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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-26092025-266429
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 4256]
NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2025/ASVINA 3, 1947
MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS
(Department of Posts)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 25th September, 2025
S.O. 4375(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 13 of the Post Office Act, 2023 (43
of 2023), the Director General, with the prior approval of the Central Government, hereby makes the
following regulations further to amend the Post Office Regulations, 2024, namely: -
1. Short title and commencement. - (1) These regulations may be called the Post Office (Fourth
Amendment) Regulations, 2025.
(2) They shall come into force on the 1st day of October, 2025.
2. In the Post Office Regulations, 2024 (hereinafter referred to as principal regulations), in regulation 2,
in sub-regulation (1), after clause (m), the following clause shall be inserted, namely: -
(ma) "Registration” or “Registered Post" means value added service for Speed Post items
(documents and parcels) for addressee specific delivery: -'
3. In the principal regulations, in regulation 98, for sub-regulation (2), the following sub- regulation
shall be substituted, namely:-
(2) " The postage of Speed Post Parcel and Speed Post Document shall be as mentioned in TABLE
IV and TABLE IV A of Schedule I"
4. Regulation 132 shall be omitted.
5. In the principal regulations, in regulation 133, in sub-regulation 1, for the words "Any accountable
item", the words "Speed Post item" shall be substituted.
6. In the principal regulations, after regulation 136, the following regulation shall be inserted namely: -
"136 A.- One Time Password (OTP) based delivery. Once the sender opts for this service on payment of
fees mentioned in Table IV A of Schedule IV, the item shall be delivered to the addressee only when the
addressee provides the OTP to the delivery staff at the time of delivery."
7. In the said principal regulations, in SCHEDULE I, in Table IV,-
(a) for the heading "Speed Post Document and Parcel", the heading "Speed Post Parcel" shall be
substituted;
(b) the following note shall be inserted at the end of table, namely:-
"Note: GST extra as applicable".
(c) after Table IV, the following table shall be inserted, namely :-
"TABLE IV A
SPEED POST DOCUMENT
+----------------------+----------+---------------+---------------+----------------+----------------+-----------------+
| Weight/Distance | Local | upto 200 Kms. | 201 to 500 Kms. | 501 to 1000 Kms. | 1001 to 2000 Kms. | Above 2000 Kms. |
+----------------------+----------+---------------+---------------+----------------+----------------+-----------------+
| Up to 50 grams | 19 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 47 |
| 51 grams to 250 grams| 24 | 59 | 63 | 68 | 72 | 77 |
| 251 grams to 500 | 28 | 70 | 75 | 82 | 86 | 93 |
| grams | | | | | | |
+----------------------+----------+---------------+---------------+----------------+----------------+-----------------+
"Note: GST extra as applicable";
(d) in item (ii), the heading “Registered Item" and the corresponding entry shall be omitted.
(e) the following note shall be inserted at the end of table VII, namely:-
" Note: ₹22/- collected for Registration Envelopes shall be used as pre-paid postage".
8. In the principal regulations, in SCHEDULE IV,
(a) in the TABLE I, under the heading “REGISTRATION OF DOMESTIC ITEMS",for the entries,
the following entries shall be substituted, namely:-
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| "In addition to the postage, fee chargeable for the Rs.5/- (GST extra as applicable)"; |
| registration of Speed Post item (Document or Parcel) |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
(b) in TABLE II, under the heading “INSURANCE FEE (DOMESTIC)", -
(i) for item (i), the following item shall be substituted, namely:
(i) For insurance of Speed Post Item (Document or Parcel)";
(ii) item (ii) hall be omitted;
(c) after Table IV, the following table shall be inserted, namely: -
"TABLE IV A
ONE-TIME PASSWORD (OTP) BASED DELIVERY
+--------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+
| Fee payable for One-Time Password (OTP) based|Rs.5/- (GST extra as applicable) per item in |
| delivery of Speed Post Items (Document/Parcel) | addition to postage and other applicable fee." |
+--------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+
(d) in TABLE V, under the heading “PRE-MAILING ACTIVITIES”, in column “Rates (in Rs.)",
for the sub-headings “Un-registered" and "registered", the sub-headings "Unaccountable" and
"Accountable" shall respectively be substituted.
[F. No. 27-06-2024-PO]
VIVEK KUMAR DAKSH, Dy. Director General
Note: The principal regulations were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide number
S.O 5440. (E), dated the 16th December, 2024, and lastly amended vide number S.O 2738. (E), dated the
19th June, 2025.
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