Disillusioned with the fixed quota of mail delivery given by Indian airlines, the West Bengal postal circle will depend more and more upon private airlines for its mail delivery. said post master general (mail management) S.K. Das while speaking to TNN.
The decision relates mainly to the express segment like express parcel, business mail and speedpost that are heavier and carry more weight.
NEW DELHI, Oct 10 Asia Pulse – indiatimes.com has joined hands with Overnite Express in association with United States Postal Services to launch its new initiative – “US-India messaging”. “With the launch of these services, limited penetration of internet connectivity in the country would not be a limiting factor for Indians in the US to reach out to their friends and relatives in villages, towns or cities,” Mahendra Swarup, chief executive officer of Times Internet, told reporters.
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October 1, and the arrangement for free services on reciprocal basis
between the Department of Posts and the Department of Telecom, nay
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL), shall cease to exist. From then on, BSNL will have to pay the Department of Posts for all
services – such as collection of telephone bills, service money
orders, occupying space, etc – availed through the latter’s network
and infrastructure.
IT IS GOOD to find the Department of Posts (DoP) trying to live down
its traditional image of a low-profile, sluggish organisation. The
series of non-traditional business initiatives the DoP has taken in
recent years indeed mark its efforts to reinvent itself. It has
already made a reasonable success of the value-added service
ventures, such as Speed Post, Express Parcel Post, Business Post,
Media/Publicity Post, Corporate Money Order and Surface Air Lifted
Mailing. In some of these segments, it was pitted against the
expanding private sector courier companies. Thereafter, it embarked
upon the totally new business of selling customised greeting cards
with pre-paid printed postage stamps that are a replica of the
design on the card. In yet another breakthrough, it struck a deal
for international money transfer services with Western Union
Financial Services International of the US.
DHL India is expecting at least six to eight per cent growth in documents transfer through their air courier services in the current fiscal despite the recent spurt in electronic transfers
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