Registered Post
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

Registration Charges
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.

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