Tuesday, 16 August 2016

Achievements of India Post in Last Two Years - Rajya Sabha Reply



Posted: 15 Aug 2016 03:39 AM PDT
The Minister of State (IC) of the Ministry of Communications Shri Manoj Sinha replied in Rajya Sabha regarding the details of the achievements of Ministry of Telecommunications.


As per reply following are the achievement of Department of Post during the last two years


 A.   REVENUE GROWTH

2013-14 (Rs. in crore)
2014-15 (Rs. in crore)
2015-16 (Rs. in crore)
Speed Post revenue
1372
1495
1600.45
Parcel revenue
77.63
112
149.94

B.   E-COMMERCE

Tie-up with e-commerce agencies
900 e-commerce merchants

2013-14 (Rs. in crore)
2014-15 (Rs. in crore)
2015-16 (Rs. in crore)
Collection through Cash on Delivery (COD)

100

400

800

Parcel delivery per day
40,000 parcels

Rural (in Rs.)
Urban (in Rs.)
Average value of e-commerce parcel
3000
5000

Overall premium products and services Revenue (Rs. in crore)

2014-15
2015-16
2016-17(up to June)
2827.95
3097.24
691.60





Post Shoppes

No of Post Shoppes opened
50
Total revenue generated
Rs 60 lakh


Distribution of Gangajal

The Department since 10th July 2016 has made arrangement for distribution of Gangajal, sourced from Rishikesh and Gangotri in 200 ml and 500 ml bottles, from post offices. The same are available through Head Post Offices across the country and can also be ordered online at www. epostoffice.gov.in.

The packaging and handling charges of delivery of Gangajal are as follows:

Size
Source
Post Office counters (in Rs.)
*Online
(in Rs.)
Doorstep Delivery
(in Rs.)
200 ml
Rishikesh
15
101
28
500 ml
Rishikesh
22
151
38
200 ml
Gangotri
25
101
38
500 ml
Gangotri
35
151
51

*Online cost includes Speed Post charges.

Doorstep delivery means a customer can place an order in the nearest post office and the Gangajal is delivered at his doorstep. The cost excludes Speed Post charges.
  
C.   PARCEL INFRASTRUCTURE

Road Transport network established for fast, secure, and reliable transmission of parcels
34 (major routes)
Mail vans fitted with GPS devices for online monitoring of mail movement
950

2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
Parcel Centre established
20
28
9

    D.   IT MODERNIZATION

CBS roll out
22,722 Post Offices
Post Office Savings Bank (POSB) Accounts migrated to CBS
31.61 Crore
ATM Installed
946
Hand held devices supplied to rural branch Post Office
4,782

   E.    FINANCIAL INCLUSION

                 i.        Post Office Savings Bank Account

2014-15
2015-16
33,03,35,249
34,53,21,639

            ii.        Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana (SSY)

No. of Sukanya Samriddhi Account (SSA) upto March 2016
85,31,482
Amount invested upto March 2016 (INR)
5151,33,40,173

  iii.        Kisan Vikash Patra (KVP)

No. of KVP sold upto March 2016
2,79,76,490
Amount invested upto March 2016 (INR)
27853,19,91,700

  iv.        Jan Suraksha Yojana (JSY)

No. of Atal Pension Yojana (APY)
98,802
No. of Pradhan Mantri Jeewan Jyoti Yojana(PMJJBY)
25,852
No. of Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana(PMSBY)
3,73,173
Total Number
4,97,827

 H.  MONEY ORDERS

Disbursement through Money Orders under National Pension Schemes

SI No
National Pension Schemes
2014-2015
2015-2016
No. of MO Booked
(in Crore)
Amount

(in Crore)
No. of MO Booked
(in Crore)
Amount

(in Crore)
1
Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme (IGNOAPS)
4.32
3201.82
3.13
2256.83
2
Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme (IGNWPS)
1.40 
1029.24
1.76
937.23
3
Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme (IGNDPS)
.55
414.22
.57
445.78
Total
6.27
4645.28
5.46
3639.84

Saturday, 13 August 2016

India Post to Increase the Parcel Transportation Channels

After collecting Rs.1,500 crore at the end of March 2016 in cash for delivering parcels for various e-commerce portals, including Amazon and Flipkart, the postal department now plans to have dedicated road routes for short distances and dedicated trains for longer routes to deliver parcels.

A senior department of posts (DoP) official, requesting anonymity, said B.V. Sudhakar, secretary of DoP, met officials from the ministry of railways earlier this month to explore areas to increase parcel delivery capacity, especially from e-commerce firms, through the railways.

“We are exploring various modes to deliver e-commerce parcels. We plan to buy our own vehicles for delivery through roads. Currently, we outsource and have few vehicles. Besides, we are looking towards increasing association with the railways and are in discussion with them for dedicated trains for parcels,” the official said.

The boom in the e-commerce sector has come as a lifeline for the postal department. The cash collected from e-commerce deliveries by DoP was Rs.500 crore in 2014-15, and a meagre Rs100 crore in 2013-14.

The e-commerce sector in India is expected to grow to $119 billion by 2020 with a total of 320 million shoppers, according to a report released in February by Morgan Stanley.

To be sure, India Post already has tie-up with the railways for transporting parcels and the plan is to increase the capacity in the trains to manage the load which is increasing day by day.

The postal department plans to buy 250-300 new vehicles this year and have a fleet of around 1,300 vehicles for inter-city transport and short distances outside cities.

A senior official at the ministry of railways, who also did not want to be named, said, “We have made extra parcel vans and we plan to have full parcel trains. It is under consideration but it is at an exploratory stage. We have an old association with the DoP and have a railway mail service as well. The DoP and the railways are together exploring the possibility.”

The cash-crunched Indian Railways is exploring all possible ways to increase its fare and non-fare revenues, and is also exploring external financing options to execute various projects.

In the budget of 2016, railway minister Suresh Prabhu had said that the ministry will look at liberalising parcel policies to increase non-fare revenue and it will expand its service offerings especially to cater to sectors such as e-commerce. Prabhu also had said that soon time-tabled parcel trains will be introduced.

As per the Indian Railways Statistical Publications 2014-15, the revenue from parcels and other coaching in financial year 2014-15 was Rs.3,997.89 crore.

Queries emailed to the spokespersons of the ministry of railways and the DoP on 11 August remained unanswered.

According to experts, the coming together of Indian Railways and India Post has the potential of creating a formidable logistics ecosystem.

“The big picture is that we are living in a digital age and once we have a digital platform, you can do a lot of things. It could be e-commerce, education, healthcare, etc. So in India, this is an amazing combination—the post office has last mile connectivity right to the villages and the Indian Railways has a wonderful network,” said Hemant Joshi, partner, Deloitte Haskins & Sells LLP.

Both are government departments and it is an absolutely fantastic combination as it can only create value for the people of India, added Joshi.


The postal department has set up 48 processing centres to handle parcels for handling the e-commerce load. Besides, it is also setting up automatic parcel centres at Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad and Bengaluru. The department already has such centres in New Delhi and Kolkata.

Source: Post Bank of India

Friday, 5 August 2016

How an India Post E-Commerce Centre Works

With ecommerce platforms increasingly turning to the Indian Posts to deliver their orders to customers, the fast flourishing e-retail business has become a revenue generator for the state-run agency.  Realising the potential, the Postal Department has set up a dedicated ecommerce and parcel processing centers in the country.
Below video shows that how one such ecommerce centre works.  This will be a new experience even for India Post employees.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nJYuZg_Buo

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