This Demand provides for the
revenue as well as capital expenditure related to Postal Services. The revenue
section provides for working expenses, which, inter alia, includes expenditure
on account of agency services, as well as expenditure relating to audit and
pensionary charges. The net deficit in the revenue section of the Postal
Services (i.e. gross non-plan expenditure less postal earnings) is met from the
General Revenues of the Government. In the capital section, provision is made
for expenditure on completion of ongoing operative buildings and staff
quarters, computerisation of post offices, mail offices, administrative offices
and postal accounts management, purchase of mail motor vehicles, modernisation
of post offices through upgradation of counter services, extension of
electronic transfer system and mechanisation of mail processing systems,
etc.