Now send Marriage Invitations by Business Post'

Season of marriages has started and there are a number of things to do for preparation of a marriage. One of the biggest worries is timely distribution of marriage invitation cards. Now, the Department of Posts has come forward to make this task easy and convenient. Mr. Krishna Kumar Yadav, Director Postal Services, Allahabad Region told that under Business Post Service, Postal Department will not only collect cards from customers home but also ensure insertion into envelopes, sealing, address writing and also special delivery by charging lowest possible price. This service is available in Head Post Offices under the name Business Post.

Mr. Krishna Kumar Yadav said that Business Post provides ‘total mailing solutions’ to the businesses from mail preparation to mail delivery. It is a one-stop shop service that manages entire mail-out process, for small businesses as well as large companies. Customers can choose from a range of cost-effective and professional mailing services, including collecting, inserting, sealing, and addressing to meet their specific business needs. In order to speed up the mail delivery, special despatch direct to destination post office and special delivery arrangements can also be made under Business Post .

      Regarding wedding invitation cards, Mr. Yadav said that under this service, either customers may hand over the Marriage Invitation Cards to Postal Employee or may have it collected from their home itself. Along with invitation cards customer have to provide list of their guest’s addresses. Employees of Post Offices will insert the card in envelope by sealing and paste/ write the specific addresses on each card. Mr. Yadav said that Business Post handles all business mail processing to make the task easy and convenient for those customers, who are worried for sending their wedding cards.

            Director Mr. K. K. Yadav further added that Department of Posts will charge nominal prices for this service. In case of Ordinary Post it will be Rs. 1/-, whereas for Registered Post it will be Rs. 1.80/-.Rates for services under Business Post are as under-

Service	Business Post rates (in INR)
	Un-Registered	Registered
Collection from premises	0.20	0.30
Franking	0.20	0.40
Addressing	0.30	0.30
Sealing	0.10	0.10
Inserting (per insertion)	0.10	0.20
Special handling charges	0.10	0.50
Total	1.00	1.80

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