POST OFFICE

POST OFFICE IS A WONDERFUL SYSTEM Almost all other departments of the government are becoming dysfunctional, but the postal system is very efficient and corruption free. When we receive money order , the postman was in the habit of giving the money in notes ; he would give just one rupee in short coins; out of this, something would be given to him as ‘bakshis’ or tip , not bribe! He knows each and every household in the village. In the desert, he used to bring not only letters , but even grocery items on his camel. I saw it in the film DO BOOND PANI (TWO DROPS OF WATER) , A FILM WORTH SEEING! Two hundred years ago, when communication was almost impossible , drop post card , costing five paise (now it is fifty paise) in the Post Box ; it will travel all the way to Guvahathy and delivered to the addressee! The mail will be carried by trains and authorized buses . In all express trains, there is a van for carrying postal dak , known as RMS (Railway Mail service ), where postal clerks will be continuously sorting letters which are handed over to the RMS staff in each major station. We can also drop letters in RMS van. Post office does banking operations too . In earlier days , there were no banks in the villages. You can open savings account in the PO or buy fixed deposit receipts. Kisan Vikas Pathr can be bought for a minimum specified amount . Now 1000 rupees will double in 100 months. Remember that in Banks , interest rates are falling. There is Public Provident fund also in the Pos. The money deposited is tax free.