e-commerce Portal of India Post launched to Modernise India’s Postal Services

The e-commerce portal of India Post, e-post office was launched by Union Minister Kapil Sibal on 9 March 2011 provide postal services online. The e-commerce portal is an initiative of the government aimed at modernising India's postal services. The e-commerce portal of India Post will provide various postal services online. To begin with the portal will enable customers to transact postal business any time and from anywhere through Internet and by using either debit card or credit card. Besides it will also help to provide electronic money order, instant money order, sale of philatelic stamps, postal information, tracking of express and international shipments, PIN code search, and registration of feedback and complaints online.

The content of the portal that is currently in English will soon be made available in regional languages so that more people can avail the benefits from this initiative.