About this app
Postinfo - Department Posts Android Mobile ApplicationPostinfo, the citizen centric android Mobile application of Department of Posts developed by Centre for Excellence in Postal Technology .The app provides the following facilities;
1)tTracking
2)tPost office search
3)tPostage Calculator
4)tInsurance premium calculator
5)tInterest calculator
Brief description of each facility is given below;
TRACKING:
The tracking facility is made available on this mobile app for the following types of mail items.
•tSpeed Posttt•tRegistered Lettert•tInsured Letter
•tValue Payable Lettert•tInsured Value Payable Lettert•tRegistered Packets
•tRegistered Periodicalst•tRegistered Parcelt•tInsured Parcel
•tValue Payable Parcelt•tInsured Value Payable Parcelt•tBusiness Parcel
•tBusiness Parcel CODt•tExpress Parcelt•tExpress Parcel COD
•tElectronic Money Order (e-MO)
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The users can view the status of the above mentioned type of articles by entering the articles number and touching the Track button. The following additional facilities are also available.
•tSave the results for future reference
•tShare it with others through Android native sharing apps viz. Bluetooth, WhatsApp, Facebook etc.
POST OFFICE SEARCH:
By entering first three character of the name of the Post office or by entering the Pin code of the office the users can get a list of matching Post offices. By clicking again on the row the user gets the details like Name of Post office, Street address (location), contact details of the Post office (where ever available) for the selected Post office. The name of the Division and contact details.
Offline Pincode search has feature to find nearest post office, locating post office on Google Map and Making call to Post office
POSTAGE CALCULATOR:
The app will calculate the Postage (tariff) based on the weight entered by the user for the following items..
•tOrdinary lettert•tSpeed post Domestic *
•tRegistered lettert•tOrdinary Parcel
•tRegistered Parcelt•tRegistered book packet
•tRegistered book packet containing Printed bookst•tOrdinary Registered book packet
•tOrdinary book packet containing Printed bookst•tBook packet containing periodicals
•tBook packet containing Registered News papers
•t*Domestic Speed Post Tariff depends on distance between place of origin and destination.
•tBased on tariff there are 5 slabs of tariff viz. local, up to 200 KM, 201 to 1000 KM, and 1001 to 2000KM and above 2000KM. The calculator shows the tariff for all categories)
PREMIUM CALCULATOR
The Department is offering various types of Life Insurance Policies through Postal Life Insurance and Rural Postal Life Insurance. The users can check the premium payable for all the eligible types of Postal /Rural Postal Life insurance Policies on the basis of the input entered.
INTEREST CALCULATOR
Post office is offering different types of Small Savings Schemes as mentioned below:
•tSukanya Samriddhi yojaanat•tRecurring Deposit
•tTime Deposit (1 year, 2 year, 3 year and 5 year)t•tMonthly Income Scheme
•tSenior Citizen Savings Schemet•tNational Savings Certificate
•tKisan Vikas Patra
