1. SPEED POST 2.9.1

2. Salient Features Time bound & guaranteed delivery Documents can be sent Started in August 1986 POD Facility Types – Domestic – International 2.9.2

3. Value added Services Free pick up facility Insurance facility BNPL Tracking Facility Monitoring of MIS Special discount for Bulk Mailers Compensation – For Domestic For Delay - Speed post charges For loss/total theft/total damage – Double the speed post charges or Rs.1000 whichever is less – For international For Delay - Speed post charges For loss/total theft/total damage – 30 SDR 2.9.3

4. Booking of Speed Post Weight Limit – Maximum 35 KGs Packing condition POD properly prepared Name & complete address of addressee & sender with PIN Superscription as “Speed Post” Availability of service to Foreign Country Customs Declaration 2.9.4

5. Domestic Tariff WeightLocal (within municipaI limits) Upto 200 Kms. 201 to 1000 Kms. 1001 to 2000 Kms. Above 2000 Kms. Upto 50 grams INR 15INR 35 51 grams to 200 grams INR 25INR 35INR 40INR 60INR 70 201 grams to 500 grams INR 30INR 50INR 60INR 80INR 90 Additional 500 grams or part thereof INR 10INR 15INR 30INR 40INR 50 The above tariff will be exclusive of taxes. The taxes will have to be paid extra as notified by the Central Government from time to time. 2.9.5

6. Circle wise allocation of Barcode SLName of the CircleBar code allotted 1 A.P.EN 2 AssamES 3 APSEE90000000-99999999 4 BiharEF 5 ChhattisgarhEC 6 DelhiED 7 GujaratEG 8 HaryanaEH 9 Himachal PradeshEE70000000-79999999 10 Jammu & KashmirEE80000000-89999999 11 JharkhandEJ For Speed Articles 2.5.6

7. Circle wise allocation of barcode SLName of the CircleBar code allotted 12 KarnatakaEK 13 KeralaEL 14 MaharashtraEM 15 Madhya PradeshEI 16 North EastEE40000000-49999999 17 OrissaEO 18 PunjabEP 19 RajasthanER 20 Tamil NaduET 21 UttarakhandEV 22 Uttar PradeshEU 23 West BengalEW For Speed Articles 2.5.7

8. Booking of Speed Post in MM POS 2.9.8

9. Inland Speed Post Booking 2.9.9

10. Demo of Booking Speed Post Article 2.9.10

11. Business Parcel 2.9.11

12. Business parcel It is a contractual service Minimum weight 2Kg and maximum weight 35Kg. Surface transmission facility available Door to door delivery available.

13. Business parcel Advance deposit facility and credit facility available. Cash on delivery facility available upto Rs. 50000/ insurance of Cash on Delivery articles shall not be compulsory irrespective of amount of recovery from addressee; Corporate customers are given free pickup service

14. Business parcel Insurance is optional No redirection facility Article can be booked in any office Articles will be delivered at the doorstep

15. Business parcel

16. Express Parcel

17. Express parcel This facility available for both retail and corporate customers. Minimum weight is 0.5 kg and maximum weight for retail 20kg and corporate 35kg. Free pickup facility is available Door delivery available irrespective of weight

18. Express parcel No redirection facility available Can be returned to sender Insurance is optional COD facility available and limit 5000/ for retail and 50000/ for corporate customer Insurance is not compulsory irrespective of value

19. Express parcel Article will be delivered in specified locations For corporate customer postage payment available through advance deposit, credit facility and payment at the time of booking

20. Express parcel

21. Exercise Exercise 2.9.1 2.9.21