Write a detailed note on various facilities offered by Indian Postal Department.
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Various facilities offered by Indian Postal Department :
(1) Mail facilities :
We can send messages through postcards, inland letters, envelopes and aerogrammes. Important letter or document can be sent through registered speed post. Postal parcel of upto 20 kg can be sent by parcel post . These parcels have to be registered.
(2) Telephone :
Another method of communication provided by post office is of telephone through exchanges established and managed by Post and telecommunication department of government. This is quick method of talking to the other party sitting at a distant place. There are two types of call local and trunk calls. Local calls are meant to talk to person at the same place while trunk calls are booked for talking to person at other places.
(3) Financial facilities :
Post office are the best agent to mobilize savings and popularising government schemes. some post office small saving schemes are as follows :
- Post office savings bank account
- Public provident fund
- Kisan Vikas Patra
- National savings certificates
- Money order services
- Recurring deposit scheme
(4) Allied postal facilities :
Some of the Allied facilities provided by the post office are as follows :
- Greeting post : Delightful greeting card for every occasion are available in the post office.
- Media post : corporate can advertise their brand through postcards, envelopes , aerogrammes etc.
- Direct post : Addressed as well as unaddressed direct advertising can be done through Direct post.
- International money transfer : The Post offices in collaboration with western union Financial service, USA enable remittance of money from 185 countries to India.
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Allied postal facilities :
Greeting post : Delightful greeting card for every occasion are available in the post office. Media post : corporate can advertise their brand through postcards, envelopes , aerogrammes etc. Direct post : Addressed as well as unaddressed direct advertising can be done through Direct post.