India Post holds Workshop on Financial Inclusion Programme

A workshop on financial inclusion programme was organized by India Post from 04th Sep. 2012 to 06th Sep. 2012. Nineteen international participants from nine countries including India, Bhutan, Nepal, Maldives, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Myanmar and Bangladesh attended the said workshop. Further three delegates from United Postal Union (UPU) Headquarter Bern and one from UPU regional HQ Bangkok also attended the workshop. 

This workshop was led by Mr. Serguei Ananda who is head of financial services at UPU. In this workshop two UN agencies came together i.e. UPU and International Federation of Agriculture Development (IFDA) to develop facilities for cross border money remittances and its deliveries in rural areas. 

This programme was mainly for the Indian workers of abroad who regularly send money to their relatives in the rural areas in India. 

IPO Examination-2012 further Postponed

IPO exam 2012 scheduled to be held on 15 &16 September 2012 has been postponed till further order by the competent authority vide DTE letter no. A-34012/07/2012-DE dated at New Delhi, 6th September, 2012.

DOP Signs Agreement with South Africa Post for EMS Service

The Department of Posts (DoP) has signed an Agreement with South Africa Post for starting international EMS (Speed Post) service with that country. This agreement signed recently is expected to augment people-to-people contact between the two countries, and foster trade, as EMS is a popular export channel for small and medium enterprises. The EMS service to South Africa will be available at the major post offices from September 2012 onwards. 

EMS or Express Mail Service is a premium service that enables its users to send letters, documents and parcels faster with the added facility of being able to track the movement of the item on the internet. 

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