are granted by Consulate General of India.

b) Processing of visa services has been outsourced to M/s Indo-German Consultancy Services with effect from 11 May 2007.

Contact details of M/s Indo-German Consultancy Services and the procedure for obtaining visa has been given in the Consulate web site.

(xiv) Details in respect of the information, available to or held by it, reduced in an electronic form:

The Consulate's website has the required information. Consulate also makes available to interested individuals various CDs and DVDs containing information on India, its people and culture.

(xv) The particulars of facilities available to citizens for obtaining information, including the working hours of a Library or reading room, if maintained for public use:

The Consulate has a well-stocked Library and books are made available to interested individuals on request.

(xvi) The names, designations and other particulars of the Public Information Officers:

Public Information officer:

Mr. Surender Kumar, Consul (Head of Chancery)
Tel. (069) 15300531
Fax. (069) 554125
E-Mail: hoc@cgifrankfurt.de

Appellate Authority:

Mr. Taranjit Singh Sandhu, Consul General of India
Tel. (069) 15300512
Fax. (069) 554125
E-Mail: consulgeneral@cgifrankfurt.de

(xvii) Such other information as may be prescribed and thereafter update these publications every year:

The Consulate's website has information which is updated on a regular basis.