BUSINESS SOLUTIONS ( Post Office Regulations 2024)

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CHAPTER XI

BUSINESS SOLUTIONS

 

A. BOOK NOW PAY LATER

170. Book now pay later facility. – (1) The corporate customers, who sign an agreement with the concerned authority of a post office, shall be eligible for the credit facility in respect of postage and other fee or charges on the items, as specified by administrative instructions, under the book now pay later (BNPL) facility.

Explanation: For the purposes of this sub-regulation “corporate customer” means anyone who provides minimum business worth of postage and other fee or charges on the items, in a calendar month at a booking office at single or multiple locations, as may be specified by administrative instructions from time to time.

  1. The Regional Head shall be authorised to relax the limit of providing the monthly business of postage and other fee or charges, subject to such conditions as may be specified by administrative instructions from time to time.
  2. The eligibility for customers seeking book now pay later (BNPL) facility with booking at multiple locations within a circle or region shall be the monthly business comprising all the locations, as specified by administrative instructions from time to time:

 Provided that, in exceptional cases, the limit in such cases may be relaxed with the approval of the Circle Head or, as the case may be, the Regional Head.

171.  Authority authorised to approve. – (1) The Divisional Head shall be authorised for approving the enrolment of corporate customer under credit facility and to specify, from time to time, the designated office and designated place where the items of such customer, availing the credit facility may be booked at or addressed to in respect of all other cases falling under their jurisdiction.  

 

  1. In case of general post office (GPO) or Class 1st head post office (HO), the powers of the Divisional Head under sub-regulation (1) may be exercised by the Director or Chief Post Master, as the case may be.
  2. The Circle Head or Regional Head of respective circle or region shall be the approving authority for cases involving customer seeking book now pay later (BNPL) facility with booking at multiple locations within a circle or region.  

 

 

B. NATIONAL ACCOUNT FACILITY (NAF)

172. National account facility. - (1) The customers having requirement of posting their items from more than one circle, shall be eligible for the national account facility in respect of postage and other fee or charges on the items, as may be specified by administrative instructions from time to time.  

(2) The eligibility and process of application for enrolling the customer under the national accounting facility shall be as may be specified by administrative instructions from time to time.

 

C. ADVANCE PAYMENT

173. Advance payment facility. - (1) The contractual customer, who enter into an agreement with the concerned authority of a post office, shall be eligible for availing advance payment facility in respect of postage and other fee or charges on the items, as may be specified by administrative instructions, provided that the booking data are made available to the booking office by such customer in the specified electronic format.  

(2) The eligibility and process of application for enrolling the customer under advance payment shall be as may be specified by administrative instructions from time to time.

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