New Delhi: The Department of Posts is incurring a loss of over Rs. 7 per
postcard and about Rs. 5 per inland letter as the revenue earned is far lower
than the actual cost.
As per the 2013-14 figures of the Department of Posts (DoP), the average
cost of a postcard is 753.37 paise while the revenue is 50 paise, whereas for
inland letter the cost is 748.39 paise and the revenue earned is 250 paise.
Most of the services of the postal department are incurring losses
barring competition postcard, letter and book post of periodicals.
The average revenue earned for services such as parcel, registration,
speed post, insurance, money order, Indian postal order and registered newspaper
is also lower than the average cost.
"During the financial year 2013-14, the deficit of the department
was Rs. 5,473.10 crore as against the previous year's deficit of Rs. 5,425.89
crore, which is an increase of 0.87 per cent," the DoP said in its annual
report.
The department said that total revenue earned including remuneration for
savings bank and savings certificates work during the year 2013-14 was Rs.
10,730.42 crore while the gross working expenditure was Rs. 16,796.71 crore.
The DoP though recovered Rs. 593.19 crore from other ministries and
departments, so the deficit turned out to be Rs. 5,473.10 crore for the
reported period.
Source : http://www.ndtv.com/
