"The week-long celebrations will conclude on October 14 and will highlight the various value added services launched by the postal department in the recent past including several customer-centric products," H C Agrawal, Chief Post Master General (CPMG) of the Maharashtra Circle said.
The World Post Day is being celebrated today to commemorate the establishment of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) in 1874 in the Swiss capital Berne.
Announcing the details of the National Postal Week, Agwaral told reporters, "During the week-long celebrations, we are going to spread a broader awareness about India Posts role and activities among the public.
"As part of the celebrations, our establishments across the circle will be celebrating World Post Day on October 9, Banking Day on October 10, Postal Life Insurance Day on October 11, Philately Day on October 12, Business Development Day on October 13 and Mails Day on October 14 this month."
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"We have customised our services like speed post, express/business parcel, e-post, money remittance services, business post, besides, tying-up with dozens of e-commerce companies by opening fast-disposing business parcel centre at Parel in Mumbai," he said.
The official said that the department is in process of opening business parcel centres in Pune, Aurangabad, Nagpur and Satara districts given the successful results given by parcel centre at Parel in Mumbai.
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