150 years of india post - maharashtrapost.gov.in · features : national / international network...

On 1st October, 1854, the first postage stamp valid across thecountry was issued at an affordable and uniform rate of postage, fixed

by weight and not by distance. For the first time the common man

could use a facility which included free delivery of letters from door to

door - a privilege previously enjoyed only by Heads of States and State

officials. From this day forth, the Post Office touched the life of every

citizen. Even though the British established the Post office for imperialinterests, it became, along with the Railways and the Electric Telegraph,

one of the great engines of social development.

The Post office is universally recognized as a facilitator of

comunication. The postal runner defied all odds - natural calamities,

wild beasts, geographical terrain and bandits - in the discharge of his

duties, to earn a place in the folklore of every region. However, what isless recognized is its pioneering role in retailing a diverse range of

services through its vast network. In the mid nineteenth century, the

post office served as facilitator of travel with its conveyance systems,

and by maintaining the dak bungalows and dak serais. Mail order services

were started with the value payable system introduced in 1877, whilefund remittances at the doorstep became possible from 1880 through

money order services. With the introduction of the Post Office Savings

Bank in 1882 banking facilities were accessible to all and by 1884 all

Government employees were covered by the Postal Life Insurance. The

post office has even been used to retail quinine and salt in public interest.

The postal network of over 1,55,000 outlets is the largest in theworld, and arguably, the largest retail network in the country. Its capacity

to handle financial transactions, its intimate knowledge of the local

environment in any part of the country and its unparalleled access

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renders it an efficient, cost effective means of accessing customersenywhere. Today, the focus is on modernizing and computerizing the

network to enhance its capacity to render various e-based services like

e-post and value added premium services like Speed Post, Business

Post etc. to meet the emerging needs of customers and also provide

e-governance facilities. In this era of economic liberalization, the post

office is gearing itself to meet its social obligations as well as thechallenges of the commercial, competitive envoronment.

India Post today is a blend of tradition and modernity, playing the

role of a catalyst for social change. It has knit the country together by

facilitating education, trade and industry and by breaking down social

barriers - an integrator in a fractured world. Its philatelic stamps have

showcased the best facets of India to the world.

FEATURES :

NATIONAL / INTERNATIONAL NETWORK

Speed Post has over 156 National Speed Post Centres and 850 State

Speed Post Centres all over India. It also links 97 major countries

around the globe.

TRACK &TRACE FACILITY

Any article can be tracked by logging on to www.indiapost.org

Or www.speedpost.org

WIDE SCOPE

We provide both documents as well as merchandise service. Money

transfer is also available through Speed Post in India.

SPECIAL INCENTIVES FOR BULK CUSTOMERS

* Book now pay later scheme

* Free pick up facility

* Computerised extension counters at the premises of the

customers

* Tailor-made solutions on contractual basis for despatch and

tariff

* Insurance facility up to Rs. 1 lakh available on payment of

prescribed Insurance charges

SPEED POST


LOW DOMESTIC TARIFF

Weight LocalUp to 201 to 1001 to Above

200 km. 1000 km. 2000 km. 2000 km

Upto 200 grams Rs. 20 Rs. 25 Rs. 30 Rs. 50 Rs. 50

201 to 500 grams Rs. 20 Rs. 40 Rs. 45 Rs. 60 Rs. 60

AdditionalRs. 5 Rs. 7.50 Rs. 10 Rs. 20 Rs. 25

500 grams or part

LOWEST INTERNATIONAL TARIFF

EMS Rates (Rs.)

Documents Merchandise

Zone Zone 1st 250 gms

Additional1st 250 gms

AddtionalNo. 250 gms 250 gms

1 Asia 425 50 475 50

2 Africa 425 50 475 50

3. Middle East 425 50 475 50

4. Australia 425 75 475 75

5. Europe 675 75 725 75

6. South America 525 100 575 100

7 North America 425 100 475 100

8. Sri Lanka 375 25 425 25

Bangladesh 375 25 425 25

Pakistan 375 25 425 25

Maldives 375 25 425 25

Nepal 375 25 425 25


For your extra sensitive mail, we will be launching a convenientsolution for your delivery needs called “Premium Post”, a timesensitive, high premium mail with guaranteed delivery before lunch,next day with POD/1OD on demand, which assures delivery in aparticular time frame, to a particular office or person.

You could get your tenders or examination applications or ticketsetc. to reach a particular office or person before a given deadline oryou could get your articles to be delivered late in the evening tocatch the addresses at home after the office hours through “PremiumPost”. Initially this service will start between two metros i.e. Mumbai& Delhi and vice versa and that too in identified areas.

PREMIUM POST

SPEED POSTPASSPORT SERVICE

* Members of the public can purchase the passport applicationform, fill up the same and submit it to the designated PostOffices.

* The facility of Speed Post Passport Service is available in thefollowing designated Post Offices.

. Mumbai GPO Aurangabad HO

. Andheri HO Pune HO / Shivaji Nagar HO

. Thane HO Nashik HO

. Nagpur GPO Vasco

* Cost of application form with envelope Rs. 20/-

* Service charges for Speed Post Passport Service Rs.100/-

* Fees for Passport charged by the Ministry of External Affairs,will have to be paid by the applicant in the form of DemandDraft from the Bank while submitting application on the SpeedPost Counter.

* This facility avoids long queues of the members of the public atthe Regional Passport office.


FEATURES

Too much mail to send? Relax, all your pre-mailing worries for bulk mail are

now over. We offer you the perfect solution - BUSINESS POST.

A special facility for undertaking all your franking, gumming, inserting activities

and direct despatch of prepared bags to destinations.

WE UNDERTAKE AT REASONABLE COST

* Collection of articles / mailing materials

* Inserting and gumming of the envelopes

* Addressing / address pasting of envelopes

* Franking of envelopes

* Special sorting and despatch of the articles

You can avail of all or any of the above services. We will provide youwith a customized plan to suit your need.

You can use Business Post for all your mass mailing needs.

* Monthly Bills

* Regular Mailers

* Corporate Reports

* Annual Reports

* Dividend Warrants

* Share Certificates

* Banking Instruments - Like cheques, monthly statements

RELIABILITY GUARANTEED

Our officials personally supervise the pre-mailing activities, thusensuring fast and responsible despatch of your mail, including all

your important mail like Dividend Warrants, Bills etc.


BUSINESS POST

SATISFIED CUSTOMERS

The Vehicle Tax Department increased its collection from a mere

Rs. 7000/- to whopping Rs. 1,00,000/- on a single day, once theystarted using Business Post. As the intimation for Vehicle Tax wasreceived on time by the vehicle owners, they deposited the money

within the stipulated date.

Similarly, Business Post helped the Income Tax Department increase

its collection in case of IT Refund Orders and IT Return Orders.

Major Corporate Giants like UTI, MTNL, ICICI, BSNL, LIC,Income Tax Deptt., SBI Credit Card, Mclouds Pharmaceuticals Ltd.,

Aristo Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

Last but not the least, we have 150 years of experience in this field.That’swhy we understand your business needs better than any body else.

AVAILABLE AT ALL OVER MAHARASHTRA & GOA

MUMBAI PUNE NAGPUR AURANGABAD GOA

Mumbai GPO Pandharpur Zero Mile Nashik HO Panjim HO

Yogakshema Satara HO NagpurHO Malegaon HO Vasco-da-Gama

Jacob Circle Karad MIDC Nagpur Aurangabad HO Margao

Vile Parle (W) Paltan Amravati HO Jalna HO Ponda

Chakala MIDC Satara City Akola HO Beed HO Panaji Stg. Offi.

Mandpeshwar Koregaon Chandrapur HO Nanded HO Sangli HO

Mahim Bazar Pune HO Gondia Nashik Road HO Ratnagiri HO

Gokhale Rd.(Thane) Chinchwad (E) Bhandara HO Chalisgaon HO Chiplun HO

Vashi Yerawada Buldhana Bhusaval HO Tilakmemorial SO

Commerce House Shivaji Nagar HO Yeotmal Jalgaon HO Dapoli SO

Dadar HO Shrirampur Wardha Parbhani HO Mapuca SO

Shanti Sadan Kurla Ahmednagar HO SRM F Dn Nagpur Dhule HO Kolhapur HO

UTI Belapur Solapur HO Osmanabad HO

Latur HO


Weight Local Upto 500 501-1000 1001-2000 Abovekms kms kms 2000 kms

Upto3 kgs Rs. 10.00 Rs. 15.00 Rs. 20.00 Rs. 25.00 Rs. 35.00per kg per kg per kg per kg per kg

For everyadditional Rs. 3.00 Rs. 5.00 Rs. 13.00 Rs. 25.00 Rs. 35.001 kg above 3 kgs

*Minimum tariff rate for booking EPP shall be for3 kgs.

EXPRESSPARCEL POSTIf your consignments are not too time sensitive, we offer you one more convenientsolution to your delivery needs. A contractual service that assures express andguaranteed delivery of your parcels upto 35 kgs through surface transport.

SPECIAL FEATURES FOR REGULAR CUSTOMERS

* Volume based discount * Credit facility

* VPP service on payment of VPP charges * Free pick up

* Insurance facilities on payment of insurance charges

FLEXIBILITY

Though the maximum weight limit is 35 kgs, we can provide a higher

limit in special circumstances.

SATISFACTION GUARANTEED

If the delivery norms are not met, charges will be refunded. In caseof loss or damage, the compensation is limited to Rs. 500 or actual

value of parcel lost / damaged, whichever is less. If it is insured, fullinsured amount is payable.

VERY ATTRACTIVE RATES

Based on the distance and weight of the parcels, the rate structureis as follows :

EPP tariff wef 25-10-2004


RETAIL POSTRetail Post refers to the services offered by the Department of Posts utilizingthe retail network of Post offices. The services includes acceptance of payment

of various kinds of bills (electricity, Telephone etc.) at Post offices, sales ofproducts through Post office counters (Prepaid cards of Mobile / telephoneCompanies, Sale of Kodak Cameras, Sale of application forms for competitive

exam, University, and other miscellaneous items like disbursement of personalloans - GE Countrywide etc.,) Details are as follows :

BILL COLLECTION

* The bill payment in Post Offices - near one’s office or home.

* The large network of Post Offices makes it convenient for anyorganisation to entrust the work of bill collection to Post Offices,as it is very convenient for customers.

* The payment can be accepted in either cash or cheque.

* For each bill collected, a commission of Rs. 5/- per bill is chargedto the organisation.

* Relevant M.I.S. and total amount of money collected on a givenday is transferred to the organisation next day.

* We are already collecting bills for organisations like BSNL,MTNL, MSEB, and Reliance Infocomm, Mahanagar Gas, BEST.

SALE OF FORMS

We undertake sale of forms of various universities examination

such as:

* Sale of UPSC Application forms

* Sale of AFMC, Pune Forms

* Sale of Kerla Engg. / Medical Entrance Exam.

* Sale of CAT application for Cochin University of Science &Technology.


* Sale of Application forms of Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT)

* Sale of Application forms for MBA / MMS / CET of Directorateof Technical Education of Maharashtra.

PRASADAM SCHEME

* The holy prasadam of Shri Siddhivinayaka temple is now available atyour doorstep on demand.

* All you have to do is to visit any Post Office in Maharashtra and Goa andtender the required amount at the counter.

* Within a few days, the holy prasadam will be delivered at your doorstep.

* The prasadam contains the following:

F Photograph

F One Vibhuthi packet (Sacred ash)

F Dry fruit packet consisiting Khaju, Kismis, Crystal Sugar and Kharik.

F Raksha thread.

F Dry Coconut

* On similar lines, customised solutions can be offered to other institutions

for distribution of their prasadam and other related items.

SALE OF VARIOUS PRODUCTS

We undertake other services like Sale of Prepaid cards/RCVs and

Coupons of Mobile companies, Sale of Kodak Cameras, Sale ofapplication forms for competitive exams / University and othermiscellaneous items like verification of Electoral rolls, Sale of Rakhi

and Rakhi Cover, Address verification etc. We are also selling iden-tified products of M/s. EMAMI Ltd.

RETAILING OF PERSONAL LOANS

In Identified post Offices, personal Loans can be availed which is

being distributed through a tie-up with GE Countrywide.


e-BILL POSTA facility of accepting of payment of bills, in Post Offices spread throughout thecountry, consolidating this information, transferring data pertaining to bill paymentand making centralized payment to the service provider electronically.

The collected data is updated in a central server on-line, and this is accessible

to the biller at any time.

Relevant transaction lists with full details are available on-line to the concernedservice provider.

SALIENT FEATURES

* Applicable in Post Offices having Internet facility.

* Six weeks time is required to customize the existing softwareto suit needs of any organisation.

* Rates are Rs. 7.50 per 5 fields of information. For every additionalfield Rs. 1/- is charged.

* Mode and frequency of payment is done from one point and as

per mutual convenience.

ADVANTAGES

l Information about bill collection is exchanged electronically with

the service provider as and when the transaction take place.

l Single point interface between India Post and the serviceprovider.

l The system can take care of high volumes - 15 lakh transactiona day which can be enhanced to five times at short notice.

l Fully secure : The India Post Data Centre (IPDC) has beenestablished for this purpose with the state of the art technologywith full security.


BILL MAIL SERVICE* Bill Mail Service means the communication in the nature of a financial

statement, bill, monthly account bill or other such item of similar natureposted by a service provider to a customer at least once in 90 days butdoes not include a communication in the nature of letter mail or havingthe character of a personal communication or exclusively commercialpublicity Items.

* Bill Mail shall be received for posting at identified location(s) provided byIndia Post under Bill Mail Service.

* Bill Mail Service shall be delivered within a circumscribed area like onecity or one district.

* Posting of Bill Mail shall not be less than 5,000 pieces at a time.

* Bill Mail shall be received at the receiving office sorted pincode-wise andbundled delivery office-wise.

* “City” includes twin cities or urban agglomeration.

* Rates of postage shall be chargeable on Bill Mail Service as under.For a weight not exceeding 20 gms = Rs. 3.00For every 20 gms or a fraction thereof exceeding 20 gms = Rs. 1.60


FEATURES :

In addition to Bill Mail Service features following are additional features of NationalBill Mail Service :* National Bill Service will accept bills/ Financial statements or other such items

of similar nature fulfilling the conditions for Bill Mail Service, fully prepaid withpostage as applicable for Bill Mail Service at identified post offices/ Businesspost Centres etc. for delivery within a circumscribed area like one city or onedistrict anywhere in the country. Bills can be received for delivery in multipledestinations.

* National Bill Mail articles will be received, pre-sorted PIN code wise and pre-bundled delivery post office wise in respect of each destination. Each articlewill be pre-paid and should contain the superscription “Bill Mail Service”.

* PIN code wise sorted and bundled Bill Mail Service articles, as above will bepackaged destination wise by the sender/mailer or by the Business Post Centre(in which case this will be done on a suitable extra charge). Each such packagewill contain only the Bill mail articles meant for delivery in one city or onedistrict. There can be more than one package for a destination.

* Each packet should not exceed the maximum weight limit prescribed. E.g. fordispatch as Speed Post/EPP, the maximum weight limit per packet is 35 kgs.

* The securely closed package (s) for delivery in another station will be dispatchedto the destination station as EPP/Speed Post /Registered Parcel etc. dependingupon the choice of the customer.

NATIONAL BILL MAIL SERVICE

MEDIA POSTAt a time when innovation is the key to successful advertising and wider reach

at a lower cost, the necessity, Media Post comes as an answer to your advertising

dilemma. Print your logo on our postal stationery or impress on it by Mail

Cancellation or give your messages on LETTER BOXES, MAIL VANS

AND POST OFFICE BUILDINGS and attract millions of prospective

consumers in India and abroad.

A. ADVERTISEMENT ON POST STATIONERY

Medium Space Charges per piece Minimum(Cms) for single colour quantity Cost (Rs.)

advertisement (Paise) (Million)

Postcards 3 x 2.25 10 Paise* 2 2,00,000

Inland Letter Cards 9 x 2.25 15 Paise* 2 3,00,000

Aerogrammes 5.5 x 4.25 20 Paise* 1 2,00,000

Money Order Forms 2 x 4.25 10 Paise* 1 1,00,000

PO SB Pass Books 9 x 2.25 10 Paise* 0.5 50,000

*Charges for multi colour are double.

B. MEGHDOOT POSTCARDS

i) The address side blank space

of post card may be used for

printing advertisement

- up to four colours.

ii) This post card-known as Meghdoot Card-would be sold @ 25 paise

each as against normal post card being sold @ 50 paise each.


iii) Specially suited for marketing in rural and semi-urban areas.

iv) Sale can be concentrated in area selected by company concerned.

v) Minimum order for 1 lakh post cards @ Rs. 2/- per card.

vi) 5% discount to company for order of 5 lakh quantity and above.

vii) 10 % discount to company for order of 10 lakh quantity and above.

C. RATE FOR ADVERTISEMENT ON LETTER BOXES

Locality Rates per annum for advertisement (In rupees)TV / Pillar type C-3, C-4, C-5

letter boxes letter boxes

A-1 and A Cities 2000 1000

B-1 Cities 1800 900

B-2 Cities 1600 800

C Cities 1400 700

Other Town 1200 600

Rural Areas 1000 500

F Painting charge of the advertisement on Letter Boxes in case Departmentundertakes painting will be extra @ Rs. 300 per letter box for TV Pillartype and Rs. 200 per letter box for C-3, C-4, C-5 type letter boxes.

SPACE ON LETTER BOXES PERMITTED FOR ADS

Type Measurement Area (Sq cms)

TV Type 26.5 x 56 cms 1484

Pillar (1 Mouth) 26 x 34 cms 884



C-3 17 x 26 cms 442

C-4, C-5 etc 20 x 10 cms 200


LOGISTICS POST

* This is a time bound premium service that offers pick up anddelivery of heavy consignment at low rates.

* To begin with, the service is available between Mumbai-Pune,Mumbai-Nasik and vice- versa. Services are to be launched alsofor other cities very shortly.

* Logistics post centres are located at Byculla & Pune and pickup centres are located at Byculla, Thane and Panvel. Thesecenters will be booking and delivering consignments.

* Logistics Post centres can be contacted for pick up at nominalcharge or the consignments may be brought to the center bycustomer directly.

WEIGHT

Minimum weight for tariff purpose will be 50 kgs. There is nomaximum weight limit.

TARIFF

The tariff for Logistics Posts will be based on weight and volume.Volume of 1 cubic feet = 5 Kg.

DETAILS OF TARIFF FOR LOGISTICS POST

TARIFF FOR FULL TRUCK LOAD (IN RS.)

Routes 3 Ton 7 Ton 9 Ton

Mumbai-Pune 3033 5413 5379

Pune-Mumbai 3033 4930 5379

Mumbai-Nasik 3033 5172 5379

Nasik-Mumbai 3033 5413 5379

For full truck of 3 ton, 7 ton and 9 ton, no extra amount for servicecharge, pick up, delivery or loading/unloading will be charged.


GREETING POST* New range of delightful Greeting Cards, brought to you by

India Post.* These cards come ready with postage prepaid envelopes,

thereby eliminating the need to affix stamps. What’s more, theseprepaid postage stamps are an exact replica of the cards inside

* Greeting card are available with beautiful designs and pleasingcolours. Can also be designed to your specifications withmatching stamps.

* Available in two sizes : 10.5 cms x 16.6 cms for Rs. 14/- and12 cms x 18.5 cms for Rs. 17/-

* Discount of 20% is given on purchase of 100 or more cards.

* Available at Mumbai GPO & other major Post Offices.


TARIFF FOR INDIVIDUAL PARCELS

Route Weight Slab Rs.Per Kg.

MUMBAI-PUNE & Upto 100 kgs. 1.35

PUNE-MUMBAI Above l00 kgs. Upto 0.5 tonnes 1.15

Above 0.5 tonnes Upto 2 tonnes 1.10

Above 2 tonnes Upto 3 tonnes 1.00

Above 3 tonnes Upto 5 tonnes 0.85Above 5 tonnes Upto 7 tonnes 0.80*

Above 7 tonnes Upto 9tonnes 0.60Above 9 tonnes 0.60

* Except Pune-Mumbai for weight above 5 tonnes and upto 7 tonnes, the rateis Re.0.70 per kg.

* For weight other than full truck, service charge of Rs.100,loading/unloading charges and pickup/delivery charges will becharged extra.

INSURANCE

Insurance would be compulsory The consignor would be free toinsure his goods either with Oriental Insurance (With whom theDepartment of Posts has a tie up) or any other insurer.

e-POST

BRIDGES THE DIGITAL DIVIDE

Whether you are in a metropolis or in a village, you can now sendand receive email messages through epost even without you or theaddressee having access to a computer or internet.

* Messages can be in any language, and can even be hand written.They can also contain picture or graphics. The epost Centresat designated Post Offices will scan and email the messages onthe internet. The destination epost Centres will print anddeliver the epost to the addressees through postmen.

* Besides the postal addresses in India, the epost messages canalso be sent to email ID(s) anywhere in the world. Booking canbe done from both a Post Office or from you computer athome or office.

* You can use epost for advertising your products to selectcustomers; or you can inform your friends and relatives abouta ceremony or meeting. Handover your message at a PostOffice or just access indiapost.nic.in from your home or officecomputer and the messages will be printed and delivered toPostal Addresses, anywhere in India.

BOOKING FROM A POST OFFICE

* Bring a hand written or printed message to any Post Office. Itdoes not matter in which language it is written.

* The message may be in text format, or may contain pictures or both.

* Any number of pages can be booked. However, no page shouldbe more than A4 in size (8.27” x 11.69”).

* The name and address with PIN code of the addressee(s) andsender should be clearly and legibly written on top of themessage. Messages can be sent to Postal addresses in India only.

* The message (only text for the time being) can also be handedover in a floppy, along with clearly written addresses and emailIDs, if any. Customer must ensure that the floppy is virus free.The size should be such as can be printed on a A4 size paper.

* The Post Office, if it is an epost Centre, would scan the messageand issue a receipt for the tariff.


* In case the Post Office is not an epost Centre, it would

l Retain the message and issue a receipt for tariff to the customer

l put the message in closed service envelope and send it todesignated ePost Centre for further transmission electronically.

* The tariff, at present, is Rs. 10 per A4 size page, per addressee.Payment can be made only in cash.

BOOKING FROM CUSTOMER’S HOME / OFFICE

* Buy an epost prepaid cash card. These Cards can be boughtfrom selected Post Offices and other outlets in denominationsof Rs. 500 and 1000.

* Access the epost portal indiapost.nic.in and register as auser. Once registered, messages can be easily sent by followingthe online instructions.

* epost messages can be sent to any postal addresee(s) in Indiaor email ID(S) anywhere in the World, or both.

* Payment can be made online using the prepaid cash card only.

TRANSMISSION & DELIVERY

* The epost Centre would scanthe message and email itthrough the internet to thenearest epost Centre of the addressee.

* The destination epost Centre would print the message, put itin an envelope and would send it out for delivery through thepostmen. The prints would be in Black & White only.

* If the addressee is not within the delivery jurisdiction of the epostCenre, it would send the envelope to the Post Office in whosejurisdiction the addressee resides, for delivery to the addressee.

epost messages are unregistered letters under Indian PostOffice Act, 1898.

In Maharashtra Circle, there are 65 epost Centres.

speedier, economical, and so... easyFor availing the service and more details, please visit

Indiapost.nic.in Nearest Post Office


TRADITIONAL PRODUCTSFollowing are our Traditional Products :

* Post Card

Post card is the cheapest mode of communication. It has freeair transmission. It costs Re. 0.50 per card. Post card of privatemanufacture is transmitted by Post as postcard provided thatthe postage is prepaid in full and that their dimensions are notgreater that 15 cm x 10.5 cm or less than 10 cm x 7 c.m

* Inland Letter Card

A letter card means a sheet paper of the kind ordinarily usedfor letter writing suitably folder and gummed. It has reasonableprice. No enclosures are allowed with it. It has wide publicityand free air transmission. It costs Rs. 2.50 per card. Privatelyprinted letter cards are permitted provided that the weight ofthe letter card should not exceed 3 gms., that it should bearoutside at the top left hand corner on the address side thewords “Inland Letter Card” and that the dimensions of theletter card should be within following limits.

Unfolded Max. 30 cm x 21 cmsMin. 20 cm x 14 cms

Flaps Not exceeding 2.5cm x 12.5cm on one sideand 1.5 cm x 7.5 cm on the other.

Folded Max. 15 cm x 10.5 cmsMin. 10 cm x 7 cms.

* BookPost

Bookpost has reasonable price and wide availability. In case ofBookpost flap should be kept open. It costs Rs. 4/- upto 50gms.Invitation, wedding cards can be sent through book Post.

* Letter

Letters are having high confidentiality. Enclosures are allowedwith it. It has free air transmission and wide availability. Its priceis reasonable i.e., Rs. 5/- upto 20 gms.


* Registered Letter

Registered letter is addressee specific and widely available. Ithas free air transmission. enclosure are allowed with it. It hassecure handling and accountability also. Acknowledgement facilityis available if needed. Registered letters have legal status andRegistration fee Rs. 17/-

* Business Reply Services

A person who wishes to obtain a reply from his client withoutputting him to the expenditure of paying the postage chargesmay attach or enclose with his communication an addressedreply card / envelope. Such a card / envelope can be posted bythe client in the ordinary manner but without any stamp. Theusual postage charges will be collected from the addressee.The person desirous of availing this facility should take out apermit from the Head of the Division. applications alongwithcomplete printed proofs of card / envelope should be forwardedto Postmaster of the office to which the Business replycorrespondence is to be returned. The fee for the permit shallbe paid in advance at following rates.

Fees for permit for Business Reply Card / Envelope :If applied during. The license is valid till following 31st Marchfrom the date of issue.1st April to 30th June Rs. 200/-1st July to 30th September Rs. 150/-1st Oct to 31st December Rs. 100/-1st Jan t 31st Mar. Rs. 50/-Handling charges for envelopes in addition to Postage perarticle - Re. 1

* Value Payable Articles

The Value Payable System is designed to meet the requirementsof persons which wish to pay for articles sent to them at thetime of receipt of the articles or of the bills or railway receiptsrelating to them and also to meet the requirements of tradersand others who which to recover through the agency of postoffice the value of article supplied by them.

Registered Parcels / Letters may be transmitted by inland postas value payable postal articles, provided that the amount


specified for remittance to the sender in the case of any suchpostal article does not exceed Rs. 5000/- and provided thatsuch parcels / letters do not contain coupons, tickets, certificatesof introduction designed for the sale of goods.

Value Payable Postal articles can be posted at any post officethat is a money order office (with a few exceptions) fortransmission of any other post office that is a money orderoffice.

The sender has to give declaration that the article is sent inexecution of bonafide order received by him. He is required tofurther declare that the article is one the transmission of whichby post as a Value Payable Postal article is permitted.

Inland Postal Tariff

1. Post Card Rs. 0.50

2. Competition Post Card Rs. 10.00

3. Meghdoot Postcard Rs. 0.25

4. Letter Card Rs. 2.50

5. Book PostFor first 50 gms or fraction thereof Rs. 4.00For every additional 50 gms or fraction thereof Rs. 3.00

6. Letter (Max. 2 kg)Upto 20 gms Rs. 5.00For every additional 20 gms or part Rs. 5.00thereof

7. Registration Fee Rs. 17.00Acknowledgement fee Rs. 3.00

8. InsuranceLimitCash upto Rs. 2000 value of article uptoRs 1 lakhFees : Upto Rs. 200 Rs. 10.00Every additional Rs. 100 or part Rs. 6.00

9. Value payable posting feeValue upto Rs. 20/- Rs. 2.00Value above Rs. 20/- but upto Rs. 50/- Rs. 3.00Value above Rs. 50 but upto Rs. 5000/- Rs. 5.00


SALE OF

NON-LIFE

INSURANCE PRODUCTS* The Department of Posts has entered into an agreement

with the Oriental Insurance Company for sale of the following

non-life insurance products through the postal network.

* Personal Accident Insurance

* Janta Personal Accident Insurance

* Mediclaim Insurance

* Householders’ Insurance

* Shopkeepers’ Insurance

* Sweet Home Insurance

* Fire Insurance

* Cattle Insurance

* Kissan Agricultural Pumpset Insurance

* Rajrajeshwari Mehila Kalyan Bima Yojna

* Bhagyashree Child Welfare Policy

* Universal health Insurance

* Kissan Package Policy

* Nagrik Suraksha Policy

* Jan Arogya Policy

* The scheme is now operational in all districts of Maharashtra

Circle.


NEW SERVICES TO BE

LAUNCHED SHORTLY

DIRECT POST

* Direct Post would comprise of un-addressed mail articles like

letter, cards, brochures, questionnaires, pamphlets, samples,promotional items like CDs/floppies and cassette etc

* Articles posted as Direct Post will bear no address or name

on the communication. These will be accepted in bulk indesignated offices and will not be posted in a letter box.

* A minimum quantity of 1000 pieces would be accepted under

the Direct Post.

* Articles to be accepted would be such that they do not exceedthe length and width of an A3 size paper.

* Any person or organization could use the service.

* The senders of Direct Post will specify the numbers and areasin which the sender wishes Direct Post articles to be distributed.

* Direct Post articles would be accepted stamped/franked andbundles pin-code wise.

* In case the sender desires the articles to be printed or requires

any other pre-mailing activity under the business post, this couldalso be provided by us.

* The price for the Direct Post articles would be as follows :


Per article for Per article for ever additional

1st 20gms 20 gms or part thereof

Local Inter City

Price of 1 Direct Rs.1.50 Rs.2.00 Re.1.00 for both local and

post articles. inter-city article

* Where Direct Post articles are tendered in quantities of over 50000, a

discount/ commission of 5% would be admissible.

CITY POSTFor your local mail with assured next day delivery and an electronic

IOD/MIS, we are launching local mail called “City Post” very shortly.

It is proposed to start City Post in only 7 metros to begin with.

SPECIAL FEATURES

* Pick up facility.

* Special handling for time sessitive nature.

* IOD facility (via SMS/email/telephone/India Post web site)

* MIS facility.

* 100% working track and trace system.

* Minimum number of articles accepted at a time would be 50

articles.

* Letters would be accepted pre-sorted PIN Code wise


SPEED POST CENTRES ON NATIONAL NETWORK1 56APO2 99 APO3 Agartala4 Agra5 Ahmedabad6 Aizwal7 Ajmer8 Allahbad9 Aligarh10 Aluwa (Alwaye)11 Ambala12 Amritsar13 Ara (Bihar)14 Aurangabad15 Bagalkot16 Bangalore17 Bareilly18 Batala19 Belgaum20 Bellary (Knt)21 Berhampur (Orissa)22 Bhatinda23 Bhopal24 Bhubaneshwar25 Bidar26 Bijapur (Kar)27 Bilaspur (Chhastt.)28 Calicut29 Chandigarh30 Chapra (Bihar)31 Chennai32 Chhindwara (Chhastt.)33 Chikmanglur34 Coimbatore35 Cuddalore (TN)36 Cuttack37 Darbhanga38 Davanagere39 Deharadaun

40 Delhi41 Dhanbad42 Dharmashala (HP)43 Dibrugarh44 Dimapur45 Durg (Chhastt.)46 Eluru (AP)47 Erode (TN)48 Faridabad49 Gadag (Kar)50 Gangtok51 Gaya (Bihar)52 Ghaziabad53 Goa-Panaji54 Gorakhpur55 Gulbarga56 Guntur (AP)57 Gurdaspur58 Gurgaon59 Guwahati60 Gwalior61 Haldwani(Utt. Chal)62 Hamirpur (HP)63 Haveri (Kar)64 Hissar65 Hosur66 Howrah67 Hubli (Dharwad)68 Hyderabad69 Imphal70 Indore71 Itanagar72 Jabalpur73 Jaipur74 Jalandhar75 Jammu76 Jameshedpur77 Jhansi78 Jodhpur

79 Jorhat80 Kanchipuram81 Kanpur82 Karnal (Haryana)83 Karur (TN)84 Khammam (AP)85 Khanna86 Kharagpur87 Kochi88 Kohima89 Kolkata90 Kollam91 Kotdwara(Utt. Chal)92 Kottayam93 Kurnool94 Kurukshetra (Haryana)95 Lucknow96 Ludhiyana97 Madurai98 Mandi (HP Simla)99 Mangalore100 Mathura101 Meerut102 Moradabad103 Mumbai104 Muzaffarpur105 Mysore106 Nagercoil107 Nagpur108 Nasik109 Noida110 Palakkad (Kerela)111 Panchkula112 Panipat113 Pathankot (Punjab)114 Patiala115 Patna116 Phagwara (Punjab)116 Pollachi (TN)

118 Pondicherry119 Port Blair (And & Nico)120 Pune121 Raichur122 Raipur123 Rajkot124 Ranchi125 Rohtak126 Roorkee127 Rourkela (Orissa)128 Saharanpur (UP)129 Salem130 Sambalpur(W. Orisa)131 Shillong132 Shimla133 Silchar134 Siliguri135 Sirsi136 Solan (HP)137 Srinagar138 Surat139 Thane140 Tiruchirapalli141 Tirunelveli142 Tirupati143 Tirupur144 Tiruvalla145 Trissur (Trichur)146 Trivandrum147 Tuticorin148 Udaipur149 Udipi - Manipal150 Ujjain151 Vododara152 Varansi153 Vasco-Da-Gama154 Vellore155 Vijayawada156 Vishakhapatnam157 Yamunanagar


NAME OF STATE SPEED POST CENTRES INMAHARASHTRA & GOA

1 Ahmednagar2 Akola3 Alibaug4 Amalner5 Amravati6 Baramati7 Bhandara8 Beed9 Bhayander10 Bhor11 Bhusaval12 Chakan13 Chalisgaon14 Chandrapur15 Chiplun HO16 Dapoli SO17 Dehu Road Cantt.18 Dhule19 Gadchiroli20 Gondia

21 Goregaon22 Hingoli23 Ichalkaranji HO24 Indapur25 Jalgaon26 Jalna27 Junnar28 Kamptee City29 Kankavli SO30 Karad31 Kokan Bhavan32 Kolhapur HO33 Kopargaon34 Kudal SO35 Latur36 Lonavala37 Lote SO38 Mahabaleshwar39 Mahad40 Malegaon

41 Malkapur42 Malvan HO43 Mangaon44 Manmad RMS45 Mira Road46 Miraj HO47 Nanded48 Nandurbar49 Omerga50 Osmanabad51 Panchagani52 Pandharpur53 Panvel54 Parbhani55 PCTS (Nagothane)56 Pen57 Rajgurungar58 Ratnagiri HO59 RCF Thal60 Roha

61 Roha AV62 Sangamner63 Sangli HO64 Saswad65 Satara66 Sawantwadi HO67 Shirdi68 Shirur69 Shrirampur70 Shrivardhan71 Solapur72 Tuljapur73 Vadgaon (Maval)74 Vasai75 Vashi76 Virar77 Wardha78 Washim

e-POST CENTRES IN MAHARASHTRA CIRCLE1 Mumbai GPO2 Kalbadevi HO3 Mandvi HO4 Dadar HO5 Mahim HO6 Mumbai Central7 Andheri HO8 Chembur HO9 Borivali HO10 Thane HO11 Kalyan City HO12 Palghar HO13 Panvel HO14 Alibag HO15 Aurangabad HO16 Jalna HO

17 Bhusawal HO18 Beed HO19 Jalgaon HO20 Chalisgaon HO21 Dhule HO22 Nandurbar MDG23 Malegaon HO24 Nanded HO25 Parbhani HO26 Hingoli MDG27 Nashik HO28 Nashik Road HO29 Osmanabad HO30 Latur HO31 Panaji HO32 Margaon HO

33 Ratanagri HO34 Chiplun HO35 Kolhapur HO36 Ichalkaranji HO37 Malvan HO38 CC Orus MDG39 Sawantwadi HO40 Sangli HO41 Meeraj HO42 Akola HO43 Washim MDG44 Amravati HO45 Paratwadi HO46 Buldhana HO47 Khamgaon HO48 Chandrapur HO

49 Gadchiroli MDG50 Nagpur GPO51 Nagpur City HO52 Bhandara HO53 Gondia HO54 Kamptee HO55 Wardha HO56 Yeotmal57 Pune HO58 Pune City HO59 Shivaji Nagar HO60 Pandharpur HO61 Ahmednagar HO62 Solapur HO63 Shrirampur HO64 Satara HO65 Karad HO


SPEED POST - INTERNATIONAL NETWORK

DESTINATIONS MERCHANDISE & DOCUMENTS

DOCUMENTS ONLY

1 Argentina

2 Belgium

3 Cape Varde Islands

4 Denmark

5 EI Salvador

6 Guyana

7 Indonesia

8 Iran

9 Iraq

10 Kuwait

11 Luxembourg

12 Maldives

13 Mexico

14 Niger

15 Nigeria

16 Panama

17 Papua New Guinea

18 Rwanda

19 Saudi Arabia

20 Sri Lanka

21 Sweden

22 Tunisia

23 Yemen Arab Republic

24 Zaire

1 Austria

2 Australia

3 Bangladesh

4 Barbados

5 Bermuda

6 Bahrain

7 Belarus

8 Bhutan

9 Botswana

10 Brunei Darussalam

11 Bulgaria

12 Canada

13 Cayman Island

14 China

15 Cambodia

16 Cuba

17 Cyprus

18 Egypt

19 Eritrea

20 Estonia

21 Ethiopia

22 Fiji

23 France

24 Georgia

25 Germany

26 Ghana

27 Greece

28 Hongkong

29 Hungary

30 Iceland

31 Ireland

32 Israel

33 Italy

34 Japan

35 Jordan

36 Kenya

37 Latvia

38 Macau

39 Malawi

40 Malaysia

41 Mauritius

42 Mongolia

43 Morocco

44 Namibia

45 Nauru

46 Nepal

47 Netherlands

48 New Zealand

49 Norway

50 Oman

51 Pakistan

52 Philippines

53 Poland

54 Portugal

55 Qatar

56 Republic of Korea

57 Romania

58 Russia

59 Senegal

60 Singapore

61 Spain

62 Sudan

63 Switzerland

64 Tanzania

65 Taiwan

66 Thailand

67 Turkey

68 Uganda

69 Ukraine

70 United Arab Emirates

71 United Kingdom

72 United States of America

73 Vietnam
