The Department of Posts, which has already made its foray into the
growing e-commerce industry by delivering parcels, will soon start its
own e-commerce portal to sell products manufactured by government
agencies.
Niche area
Chief Postmaster General, Karnataka circle, M.S. Ramanujam told The
Hindu that government agencies are involved in manufacture of a wide
variety of products including handloom and handicrafts.
“It is a niche area, which the Department of Posts is eying”, he said.
Earlier, speaking after releasing the souvenir to mark the Golden
Jubilee of Postal Training Centre (PTC) here on Monday, Mr. Ramanujam
said the department’s losses from the mail segment will be more than
compensated by the boom in the e-commerce industry.
The department, which has begun delivering e-commerce consignments,
including same-day delivery in major metros, including Bengaluru, is
having its hands full. “I don’t have to worry about the drastic
shrinkage in the mail delivery. We are flooded with so many booking of
parcels from e-commerce companies,” Mr Ramanujam said.
Source : http://www.thehindu.com/
