March 16, 2016
NEW DELHI: More than 400 e-commerce companies are leveraging
the extensive reach of the Department of Posts (DoP) in an effort to deliver
their consignments at every nook and corner of the country.
"The
Department has tied up with more than 400 e-commerce agencies, including
Flipkart, Amazon, YepMe, Snapdeal and the like for delivering e-commerce
pre-paid as well as cash-on-delivery (COD) orders," an internal note of
the communications and IT ministry said.
DoP has a network of some 1.55 lakh
post offices, of which 1.3 lakh are in rural areas. Of all, Amazon is the
biggest partner in terms of business with India Posts.
As per the note, DoP
received Rs 1,150 crore from parcels under the COD category, which is expected
to cross the Rs 1,500-crore mark by the end of the current fiscal.
"DoP is
delivering 40,000 e-commerce parcels per day and the average value of parcels
handled by India Post is Rs 5,000 for urban areas and Rs 3,000 for rural
areas," the note said
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