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Due diligence failure facilitated fraud

In a case of fraud, the National Commission found that a postal department had handed over a cheque meant for a couple to another person without an authorisation letter

India Post, US Postal Service sign pact for electronic exchange of customs

The Department of Posts and United States Postal Service on Tuesday signed an agreement for electronic exchange of customs data related to postal shipments between the two countries

My Stamp

Department of Post has launched a scheme named My Stamp. My Stamp is a personalised sheets of postage stamps. The personalization is achieved by printing a thumb nail photograph of the customer, images and logos of institutions, or images of artwork, heritage buildings, famous tourist places, historical cities, wildlife, other animals and birds etc., alongside the selected My Stamp sheet. Rs. 300 is charged from customers for one My Stamp sheet contacting 12 stamps. My Stamp can be used as valid postage for domestic mail purposes. A customer can choose from a variety of My Stamp themes available.

Postal department deficit widens to Rs 11,000 cr in February

The department has plans to open 166 new branch post offices and 80 sub post offices

Postal department revenue deficit widened to Rs 8,670 cr till Dec

Total revenue of the DoP was Rs 9,307 crore at the end of December 2016