The buildings have all necessary supporting facilities like lifts (one for each building), standby DG set, parking slots, PABX exchange with 120 extensions.

The two buildings house the following as on date:

The INS Secretariat
8 guest rooms with supporting facilities including pantry, lounge and store rooms.
Library
Media Centre with STD/ISD/PCO, Fax, Internet facilities
Conference Room which can accommodate about 40 persons
Committee Room with sitting facility for 8 personas
Canteen
Offices of 84 member publications spread over 92 flats on leave and licence basis

Though some of the flats in the old building were initially allotted to non-members, including some foreign agencies, in 1967 it was decided to get the non-members to vacate.

In the beginning the licence fee for the flats was fixed on ad-hoc basis. In 1966, the licence fee was Rs.1/- per sq. ft. This was raised in 1975 on the basis of Rs.2/-, Rs.2.50 and Rs.1.50 per sq. ft. for the first, seocnd/third and the fourth floors respectively. Later in January, 1979, service charge of Rs.1/- per sq. ft. was added to the licence fee. The licence fee was raised subsequently in 1985, 1988 (on uniform basis for all floors), 1992, 1996 and 1999. The latest rates are licence fee of Rs.10 /- + service charge of Rs.17/- per sq. ft. for all floors. The amount received from the licensees is utilised for maintenance of the buildings and provision of necessary services like lifts, fire fighting etc.

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