The Department of Posts, under the Ministry of Communications, has implemented multiple measures to prevent potential revenue leakage. These measures include a series of meetings, including one chaired by the Minister of State for Communications, to identify operational and fraud risks related to postage realization, fake stamps, and infringement of conditions in registered newspapers. The Department has categorized post offices based on mail/parcel volumes and financial services assessment to strengthen oversight. Preventive processes to avoid fraud recurrence have been introduced, and an alerts-based risk management system has been strengthened using technology, data analytics, and transaction-driven alerts. The Department is creating end-to-end online processes for granting licenses to registered newspapers. According to the Minister of State for Communications and Rural Development, Dr. Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar, this information was provided in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha. The release ID is 2201563, and the visitor panel count is 252. The press release is available in Urdu, Hindi, and Tamil. This information was released on 10 DEC 2023 at 4:53 PM by PIB Delhi.
Key Entities Referenced
Department of Posts: The entity implementing measures to prevent revenue leakage.
Ministry of Communications: The overseeing ministry for the Department of Posts.
Ministry of Communications
Department of Posts has been taking multiple
measures to prevent any potential leakage of
revenue
Series of meetings have been held at different levels
including a meeting chaired by the Minister of State for
Communications
प्रव तथ: 10 DEC 2025 4:53PM by PIB Delhi
A series of meetings have been held at different levels including a meeting chaired by the Minister of State
for Communications. Operational and fraud risks in different services have been identified based on
available information. Broadly, deficiency in postage realization, use of used up/ fake stamps, no or less
postage in pre-paid articles, infringement of conditions in registered news paper etc.
The following steps have been taken to prevent any potential leakage of revenue: -
i) Based on volumes of mail and parcel bookings and assessment of financial services for
vulnerability to leakage of revenue, post offices have been categorised to strengthen oversight.
(ii) Preventive processes to avoid recurrence of any frauds through analysis of identified modus
operandi have been introduced.
(iii) An alerts-based risk management system has been strengthened.
The Department is continuously strengthening oversight and risk management with use of
technology and data analytics and transactions driven alerts to prevent any potential loss and
deviation from prescribed processes, creating end to end online processes to grant licence to
registered news paper etc.
Strengthening of oversight through corrective and preventive measures is an ongoing process. Necessary
steps with the help of experts and advanced technology are being progressively taken by the Department
to improve its revenue performance.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Communications and Rural Development Dr.
Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.
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(रलीज़ आईडी: 2201563) आगंतुक पटल : 252
इस वज्ञ को इन भाषाओ ंम पढ़: Urdu , ही , Tamil