Tag: India

A two day international symposium will start here on November 12 to discuss Postal System reforms for harnessing its reach and utilising it as front-end for the financial sector to benefit India’s population, numbering over 1 billion.

The seminar, jointly organised by the World Bank, India Post and Invest India Economic Foundation (IIEF), would dwell on many roles that the Indian postal system could adopt in areas including payment systems, E-governance, E-commerce, financial sector and information dissemination.

Indiapost, the postal service under the Union communications ministry, is readying to slug it out with the private sector to grab a larger market share. To take the fight right into competitors territory, Indiapost will set up call centres. So next time you have to send a consignment, just dial a hotline number.

Indiapost is experimenting with outsourcing few of its operations relating to mailing of consignments which can be handled by private call centres.