C.T.M:

World Post Day is celebrated on October 9.

It is for remembering this date for the establishment of Universal Postal Union (UPU) in 1874 in Bern, location Switzerland.

First time Celebration:

First time is was celebrated at UPU congress
This event held in Tokyo, 1969 ( Japan )
Since then, World Post Day is being celebrated all over the world
This is for highlighting the importance of postal services.

Main Points to remember:

Indian postal services organization nowadays educating the public ,about their technological services during World Post Day on Sunday October 9, 2011.
Celebration being done on 9 oct to 14 oct 2011.
The Officials Said : This time, we tells to the People that how the use India Post’s online and technological services
New Policy Implemented SOON:
They said as our New Policy is to send message when each packed reached its destination.
Some important Day celebrates by Dept. of POST are:

1.     Mail Day on October 11, here school children visiting post &mail offices.
2.     Philately Day on October 12, it include workshops, exhibitions & quiz competitions.
3.     Postal Life Insurance Day will be observed on October 14, and that shows workshops & fairs in rural areas.

Some Hidden Facts:

India Post wins Today’s Traveller award for Best Customer Service Organisation 2011

LAUNCH OF INTERNATIONAL MONEY TRANSFER SERVICE IN POST OFFICES IN ASSOCIATION WITH MONEYGRAM

The Department of Posts has entered into an International Cooperation Agreement with MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc., USA to offer to the general public the MoneyGram International Money Transfer Service through selected Post Offices in India.

This service launched on 29^th September 2011 by Shri Kapil Sibal, Hon’ble Minister of Human Resource Development, Communications & IT in the presence of Shri Sachin Pilot, Hon’ble Minister of State for Communications & IT

This can be contacted on Phone No. 011-23096114 and on email

List of Post Offices offering Moneygram IMTS

Sl. No.	Circle	Post Office	Pincode
1	DELHI	NEW DELHI GENERAL POST OFFICE	110001
2	DELHI	ASHOK VIHAR HEAD POST OFFICE	110052
3	DELHI	SAROJININAGARHEADPOST OFFICE	110023
4	DELHI	DELHI GENERAL POST OFFICE	110006
5	DELHI	RAMESH NAGAR HEAD POST OFFICE	110015
6	DELHI	DARYA GANJ POST OFFICE	110002
7	DELHI	KRISHNA NAGAR HEAD POST OFFICE	110051
8	DELHI	LODHI ROAD HEAD POST OFFICE	110003
9	DELHI	LAJPAT NAGAR POST OFFICE	110024
10	DELHI	CONNAUGHT PLACE POST OFFICE	110001
11	DELHI	KALKAJI HEAD POST OFFICE	110019
12	DELHI	SANSAD MARG HEAD POST OFFICE	110001
13	DELHI	VASANT VIHAR POST OFFICE	110057
14	DELHI	MALVIYA NAGAR POST OFFICE	110017
15	DELHI	ANAND PARBAT POST OFFICE	110005
16	DELHI	CHANAKYAPURI POST OFFICE	110021
17	DELHI	DEFENCE COLONY POST OFFICE	110024
18	DELHI	CHITTARANJAN PARK POST OFFICE	110019
19	DELHI	GREEN PARK MKT POST OFFICE	110016
20	DELHI	H. NIZAMUDDIN POST OFFICE	110013
21	PUNJAB	AMRITSAR GENERAL POST OFFICE	143001
22	PUNJAB	BATALA HEAD POST OFFICE	143505
23	PUNJAB	RAYYAR POST OFFICE	143112
24	PUNJAB	GURDASPUR HEAD POST OFFICE	143521
25	PUNJAB	MALERKOTLA POST OFFICE	148023
26	PUNJAB	CHANDIGARH GENERAL POST OFFICE	160017
27	PUNJAB	BALACHAUR POST OFFICE	144521
28	PUNJAB	TARAN TARAN HEAD POST OFFICE	143401
29	PUNJAB	JALANDHARCITY HEAD POST OFFICE	144001
30	PUNJAB	ROPAR HEAD POST OFFICE	140001
31	PUNJAB	NAWAN SHAHAR POST OFFICE	144514
32	PUNJAB	SULTANPUR POST OFFICE	144626
33	PUNJAB	LUDHIANA HEAD POST OFFICE	141001
34	PUNJAB	PATTI POST OFFICE	143416
35	PUNJAB	KHANNA HEAD POST OFFICE	141401
36	PUNJAB	BARNALA POST OFFICE	148101
37	PUNJAB	MUKATSAR POST OFFICE	152026
38	PUNJAB	NANGAL POST OFFICE	140124
39	PUNJAB	MOGA HEAD POST OFFICE

Source: http://www.indiapost.gov.in/Netscape/InternationalMoney_Moneygram.html

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