The department has a network of more than 150,000 post offices across the country.
"The postal tariffs will remain unchanged, ensuring that exporters continue to benefit from affordable international delivery rates while complying with the revised US import requirements. This measure has been introduced to maintain affordability, support MSMEs, and boost India's exports through the postal channel," India Post said.
India's main inflation measure, the Consumer Price Index (CPI), is set for another major update, even though it has been in its current form for only about 15 years.
Under an Executive Order issued by the US administration on July 30, 2025, goods valued above USD 100 will be subject to customs duties in America with effect from August 29 onwards.
India Post has suspended all mail operations to the US due to a lack of clarity regarding new customs regulations imposed by the US Customs Department. The suspension affects all categories of mail, including letters, documents, and gift items.
In a bold initiative, the Centre has allowed the department of posts to invest about Rs 10,000 crore (Rs 100 billion) from its life insurance schemes in the stock markets for better returns.
This project christened 'Project Arrow' has been launched to initially upgrade 500 post offices, across 10 circles, mostly in rural areas, by the end of this calendar year. Under the project, 500 post offices will receive a makeover, to represent the standardisation of quality. The department of posts has developed standardised and consistent interior and exterior blueprints for 500 post offices and will install uniform modular furniture across the post offices.
The department of posts will start a service to distribute campaign material for companies and revamp its VPP service, to tap the high volume business segment.
Digipin promises to revolutionise location-based services in India with safeguards.
In order to popularise the social security schemes for the unorganised sector, a Committee on Tuesday suggested PFRDA access the postal department's network and enter into tie ups with mobile phone operators who have vast reach.
Prasad said country's postal department is 150 years old and needs improvement and the government is trying its best to do the needful.
Main imports from the neighbouring country during April-January 2024-25 included fruits and nuts (USD 0.08 million), certain oil seeds and medicinal plants (USD 0.26 million), and organic chemicals.
'Pakistan's decision is directly in contravention of international postal union norms. But Pakistan is Pakistan'
Post Office has 1,54,000 rural branches.
More than 25 crore workers engaged in sectors ranging from banking, insurance, postal to coal mining, highway and construction are expected to go on a nationwide general strike on Wednesday, potentially disrupting services across the country. A forum of 10 central trade unions and their associates has called for a general strike or 'Bharat Bandh' to "oppose the anti-worker, anti-farmer and anti-national pro-corporate policies of the government".
Nearly two million postcards and eight million letters pass through India's post offices daily.
A number of Indians living in the US said that RTI has now become accessible to the Indian citizens living abroad after the Postal Department last week launched Indian postal order in electronic format.
With the wage bill of postal department, having around 4,84,000 employees, expected to go up by 20 per cent in the current fiscal, the postal deficit for 2009-10 is set to go up by 41 per cent to Rs 5,395 crore over 2008-09.
In the past, development groups in the US had a tough time seeking information under the RTI Act.
The department of post is in the process of floating a separate company to bring its Postal Life Insurance and Rural Postal Life Insurance products under the ambit of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority, an official said on Saturday.
The Election Commission (EC) had in September last year recommended to the Union law ministry to tweak the Conduct of Election Rules, 1961 to ensure that voters on poll duty cast their vote at voter facilitation centre located where they are deployed.
Moving beyond selling application forms, the Department of Posts has started offering a complete package to agencies and companies for their recruitment process.
The government will amend the more than 100-year-old Indian Postal Act to bring courier services within its ambit, Minister of State for Communications and IT Shakeel Ahmad said in Lok Sabha.
Prasad also said India will be a $1 trillion opportunity for digital companies in five years
Revenue of Indian postal services has increased to Rs 4431.85 crore in 2004-05 from Rs 3297 crore in 2000-01, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday.
BlueKraft has published The Emergency Diaries -- Years that Forged a Leader to chronicle Modi's role in the underground campaign during that period, after speaking to a number of people associated with him at that time.
In a bid to augment its revenue, the postal department would soon commence life insurance business, Union Minister for IT and Telecom A Raja has said.
By the time the tribal boy, who secured the 83rd rank in the Scheduled Tribes category in the all-India entrance examination, received his rank card on August 17, the counseling process was over.
Twenty-eight years after a man applied for a job in the postal department, the Supreme Court has ordered his appointment noting that there was an error in holding him ineligible for the post.
Most of the services of the postal department are incurring losses.
Payments banks are niche banks which will be allowed to function with several restrictions.
Two key depts in ministry cold to rationale for one; postal dept says it's more eligible than IDFC or Bandhan, feels 'strong lobby' scuttling its plans.
It will escalate costs, mandate regulator to check malpractices, set standards.
Post offices in Darjeeling, Kurseong, Kalimpong, Siliguri, Gangtok and Jalpaiguri have been earmarked for the purpose.
After the outbreak of coronavirus in India, Bihar will be the first state to have assembly polls.
The permission was given to the company to make the postal stamps available to its customers as a value addition.
The Indian Diaspora has been able to carve a niche in their adopted countries as a result of their talent, perseverance and hardworking nature, asserts Rup Narayan Das.
The vertical will be based out of Bengaluru.
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