Tag: India

India to formulate national postal policy

Posted by | Aug 3, 2005 | |

The Minister of State for Communications & Information Technology Dr. Shakeel Ahmad, has informed the Lok Sabha that the Government is proposing to formulate National Postal Policy and is currently engaged in the process of updating the provisions of the Indian Post Office Act to make it more relevant to the times and empower the Postal Services Board so that the department enjoys more functional autonomy. The Government has also recognized the need to clearly identify the Universal Service Obligation and the cost of fulfilling it, which, today, is included as a part of the Department’s budgetary deficit/loss. A major exercise has been initiated to review the system in terms of structure, products, processes, resources, accounting and pricing structure, technology requirements, etc., and to identify how best the Department can meet the twin challenges of becoming commercially viable while continuing to fulfill the Universal Service Obligation.

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Empost launches ‘Litedox’ courier service to India and UAE

Posted by | Jul 30, 2005 | |

Empost, the UAE’s national courier company, has launched ‘Litedox’, an innovative courier service for the delivery of light documents to India as well as within the UAE. The door-to-door courier service is designed to cater primarily to the need for sending original documents, certificates, statements and letters to India, whose expatriate community is the largest in the UAE. The service will be expanded to other international and regional countries at a later stage.

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Mobile post offices in India to counter courier

Posted by | Jul 12, 2005 | |

Faced with the challenge thrown by private courier companies, the Punjab circle post office has conceived a new idea of introducing mobile post offices. Under the new scheme, a postman would run to your house for sale of postal stamps or booking a registered letter. The conventional role of a dakia (postman) has been redefined with the Punjab circle of the postal department going for this change authorising the postmen to sell stamps and stationery, book registered letters and speed post articles at the doorsteps of the customers. The postal authorities admit that the pilot project was aimed at minimising the loss incurred due to decline in the volume of traditional mail.

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Net, post and courier can co-exist & grow together

Posted by | Jul 6, 2005 | |

The internet has revolutionised the way business is done, not only in India but all over the world. In fact, India, though a late beginner, has in a way overtaken most of the western world. It is well known that Indian organisations are behind some of the major innovations in software development globally. To be fair to the postal department, it has taken the challenge in its stride and reinvented several strategies.

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Dept of Post needs to get its act together

Posted by | Jul 1, 2005 | |

Liberalisation and globalisation have dealt dual blows to the country’s postal lifeline, India Post. Its own inability to cope with technological advancements has made it worse. On one hand, there is an influx of private players in the courier industry. Semi-organised local courier companies such as Blazeflash and DTDC are aggressive in the market along with larger, organised courier companies like DHL and TNT. On the other hand, information and communication technologies such as e-mail, e-fax, high-speed scanning, portable document formats, etc. are fast gaining momentum. Since the new formats are more efficient, accurate and convenient, they are being widely used by consumers. As a result, India Post’s balance sheet is screaming red. The organisation’s deficit in 2004-05 was Rs 1,475 crore, up 8 percent from the previous year. Snail mail has taken the biggest hit. According to Department of Post (DoP) officials, the mail traffic at India Post has fallen by close to 40 percent over the past decade.

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