- Department of posts functions under the Ministry of communications and Information Technology.
- In India Lord Clive established the modern postal system in 1766.
- Warren Hastings established the Calcutta General Post Office under a Postmaster general in the year 1774.
- General post Office in the Madras presidency was established in 1786.
- General Post Office in the Bombay presidency was established in 1793.
- The Act of 1837 first regulated the Post office on a uniform basis.
- The Post Office Act of 1854 reformed the entire fabric of the postal system and the Post office of India was placed on the present administrative footing on October 1, 1854.
- The statute presently governing the postal services in the country is the Indian post office Act, 1898.
- At the time of Independence there were 23,444 post offices(19,184 in rural and 4,160 in urban) through out the country.
- India is a member of the Universal Postal Union since 1876 and of the Asian Pacific Postal Union since 1964.
- The Department of Posts has launched "Project Arrow" to revitalize its core operations and to provide new technology enabled services to the common man.
- In India Speed Post service was introduced on 1 August 1986.
- A money order is an order issued by the post office for the payment of a sum of money through the agency of the Post office.
- Indian posts promotes Philately.
- Rafi Ahmed Kidwai National Postal academy located at Ghaziabad.
- In India Lord Clive established the modern postal system in 1766.
- Warren Hastings established the Calcutta General Post Office under a Postmaster general in the year 1774.
- General post Office in the Madras presidency was established in 1786.
- General Post Office in the Bombay presidency was established in 1793.
- The Act of 1837 first regulated the Post office on a uniform basis.
- The Post Office Act of 1854 reformed the entire fabric of the postal system and the Post office of India was placed on the present administrative footing on October 1, 1854.
- The statute presently governing the postal services in the country is the Indian post office Act, 1898.
- At the time of Independence there were 23,444 post offices(19,184 in rural and 4,160 in urban) through out the country.
- India is a member of the Universal Postal Union since 1876 and of the Asian Pacific Postal Union since 1964.
- The Department of Posts has launched "Project Arrow" to revitalize its core operations and to provide new technology enabled services to the common man.
- In India Speed Post service was introduced on 1 August 1986.
- A money order is an order issued by the post office for the payment of a sum of money through the agency of the Post office.
- Indian posts promotes Philately.
- Rafi Ahmed Kidwai National Postal academy located at Ghaziabad.