India Post Tracking

Step by step procedure to track consignment

1. Enter your India post tracking number in the above search box to track your consignment
2. Click the ‘Track Now’ button
3. Instantly, you will get the real-time status of your consignment
4. Speed post tracking checking is absolutely free of cost. It is most reliable and trustable tracking tool

India Post (Department of Posts) is India's best national postal service. It offers a lot of mail services both domestically and internationally. The best and reliable mail service offered by India Post is Speed Post. Speed Post is the Express Mail Service (EMS). It is the premium, time-bound, fastest and reliable service. This service is used for fastest delivery and used to send the important documents, letters, consignments, parcels to both India and worldwide.

The key features about Speed Post are given below:

• Speed postal service is totally different from ordinary and registered postal services. It is used for high-speed delivery.
• The Department of Posts has a wide network in India. This network is very helpful for speed postal service. So, consignments or parcels can be sent to remote or rural areas across India.
• India Post Tracking service is allowing their customers to monitor the real-time status of their consignments or packages through online.
• The maximum weight of parcel allowed under speed postal service is up to 35 Kg.
• One of the best services by speed postal service is insurance. By this service, the customers are allowed to insure articles up to Rs 1,00,000.
• It offers money back guarantee services for undelivered consignments. For this condition, you can visit the nearest post office or check the official website of India Post.

Complete process to track your consignment is given below:

1. Locate Your Consignment Number

Step by step process to locate your consignment number is given below:

• When you book a parcel at any post office, then the post office staff will give you a booking receipt.
• You will also get the booking receipt through SMS or Email. If you provide the mobile number or Email at the time of booking.
• The booking receipt will contain the 13-digit tracking number. This barcode is an alphanumeric code. This number will be different for each consignment.
• The format for each consignment is start with two capital letters like ‘EE’ or ‘RX’ or ‘XX’, followed by nine numbers and finally ends with two capital letters ‘IN’ For example: EE879859748IN, RX658975622IN.

2. Speed Post Tracking Online (Recommended Method)

The direct method to track your consignment is given below:

• Go to the official www.indiapost.gov.in website or visit the Indembastana.in website.
• Look at the ‘India Post Track Consignment’ page in the above websites.
• Find the ‘Track Consignment’ search tab.
• Enter the 13-digit tracking number in this ‘Track Consignment’ search tab.
• Enter the Captcha (Security Code) code. It is optional.
• Click the ‘Track’ button.
• Now, you will get the real-time tracking status or complete history of your consignment.

3. Track via SMS

You can track your consignment through SMS method. This method is reliable when we have no internet access. The SMS method is given below:

• Open the text message app on your mobile phone.
• Type POST TRACK followed by 13-digit Consignment Number. For example: POST TRACK EE732912546IN.
• Send the above message to 166 or 51969.
• Now you will get the current status of your parcel.
• SMS charges are applicable as per mobile service provider.

4. What You Can Track by Speed Post

At the time of consignment tracking, you can get the following updates.

• Date and time of booking
• Place of booking
• Transit history of your parcel
• Parcel dispatched and received dates
• Out of delivery
• Final delivery confirmation

You can track your consignment at the above tracking form or official India Post website track and trace form. Then the common status updates will come during consignment journey is given below:

• Item Booked – The consignment has been booked at the Indian post office.
• Item Dispatched – The parcel is delivered from source to destination.
• In Transit – The package is travelling through various stages between source and destination.
• Item Received – The consignment has reached the destination hub.
• Out for Delivery – The parcel is handed over to the postman for delivery to the receiver address.
• Item Delivered – The package has been successfully handed over to the receiver.

India Post is providing the different tracking methods to their premium and registered post services. Various services provided by Indian postal department to track the parcel is given below:

• Domestic Speed Post
• International EMS Speed Post
• Registered Post
• Express Parcel
• Electronic Money Order (eMO)

Step by step procedure to send a consignment via India Postal service is given below:

• Prepare and Pack – First pack your item securely in a box or envelope. This packing must be the appropriate size.
• Address the Parcel – You have written the both receiver and sender address details at the front end of the consignment. And also write the ‘Speed Post’ on the top of the parcel.
• Post Office – Now you have to visit the nearest post office. Submit the parcel at the Speed Post office counter. For bulk parcels, you can book them via India Post mobile app or website.
• Weighing and Pricing – The post office counter staff will weigh the consignment and calculate the fee according to weight and shipping address.
• Payment – Now you have to pay the fee with GST (Goods Service Tax) to the staff. Then they will give you a booking receipt.
• Booking Receipt – This booking receipt will contain the 13-digit consignment number. This tracking number is an alphanumeric code.
• Dispatch – Finally, the department of Indian postal service will send the consignment to the destination.
• Tracking – After dispatch of the parcel, you can use the Postal tracking tool for real-time updates.

Formally India Post is known as Department of Posts. It is the most popular and famous postal system running under the Ministry of Communications, Government of India. The department of Indian postal service is a public postal system in India. The department of Indian postal service has the largest and widely distributed network in India and also worldwide.

The headquarters of India Post is located at New Delhi, India. The network of the department of Indian postal service has extended even in rural areas and remote areas. It has situated almost 164,000 post offices across India. The majority of these post offices are located in remote and rural areas. These post offices are acting as an interface between rural areas and urban areas of India.

The main aim of the Indian postal service is to provide the most innovative, reliable and accessible services to Indian citizens. India Post offers different mail services to every citizen of India. Mail services are classified as Speed Post, India Post, Registered Post, Express Parcel, Logistics Post and Media Post. These mail services are the fastest and most economical services.

Speed Post and India Post are the more reliable premium services. These are providing the faster and time-bound express delivery services. They can deliver parcels both domestically and internationally. The domestic and international shipments can be tracked by real-time speed post tracking facility. It has the best and reliable parcel services like logistic solutions.

The other services offered by the Indian postal department are financial services, insurance services, Government services and retail services. These services act as the interface between the Government of India and citizens of India. The detailed note about these services is given below:

1. Financial Services

• Small Savings Schemes – The Indian postal services offer the Government of India savings schemes like National Savings Certificate (NSC), Public Provident Fund (PPF), Monthly Income Scheme and Kisan Vikas Patra.
• Payment Bank (IPPB) – It offers banking and financial services like money transfers, savings accounts and payment services. Door to door financial services are also available.
• Money Orders – It is a traditional service. Simply, it is called electronic money remittance service.

2. Insurance Services

• Postal Life Insurance (PLI) – This insurance service is available to semi-government employees, government employees and public sector employees.
• Rural postal Life Insurance (RPLI) – This insurance service is available to rural area peoples in India.

3. Government and Retail Services

• Indian Postal office distributes schemes like Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) and pension payments.
• Indian Post offices will collect the utility bills and also sell the different types of government forms.
• Indian Post offices offer philately services. You can buy the postage stamps at the nearest post offices.

India Post is the oldest and most economical national postal system in India and also worldwide. It has an extensive network across every corner of India. The rich history of India Post is given below:

• 1766 – The East India Company established the first postal company in India at the locations Calcutta (Kolkata), Madras (Chennai) and Bombay (Mumbai).
• 1854 – India Post was first established under the Post Office Act in India. This is the beginning of the postal services in India.
• 1854 – In this year money order and postage stamps were introduced.
• 1854 – The first postage stamp introduced in India is ‘Scinde Dawk’. This stamp was brought to Sindh across India.
• 1876 – The department of Indian postal service joined with the Universal Postal Union. By this collaboration, Indian postal service has extended their mail services across the globe.
• 1880 – Introduced the Post Office Savings Bank and Railway Mail Services.
• 1911 – Indian postal service hosted the first official airmail flight across the world.
• 1947 – After independence of India, India Post was brought under the Ministry of Communications, Government of India.
• 1986 – Department of Indian postal service introduced the Speed Post service. It is the time-bound and express mail service.
• 1986 – Speed Post tracking feature is introduced, which gives tough competition to private courier company’s tracking feature.
• 2008 – Improved the customer services in India and also modernized the post offices in India.
• 2018 – Launched the Payment Bank (IPPB). This Payment Bank has helped citizens of India to save money.

The department of Indian postal service has an extensive network across India and also worldwide. With the operation of 150,000 post offices in India, Indian postal service has become the largest postal network worldwide. The department of Indian postal service has offered a wide range of mail delivery services both domestically and internationally.

The prominent and reliable services offered by Indian Postal service are mail delivery services, banking, insurance, ecommerce and logistics solutions. In these services mail delivering has become a vital role in India. This service is playing a crucial role in both urban and rural areas of India. It is the backbone for primary communication in India. For more information about Indian postal services and India Post tracking services, you can visit the official website of India Post (Indiapost.gov.in).