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As a part of the postal services extension scheme, post offices in the suburbs of Kolkata are being brought under the jurisdiction of the General Post Office (GPO) service. In the first phase, a number of post offices in North and South 24-Parganas have been allotted Kolkata pin codes.
According to sources in GPO, there were 99 post office areas in the city served by the head post office. Under the new plan, southern suburbs like Narendrapur (Kolkata-103) and Joka (Kolkata-104) have started receiving the service of Town Delivery .
The postal department is hopeful that the new move will inject a fresh lease of life to the most defunct postal services. In the new plan, the services to the added areas will be faster and hassle-free.

To generate additional revenue, the department of posts has decided to develop and implement customised software products for postal networks in other countries. The department has completed a project for Uzbekistan and has bagged a contract for upgrading the postal network in Kazhakistan. ‘We are looking at ways and means to improve the department’s finances. Software development for postal departments of other countries offers huge potential,’ Sanjay Paswan, minister of state for information technology and communications, told Business Standard. The Postal Training Centre in Mysore had been dedicated towards this venture. Paswan said the department was also planning to regulate the huge courier market. ‘At present, the market is unorganised and we need to regulate it. The department is ideally positioned to act as the regulator,’ he said. To face the challenges from the private sector, the department might be corporatised, he said.

The Department of Posts hopes to earn Rs 586 crore from premium services during 2002-2003. In 2001-2002, the department achieved revenues of Rs 392.65 crore, a shade lower than the targeted revenue of Rs 400 crore.
According to informed sources, the Department of Posts’ aggregate revenue – including income from non-premium and non-value-added services – is expected to touch Rs 4,000 crore in the current fiscal, higher than the estimated Rs 3,400 crore earned in 2001-2002.