The objective of Registered Post facility is to provide secure transmission of the articles. A record is kept at all stages the registered article passes through. Also the registered articles are transmitted, under special precautions.
Advantages of sending your mail through Registered Post :
Registerd articles are delivered to the addressee under
acquittance and hence an acknowledgement signed by the addressee can be made available to the sender.
Disposal of the article at any stage can be traced as record regarding movement of the article is maintained at every stage from booking tol the time of its delivery.
In case of loss or damage of the article, the sender is eligible for a compensation.
Articles which can be registered :
Letters
Letter Cards
Post Cards
Book Packets
Pattern Packets
Blind Literature Packets
Parcels
Newspapers prepaid with postage at newspaper rates of postage
Articles for which registration is compulsory :
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 bearing the word -REGISTERED- on the cover
Any registered article which is re-posted after having been delivered
Any value-payable article
Any article containing the following :
- Stamps
- Labels
- Cheque
- Hundi
- Bank note
- Bill-of-exchange
Rs.17/- in addition to postage payable towards the article.
Rs.20/- in addition to postage, if an acknowledgement from the addressee is required.
An acknowledgement card has to be attached to the article for this purpose.