POSTAL RATES

	Domestic Postal Rates
	Foreign Postal Rates
Sr. No. Postal Article / Item Description Postal Rates (in Rs.) 1. Post card Single Reply Printed Competition 0.50 1.00 6.00 10.00 2.  Letter Card [Inland]   For a Letter Card  2.50 Weight 3 grams.   No enclosures allowed   3. Letter For every 20 grams or part thereof 5.00 4. Book Packets & Pattern and Sample Packets For the first 50 grams or part thereof For every additional 50 grams or part thereof 5.00 4.00. 3.00  5. Book Packets Containing periodicals Value of Periodical From Rs.1/- to Rs.20/- For First 100 gms or part thereof For Every Additional 100 Gms or part thereof Value of Periodical From Rs.21/- to Rs.50/- For First 100 gms or part thereof For Every Additional 100 Gms or part thereof Value of Periodical From Rs.51/-and above For First 100 gms or part thereof For Every Additional 100 Gms or part thereof 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 8.00 9.00 6. Book Packets Containing Printed Books For the first 100 grams or part thereof For every additional 100 grams or part thereof 1.00 1.00 . 7. Registered Newspapers (single copy) For a weight not exceeding 50 grams For a weight exceeding 50 grams but not exceeding 100 grams For every additional 100 grams or fraction thereof 0.25 0.50 . 0.20 . 8. Registered Newspapers (more than one copy) For a weight not exceeding 100 grams For every additional 100 grams or fraction thereof, exceeding 100 grams   0.50 0.20 . 9. Parcels For the first 500 grams or part thereof For every additional 500 grams or part thereof in excess of  500 grams 19.00 16.00 . 10. Blind Literature Packets These are exempted from payment of postage, fee for registration & acknowledgement. However, air surcharge will be levied wherever necessary. 11. Registration Fee for Registration Concessional Registration Fee for VP Packets containing printed books the cost of which is  Rs. 50/- or less 17.00 2.50 . 12. Insurance Where the value of Insurance does not exceed Rs. 200/- For every additonal Rs. 100/- or fraction thereof 10.00 . 6.00 . 13. Acknowledgement Fee for an Acknowledgement 3.00 14. Fee for Attested Copy of receipt of a registered article Per Article For Blind Literature Packets 2.00 Nil 15. Certificate of Posting For three unregistered articles 3.00 16. Air Surcharge on inland articles  (i)  Parcel For the first 50 grams For every additional 50 grams  (ii)  Packets For the first 50 grams For every additional 50 grams   2.00 1.00   2.00 1.00 17. Late Fee on articles on unregistered articles (per article) on Registered articles (per article) Special additional late fee charge (per article) 2.00 3.00 3.00 18. Value Payable Posting Fee Not  exceeding Rs. 20/- Exceeding Rs. 20/- but not exceeding Rs. 50/- Exceeding Rs. 50 2.00 3.00 . 5.00 19. Inquiry Fee for VP. Article  Per Article 1.00 20. Demurrage Charges on VP Articles. For parcels (per day) For other articles (per day) 3.00 2.00 21. Home Delivery Charges For each Parcel including VP Parcels weighing more than  5 kg 5.00 22. Recall of Postal Articles   Fee for each article 6.00 23. Money Order (Re. 1 to Rs. 5000) Commission for every remittance of Rs. 20/- or part thereof  Price of Money Order  Form 1.00 0.25 24. Supplementary fee on telegraph money order Upto Rs. 50 Above Rs. 50 & Upto Rs. 200 Above Rs. 200 3.00 5.00 8.00 25. Speed Post Money Order (Rs. 20/- to Rs. 5000/-) Ordinary M.O. Commission + Rs.5/- as Speed Post Charges 26.  Family Allotment Money Order (Re. 1/- to Rs. 5000) Commission is @ 6% on the total value 27. Express Money Order (Rs.300/- to Rs. 5000/-) Commission same as Ordinary Money Order 28. Indian Postal Order Denomination Re.1, Rs. 2.00, 5.00, 7.00 & 10.00 Rs. 20 Rs. 50 Rs. 100 Commission 1.00 2.00 5.00 10.00 29. International Reply Coupon Selling Price Exchange Value (In Postage Stamps) 44.00 15.00 . 30. Fee for Issue of Identification Cards To be affixed in the form of Postage Stamps (Valid for 3 years) 9.00 31. Franking Machines Licence Fee Renewal to be done every 5 years 375.00 32. Supplementary charge for issue of a foreign telegraphic money order 2.00 33.  Rent for Post Boxes & Post Bags For One Financial Year (1st April - 31st March) For three calendar months or part thereof Post Box or Post Bag, if taken separately, Rs. 150.00 Rs. 50.00 Post Box & Post Bag combined together with the same or different number Rs. 250.00 Rs. 80.00 . 34.   Business Reply Post Card or Envelope Permit applied during Fees 1st April to 30th June 200.00 1st July to 30th September 150.00 1st October to 31st December 100.00 1st January to 31st March 50.00 . Handling charges for delivery of Business Reply Post Cards or Envelopes in addition to postage per article Rs. 1.00