4. Post Office Network
India has the largest Postal Network in the world with
over 1, 55,015 Post Offices (as on 31.03.2009) of which 1,
39,144 (89.76%) are in the rural areas.
At the time of independence, there were 23,344 Post
Offices, which were primarily in urban areas.Thus, the
network has registered a seven-fold growth since
Independence, with the focus of this expansion primarily
in rural areas.
On an average, a Post Office serves an area of 21.21 Sq.
Km and a population of 7175 people
10. Potential Forces Impacting on
India Post
Globalization
Entry of private players
Growth of telephony
Focus on inclusive growth
Higher delivery standards
11. Simple Flowchart for
Indian postal service
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12. LEVELS OF CUSTOMER EXPECTATION
INDIAN
POSTAL
SERVICE
S
KEY FACTORS:
Low price: local/nation RS 15/35
Servicing from decades
Reliability
Gov. factor
13. DESIRED SERVICE
ADEQUATE SERVICE
ZONE
OF
TOLERANCE
ZONE OFTOLERANCE
Wider gap
Servicing from decades
Price comparison
A reflective of Indian heritage
Governmental service
Reliable as well as empathic
Delight
s
Desirables
Musts
16. Strength
Strong Network & Infrastructure
Cost Effective
Security / Safety with respect to deposits
Efficient Manpower
Vast business experience
Established redressal machinery
17. Weakness:
Unchanged working culture
Lack of feedback in communication process
No Job Rotation
Job Stress among employees
Increased rate of Customer Dissatisfaction
18. Opportunity:
Increasing number of customer base
Inflationary market
Technological Advancement
Growing number of International
transactions
In LEVELS OF CUSTOMER EXPECTATION we have
KEY FACTORS:
Low price: local/nation RS 15/35 effective1st oct 2012(http://www.indiapost.gov.in/SpeedPost.aspx) the professional 20/40- old data
Servicing from decades people are well aware of what they will get
Reliability: Never heard of errors in registry or speed post insurance
Gov. factor
Servicing from decade: accustomed people have faith. They trust speed post. Price comparison
A reflective of indian heritage
Governmental service
Scinde Dawk was a very old postal system of runners that served the Indus Valley of Sindh, an area of present-day Pakistan. The term also refers to the first adhesive postage stamps in Asia,[1] the forerunners of the adhesive stamps used throughout India, Burma, the Straits Settlements and other areas controlled by theBritish East India Company.[2] The name derives from the words “Scinde”, the British spelling of the name of the province of Sindh, and “Dawk”, the anglicised spelling of the Hindustani word “Dak” or Post. The Scinde Dawk of 1852, the first postage stamp of India is a round red sealing wafer
The 10 Rupees Postage stamp depicting Mahatma Gandhi issued by India in 1948 is one of India's most famous stamps.[1] A set of 100 of these stamps were overprinted with the word "Service" and provided only to the Governor General of India for his official use. This "Service" overprinted stamp is one of India's costliest and rarest stamps. This stamp was a part of the 1948 "Service" set which was auctioned for 38,000 Euros in the David Feldman auction sale on 5 October 2007.[2] In an auction on May 19 2011 at Geneva, David Feldman sold the 1948 10 Rupee Mahatma Gandhi stamp of India for a World Record price of EUR 144,000 (US$ 205,000); this also set the record for the most expensive modern stamp.[3]
Indian Flag, the first stamp of independent India, released on 21 Nov 1947, was meant for foreign correspondence.
The third stamp, showing aDouglas DC-4 aircraft, was meant for foreign airmail. 1854