**Executive Summary**
This document is a notification from the Ministry of Communications (Department of Posts) publishing the Post Office (Fifth Amendment) Regulations, 2025. It amends the Post Office Regulations, 2024, by updating Schedule III, Table VIII, to insert postal rates for additional countries. The regulations come into force on October 29, 2025.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Regulation Name:** Post Office (Fifth Amendment) Regulations, 2025
* **Effective Date:** October 29, 2025
* **Amendment:** Schedule III, Table VIII of the Post Office Regulations, 2024 is amended.
* **New Entries:** The amendment adds new entries to Table VIII, specifying postal rates for various countries, including:
* Austria
* Argentina
* Bahrain
* Bangladesh
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Brazil
* Colombia
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czechia
* Denmark
* Finland
* Ghana
* Greece
* Hungary
* Ireland
* Israel
* Italy
* Kenya
* Kuwait
* Latvia
* Malta
* Mauritius
* Namibia
* Nepal
* Nigeria
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Qatar
* Romania
* Saudi Arabia
* Serbia
* Slovenia
* South Africa
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Türkiye
**Impact Analysis**
**Stakeholder: Postal Service Operators and Employees**
* **Impact:** Need to be aware of the updated rates for the new countries added to Schedule III, Table VIII.
* **Action Required:** Implement the new postal rates for the specified countries from October 29, 2025, onwards.
**Stakeholder: Customers Sending Mail to Specified Countries**
* **Impact:** Will be required to pay the new postal rates for mail sent to the countries listed in the amendment.
* **Action Required:** Be aware of the new rates and adjust postal expenses accordingly.
Key Entities Referenced
Post Office Act, 2023: The enabling legislation under which the Post Office Regulations are created and amended.
Post Office Regulations, 2024: The regulations which this notification amends, specifically Schedule III, Table VIII, by adding new entries related to international postal rates.
Ministry of Communications (Department of Posts): The ministry and department responsible for issuing the notification and amending the Post Office Regulations.
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EXTRAORDINARY
भाग II—खण् ड 3—उप-खण्ड (ii)
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)
प्राजधकार स ेप्रकाजित
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
स.ं 4756] नई दिल्ली, मगं लिार, अक्त ूबर 28, 2025/ कार्तकव 6, 1947
No. 4756] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2025/ KARTIKA 6, 1947
सचं ार मत्रं ालय
(डाक जिभाग)
अजधसचू ना
नई दिल्ली, 28 अक् तूबर, 2025
का.आ. 4907(अ).—महाजनििे क, केंद्रीय सरकार के पिू व अनुमोिन से, डाकघर अजधजनयम, 2023
(2023 का 43) की धारा 13 द्वारा प्रित् त िजियों का प्रयोग करते हुए, डाकघर जिजनयम, 2024 का और संिोधन करने के
जलए जनम् नजलजखत जिजनयम बनाते ह,ैं अर्ावत ् :-
1. (1) इन जिजनयमों का संजिप्त नाम डाकघर (पांचिा संिोधन) जिजनयम, 2025 ह।ै
(2) य े29 अिूबर, 2025 को प्रिृत्त होंगे।
2. डाकघर जिजनयम, 2024 की, अनुसूची - 3 की सारणी 8 म,ें क्रम संखयांक 45 और उससे संबंजधत प्रजिजियों के पश्चात्,
जनम्नजलजखत क्रम संखयांक और प्रजिजियां अंतःस्ट्र्ाजपत की िाएंगी, अर्ातव ् :-
“46. ऑजस्ट्रया 325 30
47. अिेंटीना 360 65
48. बहरीन 290 20
49. बांग्लािेि 240 20
50. बेजल्ियम 325 30
7177 GI/2025 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(ii)]
51. बोजिया और हिगे ोजिना 355 35
52. ब्रािील 290 55
53. कोलंजबया 315 60
54. क्रोएजिया 355 30
55. साइप्रस 305 35
56. चेदकया 275 30
57. डेनमाकव 325 30
58. दिनलैंड 370 35
59. घाना 385 50
60. ग्रीस 375 35
61. हगं री 315 30
62. आयरलैंड 320 35
63. इिराइल 360 35
64. इटली 350 30
65. केन्या 240 30
66. कुिैत 230 25
67. लातजिया 385 35
68. माल्टा 340 35
69. मॉरीिस 295 35
70. नाजमजबया 280 45
71. नेपाल 220 15
72. नाइिीररया 250 45
73. नॉिे 325 35
74. पोलैंड 355 30
75. पुतवगाल 305 35
76. कतर 385 25
77. रोमाजनया 310 25
78. सऊिी अरब 280 25
79. सर्बवया 325 30
80. स्ट्लोिेजनया 260 30
81. िजिण अफ्रीका 245 35
82. स्ट्पेन 295 35
83. स्ट्िीडन 320 30
84. जस्ट्िट्ज़रलैंड 350 35
85. तुर्कवय े 370 35”.
[िा. सं. सीएि-71/17/2025-सीएि-डीओपी]
लक्ष्मीकांत िास, उप महाजनिेिक (आईआर एि ंिीबी)
रटप्पण : डाकघर जिजनयम, 2024, भारत के रािपत्र, असाधारण भाग II, खंड 3, उप-खडं (ii) म ें संखयांक का.आ. 5440
(अ), तारीख 16 दिसंबर, 2024 द्वारा प्रकाजित दकए गए र्े और अजधसूचना संखयांक का.आ. 4375 (अ),
तारीख 25 जसतंबर, 2025 द्वारा अंजतम बार संिोजधत हुए र्े।[भाग II—खण् ड 3(ii)] भारत का रािपत्र : असाधारण 3
MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS
(Department of Posts)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 28th October, 2025
S.O. 4907(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. (1) These regulations may be called the Post Office (Fifth Amendment) Regulations, 2025.
(2) They shall come into force on the 29th day of October, 2025.
2. In the Post Office Regulations, 2024, in schedule III, in Table VIII, after serial number 45 and the entries
relating thereto, the following serial numbers and entries shall be inserted, namely:-
“46. Austria 325 30
47. Argentina 360 65
48. Bahrain 290 20
49. Bangladesh 240 20
50. Belgium 325 30
51. Bosnia and Herzegovina 355 35
52. Brazil 290 55
53. Colombia 315 60
54. Croatia 355 30
55. Cyprus 305 35
56. Czechia 275 30
57. Denmark 325 30
58. Finland 370 35
59. Ghana 385 50
60. Greece 375 35
61. Hungary 315 30
62. Ireland 320 35
63. Israel 360 35
64. Italy 350 30
65. Kenya 240 30
66. Kuwait 230 25
67. Latvia 385 35
68. Malta 340 35
69. Mauritius 295 35
70. Namibia 280 45
71. Nepal 220 15
72. Nigeria 250 45
73. Norway 325 35
74. Poland 355 30
75. Portugal 305 35
76. Qatar 385 25
77. Romania 310 254 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(ii)]
78. Saudi Arabia 280 25
79. Serbia 325 30
80. Slovenia 260 30
81. South Africa 245 35
82. Spain 295 35
83. Sweden 320 30
84. Switzerland 350 35
85. Türkiye 370 35”.
[F. No. CF-71/17/2025-CF- DOP]
LAKSHMIKANTA DASH, Dy. Director General (IR&GB)
Note: The Post Office Regulations, 2024, were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3,
Sub-section (ii) vide number S.O. 5440 (E), dated the 16th December, 2024 and last amended vide notification
number S.O. 4375(E), dated the 25th September, 2025.
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