India Post : Send ePost

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In the recent past, Internet and e-mail have revolutionized the world of communications. At the same time, accessibility to email continuous to be a major problem for many people, especially in the rural areas.

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In its endeavor to make the benefits of e-mail available to everyone and to bridge the digital divide, Department of Posts has introduced ePOST service.
Through ePOST, customers can send their messages to any address in India with a combination of electronic transmission and physical delivery through a network of more than 1,55,000 Post Offices. ePOST sends messages as a soft copy through internet and at the destination it will be delivered to the addressee in the form of hard copy. ePOST costs just Rs. 10 per page of A4 size.
ePOST can also be availed by the corporate customers, by having a business agreement with India Post. Corporate customers will get special ePOST rates and other value additions.

Operational Details of ePost :
Booking can be done from both a Post Office or from customer’s computer at home or office. The epost messages would be printed on A4 (8.27″ x 11.69″) size paper. Therefore, the message booked should be in sheets of no more than A4 size. However, there is no limit on the number of pages that can be sent.
epost messages are treated on par with the unregistered letters under the Indian Post Office Act, 1898. The current rates for the epost service are Rs. 10 per page per addressee.

About ePost :
The internet revolution has allowed rapid exchange of communication through email. However, the internet has not reached most of the rural India and other remote areas. To bridge this digital divide, and to bring the benefit of the revolutionary internettechnology to people living in these areas, Department of Posts has introduced epost. The epost was initially launched in 5 States on experimental basis. In the wake of the experience gained, a tie up has been established with National Informatics Centre (NIC) who have developed the software, and the service is being launched on national basis. epost is a service under which printed or even handwritten messages of customers are scanned and transmitted as email through internet. At the destination offices, these messages are printed, enveloped and delivered through postmen like other letters at the postal addresses. For this purpose, epost centres have been set up in the Post Offices, covering all the districts and major towns. These epost centres are equipped with internet connection, computers, printers and other necessary equipment. However, epost service is not limited to the epost centres. It can be availed of from any Post Office. Irrespective of whether a customer is in a metropolis or in a remote village, he can send and receive epost messages.