India Post is a government-operated postal system in India, part of the Department of Post under the Ministry of Communications.
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11 Facts About India Post
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Dalhousie introduced uniform postage rates and helped to pass the India Post Office Act 1854 which significantly improved upon 1837 Post Office act which had introduced regular post offices in India.
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Since India became independent in 1947, the postal service continues to function on a nationwide basis, providing a variety of services.
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The Indian Post Office Act, 1866 introduced reforms by 1 May 1866 to correct some of the more obvious postal-system deficiencies and abuses.
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In 1854 Spain had printed special stamps for official communications, but in 1866 India was the first country to adopt the expedient of overprinting "Service" on postage stamps and "Service Postage" on revenue stamps.
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India Post was the first country in the Commonwealth to issue airmail stamps.
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Countries which have had stamps printed in India Post include Burma, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Portugal and Ethiopia.
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Department of India Post has developed software for philatelic inventory management, known as "Philsim".
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India Post started Rural Postal Life Insurance for the rural public in 1995.
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India Post office offers a number of savings plans, including recurring deposit accounts, Sukanya Samriddhi Account, National Savings Certificates, Kisan Vikas Patra, the Public Provident Fund, savings-bank accounts, monthly-income plans, senior-citizens' savings plans and time-deposit accounts.
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