India Post launches Postinfo mail tracking app

Minister of Communications & Information Technology Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad has launched India Post’s mobile app for mail tracking. The new Postinfo app, developed by the Centre for Excellence in Postal Technology, provides facilities for: mail item tracking; post office searches; and a calculator for postage costs, insurance premiums and interest.

According to India Post, the app can be used to track the following types of mail items:

• Speed Post

•Registered Letter

•Insured Letter

• Value Payable Letter

•Insured Value Payable Letter

•Registered Packets

• Registered Periodicals

•Registered Parcel

•Insured Parcel

• Value Payable Parcel

•Insured Value Payable Parcel

•Business Parcel

• Business Parcel COD

•Express Parcel

•Express Parcel COD

• Electronic Money Order (e-MO)

The postage calculator will show the tariff to be paid for all types of articles based on the weight entered by the user.