Couriers put off stir against Postal Bill

Courier companies have put off plans to go on strike or take the government to court over the proposed Postal Amendment Bill for the time being.

Instead, they have decided to chart out their next course of action only after a meeting with officials of the department of post in early May.

Representatives of courier companies arrived in Delhi on Tuesday to meet officials of the department of post including Postal Secretary S Raghavan.

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This followed a meeting of the board of the Express Industry Council of India, the association of private players in the postal space, in Mumbai on Tuesday.

During the meeting between private players and department officials, all proposals, including the controversial proposal to grant India Post monopoly for all mails weighing less than 300 grams and creation of a universal service obligation fund for postal services, were discussed, the EICI said.

"The EICI has agreed to the DoP's request that we submit our recommendations on the proposed amendments before May 5 when the DoP has agreed to meet us and share all the suggestions that have come up on this Bill. We will not resort to any action before this," EICI Chairman R K Saboo said.