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	Postal Rates (Inland and Foreign)
	Name of Postal Article	Postage in Rs.
1	Post Card
	Single Card	0.50
	Reply Card	1.00
	Meghdoot Post Card	0.25
	Printed Card (Postcards containing printed communication)	6.00
2	Inland Letter Card	2.50
3	Letters (Maximum Weight 2 Kg)
	For a weight not exceeding 20 gms	5.00
	For every additional 20gms or fraction thereof	5.00
4	Book Pattern and Smaple Packets ( maximum weight 5/2 Kg)
	For the first 50 gms	4.00
	For every additional 50gms or fraction thereof in excess of fifty grams	3.00
5	Book Packets containing printed Books (Maximu weight 5Kg)
	For the first one hundred grams or fraction thereof For every one hundred grams or fraction thereof, in excess of one hundred grams	1.00
		1.00
6	Book Packets containing periodicals (Registered with Registrar of News Paper)
	(i)  Value of Periodicals from Re 1 to Rs 20
	Upto 100gms	2.00
	For every additional 100gms or part thereof	3.00
	(ii) Value of Periodicals from Rs 21 to Rs 50
	Upto 100gms	4.00
	For every additional 100gms or part thereof	5.00
	(iii) Value of Periodicals from Rs 51 and above
	Upto 100gms	8.00
	For every additional 100gms or part thereof	9.00
7	Blind Literature packets (maximum weight 7 Kg)
	Postage, Registration and Acknowledgement charges	Free
8	Parcels (Maximum weight 20 Kg ( 10kg if booked or delivered at B.O.))
	For a weight not exceeding 500 gms	19.00
	For every additional 500 gms or fraction thereof Exceeding 500 gms.	16.00
9	For Registered News Paper (Must be Registered with Department of Posts)
	I.   Single Copy
	For a weight not exceeding 50 gms	0.25
	For a weight exceeding 50gm but not exceeding 100 gms	0.50
	For every additional 100 gms or part thereof, exceeding 100 gms	0.20
	II. In case of more than one copy of the same issue of a Registered News paper being carried in the same packet - Delivered at window of Post office
	For a weight not exceeding 100 gms	0.50
	For every additional 100 gms or part thereof, exceeding 100 gms	0.20
10	Registration
	Fee for Registration	17.00
	Concessional Registration fee for VPP containing Printed Books, the printed or stamped value whereof does not exceed Rs. 50/-.	2.50
11	Acknwledgements
	Fee for each acknowldegement	3.00
12	Electronic Money Orders
	For every sum of Rs. 20 or fraction thereof	1.00

13	Insurance of Postal Articles viz. Registered letters, value payable registered letters, registered parcels and value payable registered parcels (having value upto Rs. 600 in case articles booked at BOs and Rs. 100000 in case of other Post Offices)                                                                                                                                                                   Note: Where currency notes are dispatched by insured post the value shall not exceed Rs. 20,000/-
	Insurance fee upto Rs. 200	10.00
	For every additional Rs. 100 or fraction thereof in excess of Rs. 200	6.00
14	Indian Postal Orders
	Commission on each IPO
	Upto Rs. 10/-	1.00
	Upto Rs. 20/-	2.00
	Upto Rs. 50/-	5.00
	Upto Rs. 100/-	10.00
15	VPP Fee
	Not exceeding Rs. 20	2.00
	Exceeding Rs. 20 but not exceeding Rs. 50	3.00
	Exceeding Rs. 50	5.00
16	VPP Inquiry Fee	1.00
17	Postal Identity Cards (Valid for a period of 03 Years) *	9.00
18	Business Reply Permit Fee (Handling charges per article)	1.00
19	Warehousing Charges on VPP articles for detention beyond 07 days
	For Parcels (per day)	3.00
	For other articles (per day)	2.00
20	Airmail Fee
	i. For postal articles (other than letters, letter cards, and post cards) for the first fifty grams or fraction thereof	2.00
	For every additional 50 grams or fraction thereof	1.00
21	Late Fee
	i. For each unregistered letter, letter card, postcard or packet	2.00
	ii. For each registered letter, letter card postcard or packet	3.00
22	Fee for obtaining copy of original receipt signed by addressee (for regd. Per article)	2.00
23	Licence Fee for franking Machines (for 5 years)	375.00
24	Fee for recall of Postal articles (per article)	6.00
25	Rent for Boxes/ Bags
	(a) Post Boxes or Bags if taken separately
	(i) if rented for full financial year	150.00
	(ii) For three calendar months or part thereof, if rented for a period of less than a full financial year	50.00
	(b) Post Box and Bag combined together with the sameor different number
	(i) if rented for full financial year	250.00
	(ii) For three calendar months or part thereof, if rented for a period of less than a full financial year	80.00
26	Electronic Money Order Form	Free
27	Aerogramme	15.00
28	Airmail Postcard to all countries except Pakistan, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Nepal	12.00
29	Airmail Postcard to Pakistan, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Nepal	8.00

 

 

* Identification Card with Value addition. (Application fee + Processing fee)                              20+250

(Source BD)