India Post is celebrating National Postal Week from 9 to 15 October, 2014. As part of National Postal Week, Department is celebrating Business Development Day on 14 October. On this occasion Department of Post, B D Directorate signed MOU with Snapdeal.com and shopclues.com.
Vijay Ajmera, senior vice president (Finance) Snapdeal.com said that they are happy to choose Department of Post as their delivering partner and this partnership will provide their e-commerce business a wider reach and network. With 1.5 lakh post offices all over India, Department of Post can deliver products and parcels in any part of the country.
In tune with the emerging e-Commerce market, parcel product has been revamped and Cash on Delivery (CoD) facility has been introduced. State-of-the-art parcel centres are also being set up across the country. Department is also developing exclusive parcel network to cater to the needs of e-Commerce companies.
Department is well aware of the changing needs of the customers and this is why it has introduced products like Speed Post, Express/Business Parcel, Business Post, ePost, Money Remittance services etc. Utilizing its vast network, India Post offers bill collection under e-Payment and retails third party products from its Post Offices.
India Post is in the process of inducting new-age technology through an enterprise wide IT Project, at an approximate cost of Rs 4909 crores, which will bring in electronic connectivity and capability across 1.5 lakh post offices for seamless delivery of all mail and financial services.