( Board Members Picture)
Government of India
Ministry of Communications &IT
Department of Posts
Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg
New Delhi – 110001
Press Brief
National Postal Week 9th – 15th October, 2014
World Post Day is celebrated each year on 9th October,
to commemorate the establishment of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) in
1874 in the Swiss capital, Berne. It was declared as World Post Day by
the UPU Congress held in Tokyo, Japan, in 1969 and since then, it is
celebrated all over the world to highlight the importance of the postal
services.
India
Post is celebrating National Postal Week from 9th to 15th October,
2014. The purpose of World Post Day is to create awareness about the
role of the postal sector in the lives of people and business and its
contribution to the social and economic development of the country. The
celebration is aimed at generating a broader awareness about India
Post’s role and activities among the public and media at national level.
As
part of National Postal Week, Department is celebrating Savings Bank
day, Mail Day, Philately Day, Business Development Day and PLI Day to
focus on various services provided.
Department
of Posts has been serving every part of the country for more than 150
years by providing mail , Speed Post and Parcel services, Post Office
Savings Bank, Postal Life Insurance, Philatelic services by issue of
definitive and special/ commemorative stamps. The Department has been
providing ‘My Stamp’ service to public at large. ‘My Stamp’ is the brand
name for the personalized sheets of Postage Stamps of India Post. The
personalization is achieved by printing a thumb nail photograph of the
customers of the images and logos of institutions, or images of art
work, heritage buildings, famous tourist places, historical cities, wild
life, other animals and birds etc, alongside the selected Commemorative
Postage Stamps.
Department
is well aware about the changing needs of the customers and has
introduced products like Speed Post, Express/Business Parcel, Business
Post, ePost, Money Remittance services etc. Utilizing the vast network
of Post Offices, India Post offers bill collection under ePayment and
retails third party products from Post Offices.
India
Post is providing the service of reservation of railway tickets under
Passenger Reservation System of Indian Railways. Around 300 Post Offices
are providing this facility to the customers across India.
India
Post has set up Automated Mail Processing Centers in Delhi &
Kolkata to create an Automated Mail grid. The Automated Mail Processing
Center facilitates the processing of more than 55,000 piece of mail an
hour. During the National Postal Week customers, especially children are
encouraged to tour Automated Mail Processing Center. This unique
venture of India Post is worth visit by the people.
In tune with the emerging e‐Commerce market, parcel product has been revamped & Cash on Delivery (CoD) facility has been introduced. State‐of‐the‐art
Parcel centres are also being set up across the country. Department is
also developing Parcel Network to cater to the needs of e‐Commerce
companies. Delivery of parcels and Express mail is also planned to be
mechanised in bigger cities for efficient & quicker delivery.
India
Post is in the process of inducting technology through an enterprise
wide IT Project, at an approximate cost of Rs. 4909 crores,that will
bring in electronic connectivity and capabilities across 1.5 lakhs Post
Offices for seamless delivery of all mail & financial services.
On
the occasion of ‘World Post Day’ a seminar on ‘Building Business for
India Post’ was organized by Department of Posts to deliberate on
opportunities and road ahead for India Post. ‘My Stamp’ facility was
also inaugurated by Member (Operations), Postal Services Board in Sansad
Marg Head Post Office, New Delhi – 110001. Number of activities have
been planned during National Postal Week across the country.
