The post office, called "India Post", is the state postal system of India, which is a subsidiary of the Ministry of Communications. It was founded in 1854 by Lord Dalhousie, who laid the foundation for the modern Indian postal service.
India Post is the most common postal system in the world. He is involved in delivering mail (mail), transferring money through money transfers, accepting deposits through small savings schemes, providing life insurance under the Postal Life Insurance (PLI) and Rural Postal Life Insurance (RPLI) and providing retail services such as account collection, sale of forms, etc. The Indian Post also acts as an agent of the Government of India to provide other services to citizens, such as paying old-age pensions and paying salaries in accordance with employment standards National Security Guarantee System (MGNREGS). ) Mahatma Gandhi. India Post has 155,015 post offices and is the most widespread post network in the world. The country was divided into 23 postal circles, each of which was headed by a chief postmaster. Each circle is divided into regions led by a postmaster general and consisting of field units known as units.
For over 150 years, the Department of Post (MP) has been the basis of the country's communication and plays a decisive role in the socio-economic development of the country.
By internal mail, you can send a letter, a book package, a parcel. None of the internal mail points speaks of the cost of sending and delivery time, it will be disassembled later.
A letter means any message that is enveloped and addressed.
There are two types of book packages: a book package containing printed books and a book package containing periodicals.
As for book packages, there are certain prohibitions on them:
Anything can be sent to the parcel, except for items whose transfer is prohibited. May contain a one-time message with the addressee of the parcel. If it is assumed that the message contains a message other than permitted, it will be opened in the presence of the addressee or his authorized agent, and for each written message a double postage will be charged for delivery. If the addressee refuses to pay expenses, the package will be returned to the sender, from which the fee will not be returned.
Speed Post provides express delivery of letters and parcels weighing up to 35 kg to India on time. This is an affordable service that is provided throughout the country.
Features:
Speed Post is available both in India and for shipment to other countries.
Prices and delivery times are indicated on express mail.
The table of tariffs for express delivery within India is presented below. The cost is indicated in INR.
Weight | Local | >200 Km. | 201-1000 Km. | 1001-2000 Km. | 2000< Km. |
>50 g. | 15 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 |
51-200 g. | 25 | 35 | 40 | 60 | 70 |
201-500 g. | 30 | 50 | 60 | 80 | 90 |
500< g. | 10 | 15 | 30 | 40 | 50 |
Delivery time within India:
To send you need to fill out a customs form CN22 (cost below 300 SDR) or CN23 (cost above 300 SDR).
The total maximum weight of the parcel and documents varies from 10 to 35 kilograms depending on the country of the recipient.
Delivery time varies from 3 to 9 days depending on the country of the recipient.
The cost of the tariff varies from 600 to 3660 Indian rupees depending on the country of the recipient.
Business Parcel is a premium ground-based service that meets the needs of business customers with an economical and reliable distribution solution.
Tariffs and delivery times are also available on the India Post website.
Tariffs are presented in the table below.
Distance | Weight | ||
>2 kg. | 2 - 5 kg | 5< kg | |
Local | 45 | 57-81 | 95+ |
Within State | 80 | 100-140 | 162+ |
Neighbouring State | 100 | 125-175 | 203+ |
Other States | 115 | 145-205 | 237+ |
Between Metro and State Capitals* | 105 | 130-180 | 208+ |
NCR-Delhi/ Ghaziabad/ Noida /Greater Noida/ Faridabad | 70 | 95-125 | 143+ |
Delivery speed:
India Post provides basic international postal services, namely. Letters, parcels.
This service is intended for corporate and retail customers to provide cost-effective and quick goods sales services.
Maximum weight: 20 kg.
Maximum parcel length: 1.05 meters.
The cost varies from 600 to 1500 Indian rupees depending on the weight and country of the recipient.
What is the tracking number and how to track your package
Parcels and courier delivery are sent with a tracking number from India Post, by which you can find out how the package is moving. The sender cannot register small parcels and letters, then he will not have a tracking number.
One-way number format for registered international mail approved. The India Post track number is the same and consists of 13 characters:
The 13-digit track number is encrypted: the type of departure in the first letter, the uniqueness of the number is confirmed by the second letter and all numbers. The last two letters indicate the country of the postal service, for example: RU - Russian Post tracking, USA - USPS tracking, etc. but in case of India Post they will all end with IN.
The India Post track number allows you to check your package and its condition on the way. At each stage of shipment, traffic information is entered into a single tracking system.
Conditionally, the international mail of India goes through the following main stages:
On the official website of the Indian Post, the delivery dates of letters and parcels are not always indicated everywhere. But the site has such a function "Calculate postage", with which you can approximately calculate the delivery time.
If that we live in New Delhi, and we need to send a letter and a parcel to Mumbai, delivery times will look like this:
Letter - 4-6 days
Parcel - 5-7 days
Order a package - 5-7 days
If that we live in Delhi, and we need to send a letter and parcel to China and Canada, as the countries closest to India and remote from it, respectively, delivery times will look like this:
Letter:
China - 6-11 days
Canada - 7-11 days
Package:
China - 6-11 days
Canada - 7-11 days
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