Postal Rates

ANNEXURE– I
PostalRates
Sl	Mail Based Products and Services		Tariff in Rs
1	Post Card	Single	0.5
		Reply	1
		Printed Postcard	6
		Meghdoot Postcard	0.25
2	Letter Card	Weight 5 grams. No enclosures allowed	2.5
3	Letters (Maximum 2 kg)	For every 20 grams or part thereof	5
		Embossed envelope	5
4	Book packet	For the first 50 grams	4
		For additional 50 grams or part thereof, excess of 50 grams	3
5	Sample and Pattern packets (Maximum weight 2 kg)	For the first 50 grams	4
		For additional 50 grams or part thereof , excess of 50 grams	3
6	Book packet containing Printed Books Should notcontain advertisement,should not be a periodical	For every 100 grams or part thereof. Maximum weight 5 kg	1
7	Book packet containing Periodicals (Maximum 5kg)Value of Periodical uptoRs 20	For the first 100 grams	2
		For additional 100 grams or part thereof, excess of 100 grams	3
	Value of Periodical above Rs 20 and upto Rs 50	For the first 100 grams	4
		For additional 100 grams or part thereof, excess of 100 grams	5
	Value of Periodical above Rs 50	For the first 100 grams	8
		For additional 100 grams or part thereof , excess of 100 grams	9
8	Registered Newspapers
	Single copy	Weight upto 50 grams	0.25
		Weight above 50 grams but not exceeding 100 grams	0.5
		For every additional 100 grams or part thereof in excess of 100 grams	0.2
	More than one copy of same issue	Weight upto 100 grams	0.5
		For additional 100 grams or part thereof, excess of 100 grams	0.2
9	Blind Literature Packet (Maximum Weight 7 kg)	Postage, Registration and acknowledgement charges are free	Free
10	Parcel	Upto 500 grams	19
		Additional 500 grams or part thereof	16
		Home delivery charges for article weighing more than 5 kgs. 10 kgs ifbooked or deliverable at BO. 20 kgs inother cases	5
	Parcels should be presented at the counter. Should be registered, if theweight is more than 4 kgs. Redirection fee for Parcel- 50% ofordinary postage		94
11	Late fee for posting	Unregistered article	2
		Registered article	3
12	Late fee for renewal of	Not later than the last working day of	50

Annexure II-Supplementary Charges on Foreign Parcels
Sl no	Category	Amount in Rs
1	Presentation to customs charges collected by the Administration of Origin	20
2	Presentation to Customs charge collected by the Administration of destination (inward parcels) released after levy of customs duty	100
3	Advice of non-delivery reply charge	20
4	Warehousing charges on addressee who does not take delivery of parcel after receiptat the delivery post office (from the 8th day)	Rs. 10 per day after 7 days of Notice subject to a maximum of Rs. 200
5	Advice of Delivery charge	20
6	Inquiry charge. However, if at the request of the customer, inquiries are transmitted byTelecom/EMS charge Equivalent to the priceof the service may be collected	Free
7	Charge for a request for withdrawal from the Post or alteration or correction of address	30
8	Charge for delivery of a parcel free of charges and fees to be collected on behalf ofthe administration of destination	20
9	Charge for delivery of a parcel free of charges and fees collected by the Administration of Origin	20
10	Insurance charges	Same as inland service
a.	The following charges have been abolished Presentation-to-Customs charge for incoming parcels which are released free of anycustoms duty, Repacking charge, Charge for a request for delivery free of chargesand fees after a parcel has been posted
b.	Charge as shown against Item No.1 is applicable to all foreign parcels except for those destined to Nepal and Bhutan. This charge will be collected from thesender of the parcels at the time of booking alongwith the parcel postage rate.
c.	Charge for advance of non-delivery in respect of outward foreign parcels as

d.	With regard to charge for a request for withdrawal from the post or alteration or correction of address at item no. 7, the appropriate telegraph charges shall beadded to this charge, if the request is sent telegraphically.
e.	Charge shown against item no.8 is to be added to the presentation to customs charge shown against item no. 2 and is to be collected as a commission from thesender in favour of administration of destination to which the parcel delivery freeof charge and fees are being sent.
f.	Charge shown against item no.9 is to be collected from the sender and will be kept as payment for the service provided by the country of origin for parcels fordelivery free of charge and fees