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THE
MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS &
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(SHRI MANOJ SINHA)
(a) & (b) The traffic and revenue of Speed Post has shown continuous
growth over the years indicating the trust of the customers in the service.
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has also mentioned in its 20th
report of 2015 – Union Government, Communications and IT Sector laid in the
Parliament, at Chapter-III, “The delivery performance of speed post was
better than those of private couriers in major cities, at the tehsil level
and at village level.”
The traffic and revenue generated from Speed Post for last three years is as
follows :
Year
Traffic(in Crore) Revenue (in Rs.Crore)
2015-16 41.43
1605.25
2016-17 46.31
1783.00
2017-18 46.38
1846.60
(c) & (d) Department of Posts reviews its services and products from time
to time in view of the changing needs of the market and customers, industry
benchmarks etc. and takes steps to improve service features and introduce new
value additions to meet the customer expectations. Some of them are as
follows :
• Online track and trace system for Speed Post has been strengthened.
Complete end to end status of an article can be tracked on the website of the
Department of Posts by logging onto www.indiapost.gov.in. In addition to
this, status of an article can also be tracked through mobile application.
• SMS alert has been introduced to provide delivery status of articles to
customers.
• Cash-on-delivery facility especially for e-Commerce companies has been
provided as a value addition to the Speed Post.
• Book Now Pay Later (BNPL) and National Account Facility have been
introduced under Speed Post for contractual customers.
• Apart from delivery through postman, Outsourced Postal Agents scheme has
been introduced with a view to extend door step delivery of various kinds of
articles and pickup from customer’s premises.
• Mobile phones have been provided to postman for delivery through postman
mobile app to capture delivery on real time basis.
• Computerization, infrastructure and site upgradation of sorting and mail
processing offices has been carried out.
• Dedicated point to point road transport for fast and secure transmission of
Speed Post articles has been introduced.
• Departmental vehicles have been equipped with Geo-positioning-system (GPS)
for monitoring their movement on real time basis.
• Nodal Mechanized Delivery Centres for delivery of Speed Post articles have
been established in selected cities.
• Quality Monitoring Cells have been established in the circles to monitor
mail performance. Centrally, through the Mail Network Optimization Project,
the mail movement has been rationalized and is monitored on a regular
basis.
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