CUES FROM FEEDBACK OF NATIONAL POSTAL POLICY DRAFT

Following two comments,taken from the feedback of National Postal Policy draft (India Post web site), are worthy of emulation and worth reading:

It is appreciable step of Hon’ble Minister of Communication who is thinking of bringing reforms in the veteran postal department. In this department, many experiments have been performed but every time new methodology adopted by the officers deteriorates its services and weakens it.Mail is the core operation of the department and earns great chunk of revenue. Speed Post is promoted by the DOP keeping registered post at bay though department can earn more from Registered post. On Speed post many concessions are given. On the other hand, its tariff is lower than a Regd. Post article of same weight (30-50gm) for same destination causing huge loss to the department. Speed Post should be amalgamated with Registered post and one speedy transmission service like the old registered post pattern should be provided. Inspectors, its backbone are not happy, as no action has been taken by deptt. to keep their Grade Pay equal to their counterparts in CBDT and CBEC resulting in inefficiency in the deptt. 

The Indian post has been doing a noble job at a subsidised rate ( meant for the common man) the actual beneficiaries of the subsidised rates are corporate and multinationals, A printed post card (business use) is charged 12 times the normal post card so as to ensure that the Indian post does not loose on count of delivering business post and the subsidy remains only for the common man, This was fully exploited by the vested interests. Surprisingly, these Privately Manufactured Inland Letters are also being accepted by India Post at the same subsidized rate of only Rs.2.50 each. An depth study into this may actually lead to one more of the 2G likes ? The beneficiaries of this notification are top telecom /insurance/ credit card companies who switched over to the pr-printed inland mode at a heavily subsidized cost of Rs.2.50. The revenue loss to the exchequer amounting to more than 7,000 cr (Economic times article dated 5th Oct 2010) only on the business post.