1. Money Order
A service to remit money from one place to another by customers
Door payment
Includes facility of sending message
Acknowledgement facility also available
Money order is an order issued by one P.O to another for payment of sum of money through agency of P.O.

2. Types of Money Order 1 Ordinary money order e-MO Rs. 1/- Rs. 5000/- 2
S. NO
TYPES
Minimum
Maximum 1
Ordinary money order
e-MO
Rs. 1/-
Rs. 5000/- 2
Service money order
NO LIMIT 3
Value payable money order 4
Foreign money order NEPAL BHUTAN
Rs. 2000/- 5
Family allotment Money order

3. Money Order Note: 1.MO exceeding Rs. 399/- is called High Value MO
Note:2.Remitter fills prescribed form.(MO-8)
Note:3.Commission- Rupee 1/- for every Rs. 20/- or part
Note: 4.No commission on MOs booked for National Defense Fund & Prime Minister’s Relief Fund
Note:5.BO money orders will be rebooked at account office.

4. Electronic Money Order
It is not a new service but a system of transmission of Money Order electronically among connected Post Offices registered as electronic Money Order offices
Remitter will use pay-in-slip in place of Money Order form free of cost

5. Electronic Money Order
Communication messages available both through standard codes and customized
Electronic Money Order system will have provision for
Remittance from one to one
Remittance from one to many
Remittance from many to one

6. Electronic Money Order
Electronic Money Order booked in selected offices but will be paid in all Post Offices
Fully secured since web registration of electronic Money Order offices by Divisional administrator
Unique PNR number for every Money Order booked to facilitate tracking through India Post web site

7. Electronic Money Order
The connected Head offices & Sub offices will book electronic Money Order for other connected Head offices (including Sub offices & Branch Offices in account) and other connected Sub offices (including Branch Offices in account)
Money order booked at BOs will be rebooked at its AO as eMO

8. Exercise 3.8

9. Examination of Money order
Proper form MO 8 is used
MO form is properly and correctly filled
Amount in words and figures
Name and address of the payee, destination with pin code
Name & address of the remitter in acknowledgement
Signature of remitter(Sender)

10. Blue entries are written by the sender/Remitter
DEPARTMENT OF POSTS, INDIA
MONEY ORDER
PAY RUPEES FIVE HUNDRED ONLY……..
Rs…500/-
To…Narmada Publications
Tiruvallikeni Road
CHENNAI…………………………………
ANJALI PIN
Sender’s Signature
DATE :
______________________________________________________________
M.O. NO ……………………….… .……Date ……………………………
Rupees
Combined Oblong stamp Assistant Postmaster
Received Rupees………………………
Round M.O. stamp Signature of Payee
Signature of witness/ identifier
Oblong Stamp Signature of Paying Official
____________________________________________________________ M.O. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Mo No ……………………………….Date…………………………………….
(Sender’s Name & Address)
Ms. Anjali, Librarian,
POSTAL TRAINING CENTRE
Mysore
…………………. On……………………… Date Stamp Signature of Payee
_____________________________________________________________
(Space for Communication)
CAUSE SUPPLY OF BOOKS AS REQUESTED IN MY LETTER. DT
Blue entries are written by the sender/Remitter
Model BO
Rs.

11. Booking of Money orders at BOs
After satisfying that the money form is filled up properly, BPM prepared the money order receipt MS 87(a)
Duplicate-double sided carbonic process
Write the word ‘Money Order’
Name and address of the remitter
Amount of value and commission
Total amount in words
Name and address of the sender
BPM to sign
Date stamp impression on the space provided

12. Demo of MS 87(a)

13. Booking of Money orders at BOs
Hand over first copy of the receipt to remitter
Write the MS 87 (a) receipt number on the MO form with name of the BO and date of booking
Enter the particulars of MO in the remarks column of BO journal
Enter the MO particulars in the BO daily account such as receipt number, amount
Send the MO form to AO for rebooking at AO.

14. Red ink entries made by BPM after preparation of BO receipt Ms-87(a)
DEPARTMENT OF POSTS, INDIA
MONEY ORDER
PAY RUPEES FIVE HUNDRED ONLY……..
Rs…500/-
To…Narmada Publications
Tiruvallikeni Road
CHENNAI…………………………………
ANJALI PIN
Sender’s Signature
DATE :
______________________________________________________________
M.O. NO ……………………….… .……Date ……………………………
Rupees
Combined Oblong stamp Assistant Postmaster
Received Rupees………………………
Round M.O. stamp Signature of Payee
Signature of witness/ identifier
Oblong Stamp Signature of Paying Official
____________________________________________________________ M.O. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Mo No ……………………………….Date…………………………………….
(Sender’s Name & Address)
Ms. Anjali, Librarian,
POSTAL TRAINING CENTRE
Mysore
…………………. On……………………… Date Stamp Signature of Payee
_____________________________________________________________
(Space for Communication)
CAUSE SUPPLY OF BOOKS AS REQUESTED IN MY LETTER. DT
Red ink entries made by BPM after preparation of BO receipt Ms-87(a)
Model BO
BO receipt 11/
Model BO
Rs.

15. Rebooking of BO Money Order
On receipt of BO MO at AO,AO will rebook and send the customer copy of MO receipt to BO duly invoiced in the BO slip
On receipt of MO receipt, the BPM check the amount, BO receipt(MS 87a) number, name of the payee with reference to office copy of the BO receipt
Paste the account office MO receipt to the office copy of the BO receipt

16. Exercise 3.9

17. Thanks