Politics of Stamps

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The NDA government has decided to drop the names of former prime ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi from the list of definitive stamps and has proposed to include the names of other prominent personalities, including Sangh Parivar icons like Syama Prasad Mookerjee and Deen Dayal Upadhyay. Business Standard looks at various categories of stamps and lists personalities on whom stamps have been issued.

subject. An individual or organisation can also request the government to issue commemorative stamps provided certain conditions are met. These stamps are released every year. A careful look at the commemorative stamps listed since 1950 suggests though they were issued in the name of all prominent leaders post their deaths, the incumbent government had a preference for those who belonged to its party.

Every now and then, the Union government revises its , which are used daily for the purpose of posts, to include or drop names of the items and persons, commemorating whom the stamps are issued.