India Watch-15:

Some interesting facts about the Indian Postal Department, thanks to Dinamalar, the Tamil daily:

1. Every year 1350 crore letters (postal articles) are handled.

2. On an average, every postman delivers 2,40,000 letters every year.

3. There are 1.5 lakh post offices in India.

4. There are 2.88 lakh employees in the Postal Department; of these, the number of postmen is 53,000/-.

5. Every postcard costs the department 173 paise; but, as you know, postcard is sold at 5o paise. The difference is subsidized by the Govt.

Congratulations to the Indian Postal Department and grateful thanks to Dinamalar.