India Transformed Part 1 — History STD 12 Commerce / Arts — Question
Maharashtra BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 Commerce / ArtsHistoryIndia Transformed Part 14 Marks
Question
Speed Post
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Answer
The Indian postal department started the service of speed post in 1986 which changed the nature of post service.
This service was used by the majority of Indians, more than three crore letters and parcels were delivered from this service.
The customer will get the message of successful delivery of their items.
The postal department now offers courier services like passport delivery, business parcels, cash-on-delivery, logistics posts, and air freights.
The post office even offers a packaging service. Over one lakh and fifty thousand post offices are offering the services like paying bills, sending festive cards and other objects.
Since 2016, the postal department has started service of delivering Ganges water from Rishikesh and Gangotri at personal addresses.
Buying personalized postage stamps with personal photographs and special schemes for philatelists are also available at ‘Post Shops’ opened at 80 post offices.
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