Indian Postal Orders

The information was shared by Union Minister of State for Education Annapurna Devi in response to a written question. The minister said the online ordered textbooks are supplied at the doorstep of the customer with the help of Indian Postal Services.

With e-commerce platforms increasingly turning to the Indian Posts to deliver their orders to customers, the fast flourishing e-retail business has become a revenue generator for the state-run agency, whose traditional operations are dented by the deep penetration of e-mail and mobile phones.

The Supreme Court, today, said that it cannot order legislature to make or amend a law within a particular time frame and granted eight weeks time to the Centre to effect changes in statutes for extending voting rights to NRIs through postal ballots.

There is reason to cheer for millions of Indians living overseas. The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) today added 176 Indian missions abroad under the category of "public authorities", which will now accept RTI application fees through the E-IPO (Electronic-Indian postal order).

The Department of Posts and Telegraph finally launched an online system, which allows Indians living abroad to directly purchase Electronic-Indian Postal Orders (E-IPO) on the Internet. Postal Orders are required as payment accompanying each RTI query.

In a major victory for transparency seekers and ordinary Indians living abroad, the centre has given its in-principle nod to allow the sale of Indian Postal Orders (IPOs) through the internet to citizens living abroad. While the details are still being worked out, the decision follows the RBI giving its nod to allowing Indian citizens to purchase I...

The information was shared by Union Minister of State for Education Annapurna Devi in response to a written question. The minister said the online ordered textbooks are supplied at the doorstep of the customer with the help of Indian Postal Services.

With e-commerce platforms increasingly turning to the Indian Posts to deliver their orders to customers, the fast flourishing e-retail business has become a revenue generator for the state-run agency, whose traditional operations are dented by the deep penetration of e-mail and mobile phones.

The Supreme Court, today, said that it cannot order legislature to make or amend a law within a particular time frame and granted eight weeks time to the Centre to effect changes in statutes for extending voting rights to NRIs through postal ballots.

There is reason to cheer for millions of Indians living overseas. The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) today added 176 Indian missions abroad under the category of "public authorities", which will now accept RTI application fees through the E-IPO (Electronic-Indian postal order).

The Department of Posts and Telegraph finally launched an online system, which allows Indians living abroad to directly purchase Electronic-Indian Postal Orders (E-IPO) on the Internet. Postal Orders are required as payment accompanying each RTI query.

In a major victory for transparency seekers and ordinary Indians living abroad, the centre has given its in-principle nod to allow the sale of Indian Postal Orders (IPOs) through the internet to citizens living abroad. While the details are still being worked out, the decision follows the RBI giving its nod to allowing Indian citizens to purchase I...