Registration Guidelines
Objective
To provide secure transmission of customers articles. A record is kept at all stages the article passes through. Also the registered articles are transmitted , under special precautions.
Articles which can be Registered
Letters
Letter Cards
Postcards
Book and pattern packets
Blind literature packets
Parcels and newspapers prepaid with postage at newspaper rates of postage may be registered at any Post Office
Registration is compulsory for the following
Any parcel exceeding 4 kilograms in weight
Any Insured article
Any parcel addressed to a place for which a customs declaration is required.
Any article containing the following stamps labels, Cheque, Hundi, bank note, bank post bill, bill-of-exchange
Any article bearing the word “registered” on the cover
Any registered article which is re-posted after having been delivered
Any value-payable article
How to Register
- An article intended for registration must be presented at the window of the post office. A receipt will be given to the person who presents an article for registration at the post office window during the hours prescribed for posting registered article
- No such article shall also be accepted for registration:
- Where it contains words to the effect that it has been, or is intended to be insured for any specific sum, or that is may contain valuable contents unless it is also to be insured, OR
- Where such words are scored out.
Compensation to be paid in respect of International Registered articles
The compensation to be paid in respect of International Registered article booked in Post Offices in India in case of loss / total theft / total damage are as under:
For loss / total theft / total damage - 30 SDR*
* at prevailing rates
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