National Postal Week celebrations
Mumbai : 09-10-2016
India
Post will begin National Postal Week celebrations from today to create
awareness about the role of postal sector in the lives of people and
business and its contribution to social and economic development.
The
celebrations, which will conclude on October 15, are also aimed at
generating a broader awareness about India Post's role and activities
among the public and media at national level.
"As
part of National Postal Week, the Department of Posts is celebrating
Savings Bank Day, Mail Day, Philately Day, Business Development Day and
Postal Life Insurance Day to focus on various services provided by the
department," Chief Post Master General of Maharashtra and Goa Circle
Ashok Kumar Dash said on the eve of the event.
He
said the department is well aware of the changing needs of the
customers and has introduced services like speed post, express/business
parcel, business post, e-post, money remittance services etc.
"To utilise the full strength of vast
network of post offices, we are pushing hard to tap e-commerce market
and have set up parcel facility at Parel in Mumbai by having commercial
tie-ups with dozens of e-commerce companies," said Dash.
In-tune with the emerging e-commerce
market, the parcel product has been revamped and Cash on Delivery (CoD)
facility too has been introduced, he said.
The
World Post Day is being celebrated today to commemorate the
establishment of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) in 1874 in the Swiss
capital Berne.
It was declared as World Post Day by
the UPU Congress held in Tokyo in 1969 and since then, it is celebrated
all over the world to highlight the importance of the postal services.
"We would celebrate :
Savings Bank Day 11,
Mail Day on October 12,
Philately Day on October 13,
Postal Life Insurance Day on October 14 and
Business Development Day on October 15,"
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