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India Postal dept to write off PIN system

Posted by | Aug 13, 2008 | |

The department of post (DoP) proposes to introduce postal address locator (PAL) to replace the existing postal index (PIN) code. The DoP plans to make the PAL code, the standard universal post code. The existing PIN code system is getting outdated and tedious as it is primarily based on delivery post office (DPO) and not on geographical location, wherein a unique code is permanently allotted to a location.

Moreover, incomplete PIN code is of no use. In India, a district is the most well known administrative or geographical entity and since no code is allotted to a district in the PIN code system, it appears to have destroyed the district based sorting, which was the norm before 1972 when PIN was first introduced, he added. “In the new PAL code system, a unique code has to be allotted to each geographical location including village, town, locality, building, street, road, zone and city. Each digit in the code has to denote some location and most importantly, any addition of digits to the code must lead to simplification of solution and not compounding the problem,” the official noted.

The official also said that the intellectual property right for the concept and design on the PAL code is with the DoP and that no postal administration across the world could adopt it for its postal code without the prior consent of the DoP. He said, “We are undergoing a major transformation. What we need is ‘appropriate technology’ including integrated postal software, networked post offices, GPS-based mail van fleet and a fleet of aircraft for quick transmission of mails between cities and states.” He also said that if the proposal gets through, the process of introducing the PAL code will barely take 2-3 months.

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Gati opens new retail outlet in Bangalore

Posted by | Aug 5, 2008 | |

Indian express carrier Gati is continuing to expand its network of retail outlets with the opening of a new Gati Café Deliver in Bangalore.

At the beginning of 2007, the company announced plans to invest EUR 8.7 million over the next three years in a large string of retail outlets. Gati said it planned to open a total of 100 owned stores as well as franchises to 1,500 kiosks across the country in a bid to increase its domestic presence.

Bangalore is now the fourth Gati Café Deliver following the inaugural outlet in Hyderabad and two other stores in Pune and Kolkata.

Gati Café Deliver is described as a unique kind of outlet designed like a business lounge, where a customer can sit down in a relaxed atmosphere over a cup of coffee and tea and send his documents. The cafés act as express pick-up and delivery points, as well as offering fax, photocopying, telephone, printing and Internet browsing services.

In additional, the retail outlet is positioned as a single window solution, where a customer can choose from a portfolio of basic business solutions such as Gati Surface Express, Gati Air Express, Gati International, AI-Gati, Gati Desk to Desk Cargo, Gati Supply Chain Management and Gati Coast to Coast. Gati Café Deliver operates 24×7 enabling customers to send documents almost anywhere in India and abroad.

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500 post offices to be upgraded

Posted by | Aug 3, 2008 | |

Five hundred post offices across the country will be upgraded under a special project to be launched later this month, Minister of State for IT and Communication Jyotiraditya Scindia said here Saturday. Addressing mediapersons here, Scindia spoke about the proposed facelift of postal network under project Arrow, which would be inaugurated Aug 16-17.
He said a proposal was chalked out for modernization of the postal department.
Scindia said that the human resource development ministry had accepted the demand of granting priority to children of rural postmen in admission to central schools.
He also spoke about plans to install additional towers, catering to both the CDMA and GSM systems, in Madhya Pradesh to improve the mobile telephony network and added that broadband services would soon be made available in each district of the state.

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Blue Dart Profit 206.69 million up by 19.94 pct

Posted by | Jul 31, 2008 | |

Blue Dart Express Limited declared its financial results for the quarter and half year ended June 30, 2008 at their Board Meeting held in the city.

Profit after tax for the 2nd quarter ended June 30, 2008 was Rs 206.69 million, an increase of 19.94 pct over the corresponding period of the previous year. Income from operations for the 1st half ended June 30, 2008 was Rs 4,842.86 million, an increase of 31.19 pct over the corresponding period of the previous year.

With the reinforcement of its ground express product ‘Dart Surfaceline’ last year, Blue Dart has now expanded its reach to over 20,955 locations across the country. Pioneers in India’s air express segment, Blue Dart today operates six air freighters, across 62 air routes with a payload capacity of 300 tonnes per night.

1 INR = 0.0237638 USD

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Blue Dart expands in Eastern India

Posted by | Jul 29, 2008 | |

Blue Dart, the DHL Express Indian subsidiary, announced the opening of a new warehouse in Kolkata, the capital of the Indian State of West Bengal, and plans investments of EUR 30 million in infrastructure development, according to Indian newspaper Business Standard.

The new warehouse will increase storing and handling capacity of shipments coming to and from Kolkata and will serve as a hub for the shipments to and from Bangladesh, according to the Indian daily newspaper Business Standard. The new India-Bangladesh service route, launched in association with DHL, will ensure better service quality for customers in the Eastern region by providing the possibility to send or receive documents and packages of any size.

“Kolkata and the Eastern region are of strategic importance to us”, Amod Dasgupta, vice president East Region, Blue Dart Express, was cited. “Blue Dart has been witnessing over 100 pct growth in both inbound and outbound shipments handled. Kolkata and West Bengal is anticipated to remain strong growth areas for Blue Dart. The growing business sentiments will open up a plethora of business opportunities to explore.”

The eastern region overall has seen increased investments from the company. This year, Blue Dart plans to open 11 new facilities of the 120 planned across the country.

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