Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Now track your mail with India Post’s mobile app

Chennai:

Now you can track your speed post, electronic money orders and parcels
sent through India Post with the launch of India Post Android Mobile
App on Monday.



The citizen-centric Android Mobile application of Department of Posts
was developed by Centre for Excellence in Postal Technology.



A postal department official said that through the mobile application,
the user can track his mail or parcel besides conduct a search for
post office.



The tracking facility is made available on this mobile app for speed
post, registered letter, insured letter, value payable letter, insured
value payable letter, registered packets, registered Periodicals,
registered parcel, insured parcel, value payable parcel, insured value
payable parcel, business parcel, express parcel and electronic Money
Order (e-MO)



The user can track any of these by entering the articles number and
touching the Track button.



The mobile app user can also get information about list of post
offices by entering first four character of the name of the Post
office or by entering the Pin code of the office. Even information
like name of Post office, street address (location), contact details
of the Post office (where ever available) for the selected Post office
are available for the user.



 The name of the Division and contact details of the Divisional
Superintendent (where ever available), details of Regional Postmaster
General and the Chief Postmaster General will also displayed in the
application, he said.



The app also has the feature to calculate the Postage (tariff) to be
paid for all types of articles based on the weight entered by the
user. The unique feature of the Postage Calculator is that in single
query it shows the tariff chargeable for ordinary letter, speed post,
domestic post, registered letter ordinary parcel, registered parcel,
registered book pack etc depending on distance between place of origin
and destination.



Besides, teh app also has features where users can check the premium
payable for types of postal or rural postal life insurance policies on
the basis of the input entered. The app also shows the interest rate
for savings scheme like sukanya samriddhi yojaana, recurring deposit,
time deposit (1 year, 2 year, 3 year and 5 year), monthly income
scheme, senior citizen savings scheme and National Savings
Certificate. It can be dowloaded from
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=info.indiapost

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