The Department of Posts (Hindi: भारतीय डाक विभाग) functioning under the brand name India

Post (Hindi: भारतीय डाक) , is a government operated postal system in India; it is generally

The Indian Postal Service, with 155,333 post offices, is the most widely distributed post office
system in the world. [2]. The large numbers are a result of a long tradition of many disparate
postal systems which were unified in the Indian Union post-Independence. Owing to this far-
flung reach and its presence in remote areas, the Indian postal service is also involved in other
services such as small savings banking and financial services.

International Registered Post

Delivery time is same as normal post. Only difference is Registered post articles must be presented before
the counter, And at every stage its been registered by the postal dept. Charges of International registered
post is Higher than normal post, You are paying Registration charges and fuel surcharge. Currently India
post is charging for first 20 grams packet- 25Rs. Normal post charge + 50Rs. Registration Charge + 2 Rs.
fuel surcharge. Finally Registered post is believed to be the safest as well as the cheapest mailing system
for international post from India. Safest because every registered post require signature confirmation from
the final delivery point.

[editSpeed Post: The very high speed express service for letters and documents. Speed Post links more
than 1200 towns in India, with 290 Speed Post Centres in the national network and around 1000 Speed
Post Centres in the state network. For regular users, Speed Post provides delivery ‘anywhere in India’
under contractual service. Speed Post offers a money-back guarantee, under which the Speed Post fee will
be refunded if the consignment is not delivered within the published delivery norms.

Speed Post, the market leader in the domestic express industry, was started by Department of Posts in
August 1986 for providing time-bound and express delivery of letters ’ documents and parcels across the
nation and around the world. In the past 20 years , it continues to be the market leader in the express
industry with monthly volumes exceeding 1.4 crores.

Speed Post ushered in a new era when ‘One India, One Rate’ scheme was launched @ INR 25 for all
destinations across India, from Kashmir to Kanyakumari. Now, Speed Post delivers ‘Value for money’ to
every one every where, delivering local Speed Post upto 50 grams @ INR 12, inclusive of Service Tax.
Walk into any of the Speed Post booking centres across the country and experience the ‘joy of
communication’.

[edit] ePayment: The most convenient way to pay your bills under one roof. With its tremendous reach
and expertise India Post specializes in acceptance of payments across the counter and their consolidation.
e-Payment is a ‘Many to One’ service through which bills (telephone, electricity, etc.) paid by customers
in post offices are electronically consolidated.

[edit] Logistics Post: A brand new service from India Post great for sending parcels and large
consignments across the nation and around the world. Logistics Post manages the entire distribution side
of the logistics infrastructure from collection to distribution, from storage to carriage, from order
preparation to order fulfilment. Logistics Post is an ideal service for sending large consignments including
multi-parcels, just-in-time parcels, bulk-break consignments and goods of any weight. While Parcel Post
offers weight up to 35 kg, Logistics Post has no weight limit. Logistics Post offers not only physical
logistics services but also provides comprehensive supply chain management services, leading to
improvement in the service level efficiency.

[edit] Business Post: Total pre-mailing solutions including collection/printing, inserting, and addressing.

[edit] Media Post: Advertisements sent by media companies on Post cards, letters, walls of post offices,
letter boxes, stationary etc and received by millions of peoples.

[edit] Direct Post: Distribution of advertising materials directly to prospective customers.

[edit] Postal Life Insurance: Postal Life Insurance was started in 1884 as a welfare measure for the
employees of Posts & Telegraphs Department under Government of India dispatch No. 299 dated 18-10-
1882 to the Secretary of State. Due to popularity of its schemes, various departments of Central and State
Governments were extended its benefits. Now Postal Life Insurance is open for employees of all central
and state government departments, nationalized banks, public sector undertakings, financial institutions,
local municipalities and Zila Parishads an Educational Institution aided by the Government.

[edit] Instant Money Order Service (iMO): The instant domestic money is available in 717 post
offices. However no International Money Order facility is available.

[edit] International Money Transfer: As a result of the collaboration of the Department of Posts with
the Western Union Financial Services, state of the art international money transfer service is now
available through post offices in India. This enables instantaneous remittance of money from 185
countries to India. The recipients can in fact collect the money in minutes after the sender has made the
remittance. The service is targeted to particularly fulfil the needs of NRI dependent families in India,
visiting International tourists and foreign students studying in India.