| New Delhi Jul 07, 2014 ( Last Updated at 09:08 PM IST )
Postal
Services in the country has beaten its revenue target three years in a
row, exceeding the target by 9.5 per cent in fiscal 2013-14, Parliament
was informed today. The government had set a revenue target of Rs
7,522.02 crore for the Postal Services in 2011-12, while the Department
registered revenue of Rs 7,899.40 crore. "The revenue generation of
Postal Services is increasing every year and the targets for each coming
year are raised by the Government," Minister of Communications and IT
Postal
Services in the country has beaten its revenue target three years in a
row, exceeding the target by 9.5 per cent in fiscal 2013-14, Parliament
was informed today.
The
government had set a revenue target of Rs 7,522.02 crore for the Postal
Services in 2011-12, while the Department registered revenue of Rs
7,899.40 crore.
"The
revenue generation of Postal Services is increasing every year and the
targets for each coming year are raised by the Government," Minister of
Communications and IT Ravi Shankar Prasad today said in a written reply
to the Lok Sabha.
In the year 2012-13, the revenue stood at Rs 9,366.50 crore against a target of Rs 8,762.75 crore, he added.
In 2013-14, the revenue stood at Rs 10,720.94 crore as against the target of Rs 9,787.52 crore, he said.
Responding
to a separate query, the Minister said 1,735 post offices were
modernised under Project Arrow against the target of 1,759 post offices
during the 11th Plan.
"During
the 12th Plan, 2,500 post offices are proposed to be modernised under
Project Arrow with an outlay of Rs 284 crore," Prasad said.
During
the first two years of the 12th Plan, 880 post offices have been
modernised and so far, 2,615 post offices have been modernised under the
11th and 12th Plan, he added.
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