IndiaPost launches New Mail Product "GYAN POST"

New Mail Product of IndiaPost "GYAN POST" has launched w.e.f 01.05.2025. As a New Gateway to Educational Resources, India Post Launches Gyan Post to Support Education Nationwide.

IndiaPost launches New Mail Product

Ludhiana, May 8, 2025: New Mail Product of IndiaPost "GYAN POST" has launched w.e.f 01.05.2025. As a New Gateway to Educational Resources, India Post Launches Gyan Post to Support Education Nationwide.

Concessional rates for sending textbooks through ‘Gyan Post’ 

Adam Mohi-Ud-Din (IPoS), Sr. Supdt. Of Post Offices, Ludhiana City Division, Ludhiana while addressing the media, informed that Department of Posts will provide concessional rates for transporting educational materials like textbooks through a service called Gyan Post, modelled on the Book Post system. Union Minister of Communications Sh. Jyotiraditya Scindia made the announcement on April 28, 2025. 

The service will have prices ranging from INR 20 to INR 100, for packages ranging from 300 grams up to 5kg.
Under Gyan Post, printed materials that are “prescribed in syllabus for correspondence and regular courses for students” by State and Union government education boards or universities will be permitted to be carried through Gyan Post. However, periodicals like magazines will not be covered under the scheme.