Premium products short notes for all all postal exams
Premium Products
Speed Post
Speed Post, the
market leader in the domestic express industry, provides express and time-bound
delivery of letters and parcels weighing up to 35 kg in India. It is an
affordable service and delivers across the country @ INR 35.00 (except
Local)for consignments up to 50 grams. Speed Post has by far the widest network
delivering to every address in the country.
SpeedPostwasstartedinAugust1986
Features:
Insurance
Insurance of
consignments upto INR 1.00 lakh
24 hours booking facility
Available in
selected offices in major cities
Internet-based Track and Trace system
Online track and
trace service to track your consignments from booking to delivery.
Delivery information on SMS
Receive SMS on
your registered mobile number when your consignment is received at the delivery
post office and a confirmation SMS upon delivery.
Free pick-up
Corporate and
bulk customers may avail free collection from their premises through on-call or
regular collection service.
Book Now Pay Later
No upfront
payment required. Corporate and contract customers may avail credit facility
Volume based discounts
Huge discounts
for corporate and other regular customers.
Cash on Delivery
Cash on delivery
service for e commerce and online sellers.
Compensation
Delay – Speed
Post charges.
Loss of article, pilferage or damage - Double the Speed Post charges or INR.
1000 whichever is less
Tariff :
|
Tariff structure of Speed Post |
|||||
|
Weight |
Local |
Up to 200 Kms. |
201 to 1000 Kms. |
1001 to 2000
Kms. |
Above 2000
Kms. |
|
Up to 50 grams |
INR 15 |
INR 35 |
INR 35 |
INR 35 |
INR 35 |
|
51 grams to 200 grams |
INR 25 |
INR 35 |
INR 40 |
INR 60 |
INR 70 |
|
201 grams to 500 grams |
INR 30 |
INR 50 |
INR 60 |
INR 80 |
INR 90 |
|
Additional 500 grams or part thereof |
INR 10 |
INR 15 |
INR 30 |
INR 40 |
INR 50 |
* Tariff is exclusive of taxes as notified by
Central Government from time to time.
* Proof of Delivery charges is INR 10.00+
GST per article in addition to Speed Post charges.
*current GST is 18%
Discount Structer :
|
Discount
for walk in customers |
|
|
Daily Revenue |
Discount rate for Speed Post |
|
INR
2,000/- to 1,00,000/- |
5% |
|
Above
INR 1,00,000/- |
10% |
* Applicable
with the same sender’s address, irrespective of number of bookings in a
day .
For corporate customers and
regular users, Speed Post provides customised solutions for your needs such as
pick-up from the premises, convenient monthly billings, centralized billing
under a single national account, account management, corporate tracking
facilities, volume discounts etc.
|
Discount for Corporate Customers |
|
|
|
Monthly Revenue |
|
|
|
Discount rate |
||
|
INR 50,001/- to 5,00,000/- |
10% |
|
|
INR 5,00,001/- to 25,00,000/- |
15% |
|
|
INR 25,00,001/- to 100,00,000/- |
20% |
|
|
INR 100,00,001/- to 500,00,000/- |
25% |
|
|
Above INR 500,00,000/- |
30% |
•
1% additional discount for contractual customers who either avail advance
deposit facility or make payment at the time of booking. In case monthly
revenue is more than Rs. 25 lac, the additional discount will be 2%.
• The additional discount would
be offered provided the booking data is made available by the customer in
electronic format. In case booking data is received only as a hard copy, the
discount would be reduced by half.
Transit Norms between Cities :
|
Service Standards for Delivery of Speed Post (From Booking To
Delivery) |
||
|
Success Indicators |
||
|
Average Time Taken |
||
|
Local * |
1-2 Days |
|
|
Metro-Metro |
1-3 Days |
|
|
State Capital to State Capital |
1-4 Days |
|
|
Same State |
1-4 Days |
|
|
Rest of the Country |
4-5 Days |
|
For All Categories of Mail the Delivery in Branch Offices will
take one additional Day
* Local shall mean:
a. Articles booked and to be
delivered within identified PIN codes-for Metro Cities.
b. Articles booked and to
be delivered within Municipality limit-for cities other than Metro cities.
c. Articles
booked and to be delivered within the same PIN code delivery jurisdiction- for
Small Towns (Kasbas) or Mufussil areas having no defined town delivery area
Cash on Delivery Option:
In order to meet the requirement of bulk customers for collection of amount for
costlier goods, Cash on Delivery facility is available which provides
collection of amount up to Rs. 50,000/- at the time of delivery of
consignments.
Why Use COD Facility ?
* Fast, Safe and economical
solution of collection of amount of goods at the time of its delivery and
its remittance to sender.
* Insurance of Cash on Delivery
articles shall not be compulsory irrespective of amount of recovery
from addressee.
* Amount, recovered from addressee
on delivery of such article by post, shall be remitted to the
sender through ePayment.
* Address Specific delivery
i.e article can be delivered to any person at the address on realization
of requisite amount.
Conditions
for Availing COD facility
Customer is a contractual customer
and has agreement with the Department for transmission Cash on Delivery
articles.
Amount specified for recovery from
addressee in the case of any such postal article shall not exceed fifty
thousand rupees (Rs. 50,000/-) and shall not include a fraction of rupee.
Such articles do not contain
coupons, tickets, certificates or introductions designed for the sale of goods
on what is known as the Snowball System .
In addition to postage, insurance
fee wherever applicable, the sender of the postal article intended to be
transmitted by post as Cash on Delivery article shall be required to pay the
following additional fee on delivery of such postal article:
|
Additional Fee Charged for
Availing COD facility |
|
|
Amount
to be recovered from addressee |
Schedule
of fee |
|
Up to Rs.5,000/- |
2% of the amount recovered or
Rs. 50/- whichever is more |
|
Above Rs.5,000/- |
Rs. 100/- + 1% of amount exceeding
Rs. 5,000/- |
*The above fee shall be exclusive of taxes and the taxes, if applicable, have
to be paid extra as notified by the Central Government from time to
time.
Book Now Pay
Later Facility:
Bulk customer is
eligible for credit facility provided he enters in to an agreement with the
Department. Bulk customer is defined as anyone who provides Rs. 10,000 worth of
speed post business in calendar month at a Speed Post booking office.
The bulk customer
choosing to avail credit facility will APPLY to designated authority in the prescribed format.
The bulk customer will have to enter into an agreement with the designated
authority. On getting approval, the customer shall have to produce Bank
Guarantee. The contract will be applicable for a period of one year and
approving authority shall renew the contract on an annual basis.
The BNPL bill
will be prepared on a monthly basis (Calendar month) by the office of posting.
The bill will be raised by 15th day of following month (bill date). The bulk customer
shall pay the bill amount in full on or before 30 days from the date of issue
of bill (due date).
In case the
customer fails to make the payment by the due date, penalty at the rate of 10%
per annum on the amount of the bill amount shall be imposed from the bill date.
In case, the bulk customer chooses not to avail the credit facility and to make
full payment at the time of Speed Post articles, he/she will be eligible for
discount of the speed post business provided by him in a calendar month is Rs 50,000
and above or more.
Addressing Tips:-
Follow our
addressing guidelines to avoid delays or returned parcels by:
Write accurate
address...
Always write
complete and correct address to get it there fast. Use PIN Code.
Place it right...
Write the address
of the addressee on the front side and sender’s address on the back side of an
envelope.
Make it easy to
read...
Print or type
clearly with a pen so the address is legible from an arm’s length away. Avoid
periods, commas or other punctuation.
How to address an
envelop
Address of the
addressee shall be written on front side and sender’s address on back side on
an envelope. Minimum 15mm blank space shall be kept from left, bottom and right
side of envelope.
Logo and name of
the senders company can be written on top left corner and stamps or frank
impression on top right corner having gap of minimum 10mm from address block of
recipient.
Address block of
addressee shall have minimum gap of 40 mm from top.
Stamps or Frank
impressions shall be affixed in maximum area of 74 mm.
15mm shall be
left for bar code printing at the bottom of envelope and there should be 5 mm
quiet space around 2D barcode.
The sender’s logo
size should not exceed 25 x 50 mm in size and the 2D barcode should have
minimum size 18 x 18 mm.
The size of
printed bar code along with quiet zone should be kept minimum 60 mm in length
and 10 mm in breadth in a window of envelope and should be clearly
visible.
A quiet
zone of minimum 10 mm on all sides of address block must be maintained if
advertisement is printed on privately manufactured envelope or inland letter
card.
Packaging Tips
Refer packing tips of Parcel.
Prohibited Articles
1. Anything
which is sent in contravention of any enactment for the time being in force.
2. Any
indecent or obscene printing, painting, photograph, lithograph, engraving, book
or card, or any other indecent or obscene articles.
3. Any letter,
postcard, newspaper, packet or parcel having on it or on the cover thereof, any
words, marks or design of an indecent, obscene, seditious, scurrilous
threatening, or grossly offensive nature.
4. Any
explosive, inflammable, dangerous, filthy, noxious or deleterious substance.
5. Any
Living creatures or other thing which is either noxious or likely to injure postal
article in course of transmission by post or any officer.
6. Tickets
proposal or advertisement or any other matter relating to a lottery except to
the lottery organized or authorized by Government.
7. Gold coins or
bullion or both of a value exceeding Rs. 20,000/-.
Business
Parcel
Business Parcel
is a premium surface service to suit the requirements of business customers for
an economical and reliable distribution solution.
Features:
Network
Business Parcel is available throughout the country.
Delivery
Business Parcel consignments are delivered at your doorstep.
Internet-based Track and Trace system
Online track and trace service to track your consignments from booking to
delivery
Weight and Dimensions
|
Weight |
Dimensions |
|
Upto 35
Kilograms |
Maximum length
shall not exceed 150 centimetres in anyone dimensions or 300 centimetres for
length and greatest circumference measured in a direction other than the
length. |
Postage or
tariff for the parcel shall be determined with the reference to weight i.e.
gross weight or volumetric weight whichever is more.
Pick up
Customers are provided pick-up facility from their premises.
Insurance
No compulsory coverage of insurance is necessary for Business Parcel
consignments.
Volume discount
Attractive volume discounts available.
Cash on Delivery
Bulk customers, especially e-commerce players can avail of cash on delivery
facility for upto INR 50,000.
Tariff:
|
Distance |
Weight |
||
|
Upto 2 kgs |
Every addl kg upto 5 kg |
Every addl kg above 5 kg |
|
|
Local
|
45 |
12 |
14 |
|
Within State |
80 |
20 |
22 |
|
Neighbouring State |
100 |
25 |
28 |
|
Other States |
115 |
30 |
32 |
|
Between Metro and State Capitals* |
105 |
25 |
28 |
|
NCR-Delhi/ Ghaziabad/ Noida /Greater Noida/ Faridabad |
70 |
15 |
18 |
* Provided it is not covered under within state or neighbouring state
* Tariff exclusive of taxes as notified by the Central Government
Transit Norms:
|
Service
Standards for Delivery of Business Parcel (From Booking To Delivery) |
||
|
Success Indicators |
||
|
Average Time Taken |
||
|
Local * |
3 Days |
|
|
Metro-Metro |
4-5 Days |
|
|
State Capital to State Capital |
4-6 Days |
|
|
Same State |
3-6 Days |
|
|
Rest of the Country |
6-7 Days |
|
For All Categories of Mail the Delivery in
Branch Offices will take one additional Day.
* Local shall mean:
a. Articles booked and to be delivered within identified
PIN codes-for Metro Cities.
b. Articles booked and to be delivered
within Municipality limit-for cities other than Metro cities.
c. Articles booked and to be delivered
within the same PIN code delivery jurisdiction- for Small Towns (Kasbas) or Mofussil
areas having no defined town delivery area
Logistics
Post
Logistics
Post provides business customers a cost-effective and efficient solution, which
manages the entire value chain from collection to storage to transmission to
distribution across the country.
Features
FTL and LTL services
Customers can send their
consignments either in full truck load (FTL) or Less than a Truck Load (LTL),
one parcel or multi-parcels, based on their requirements. It is flexible and
convenient. Logistics Post uses a special network for carrying and delivering
packages and consignments across the nation. It moves the shipments by road,
rail and air and ensures safe and timely delivery.
Logistics Post Centres
Exclusive Logistics Post Centres have been established across the country to
service your transmission and distribution needs..
Multi-modal
transport
Consignments are transmitted by road, rail or air depending upon the
requirements of the customer.
Warehousing services
Warehousing options for storage of consignments prior to dispatch/ delivery)
available for customers.
Fulfilment services
Order processing and order management solutions also available that takes a
"whole of business" approach. Logistics Post will make the entire
Logistics operations smooth by providing ‘pick and pack’ facilities based on
specific requirements of the customers. Each consignment will be packed with
the specific goods, as desired by the customer.
Reverse Logistics
Return services available under Logistics Post.
No comments:
Post a Comment