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The Ministry of Communications (Department of Posts) issues the Post Office (Fourth Amendment) Regulations, 2025, to further amend the Post Office Regulations, 2024, under section 13 of the Post Office Act, 2023.

Detailed Summary

The Ministry of Communications (Department of Posts) issued S.O. 4375(E) on September 25, 2025, to enact the Post Office (Fourth Amendment) Regulations, 2025, which come into force on October 1, 2025. These regulations amend the Post Office Regulations, 2024, under the powers conferred by section 13 of the Post Office Act, 2023 (43 of 2023), with the Central Government's approval. Key amendments include defining 'Registration' or 'Registered Post' as a value-added service for Speed Post items in regulation 2(1). Regulation 98(2) is substituted to align Speed Post Parcel and Document postage with updated Tables IV and IV A of Schedule I. Regulation 132 is omitted, and 'Any accountable item' in regulation 133(1) is replaced with 'Speed Post item'. A new regulation 136A introduces One-Time Password (OTP) based delivery for Speed Post items, requiring a Rs.5/- fee (GST extra). Schedule I, Table IV is restructured, renaming a heading to 'Speed Post Parcel', omitting 'Registered Item' entries, and introducing 'TABLE IV A SPEED POST DOCUMENT' with detailed postage rates ranging from Rs.19 to Rs.93 based on weight and distance, with GST extra. A note clarifies that Rs.22/- collected for Registration Envelopes serves as pre-paid postage. Schedule IV updates fee structures, substituting entries for 'REGISTRATION OF DOMESTIC ITEMS' to Rs.5/- (GST extra) for Speed Post items, amending 'INSURANCE FEE (DOMESTIC)' for Speed Post items, and adding the OTP-based delivery fee. Lastly, 'Un-registered' and 'registered' sub-headings in Schedule IV, Table V are replaced with 'Unaccountable' and 'Accountable' respectively. The principal regulations were originally published vide S.O 5440.(E) dated December 16, 2024, and last amended vide S.O 2738.(E) dated June 19, 2025.

Full Text

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. Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054. GORAKHA NATH YADAVA

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