Postal Services in India

India possesses the largest postal network in the world with 155,000 post offices spread all over the country as on March 31, 2001, of which 89 per cent are in the rural sector. Post offices in India play a vital role in the rural areas. They connect these rural areas with the rest of the country and also provide banking facilities in the absence of banks in the rural areas. Post Offices offer various types of accounts. These are:

Post Offices also offer various saving and tax saving instruments such as , National Savings Certificate, Public Provident Fund , and Kisan Vikas Patra