The 240-Year-Old Indian Post is Getting a Facelift

 
The Indian Post has been around for quite some time now; it is almost like a very, VERY old uncle who is there at every family gathering, loved dearly by everyone, but talks to nobody and has no idea about who’s who. Now, however, the old-uncle postal service in India is being rejuvenated…
To be precise, the Indian Post is exactly 242 years old, and to be fair, people aren’t too forgiving with Indian governmental offices; they are seen as slow and boring (well, as government offices all over the world usually are.) People in India tend to think the same of the Indian Post, when in fact, their achievements are sometimes borderline heroic.

But let us not dismiss the post so easily; according to ScoopWhoop, the Indian postal system has incredible 1,54,939 post offices across the country and it is also the most widely distributed system globally. The post in most countries has a traditional image, nothing too fancy or high-tech, but in India, this is about to change thanks to the Modi government.
They started with the implementation of a clever post app, which allows people to calculate parcel costs, insurance and track their orders. Indians can also gain access to interest rates and the program will search for the nearest post office, too.

Now, the Indian Post will transform into a banking network, with 5000 ATMs across the country. The plan is to transform and open a whopping 650 and have them operational by September 2017.
And that’s still not all. With a clever management strategy, the Post is adding a list of new services to its existing ones, such as Gangajal, or water from the Ganga River. This is only a recent novelty, but the leaders figured: if people can send clothes, food, electronic items (basically anything and everything,) why not be able to send some holy water? Makes sense…

But, if you can send holy water to anyone, you should also be able to send religious items, too, right? The Post agrees: they will deliver “prasad” from historic-iconic temples like Radha-Rani, Dwarkadhish or Krishna Janamsthan to your doorstep.
Back in March, they geo-tagged all of their post offices (for the app, so people can find the nearest offices) and are now monitoring the post boxes to make sure that they were emptied when they were supposed to be. So, feel free to send any type of postcards to your loved ones from the Rickshaw Challenge, they’ll receive it very soon!

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) also named the Indian Post the speediest service among other private services. Probably as a result of its high achievements of delivering in even the farthest corners of the country, and doing this in a speedy manner, comes the fact that just last year, the Post had a staggering amount of profit. According to ScoopWhoop, the Post had a 900% revenue thanks to “cash-on-delivery (COD) consignments for e-commerce companies in just two years.” Again, thanks to clever management, the Indian Post has partnered up with companies such as Amazon, Snapdeal, Flipkart, Myntra and Yepme, and it is no secret that the most revenue comes in from Amazon deliveries.