Post Office Franchise Scheme: Great Opportunity to Earn more than Rs. 50000 Monthly
Ankur | May 24, 2022 |
Post Office Franchise Scheme: Great Opportunity to Earn more than Rs. 50000 Monthly
The Department of Posts is entrusted with providing access to basic postal facilities throughout the country. Even though India has the largest postal network in the world, with about 1.56 lakh Post Offices, there continues to be a demand for Post Offices.
In order to effectively meet such demand, the Department of Posts provides postal services through Franchise Scheme.
(i) Counter services through Franchise Outlets in areas where there is demand for postal services, but a post office cannot be opened.
(ii) Sale of postal stamps and stationery through Postal Agents in urban and rural areas.
The viability of each franchise only requires to be assessed by the concerned field unit so as to ensure adequate returns to the franchise. The expected minimum revenue would depend on the range of services, a particular location, potential revenue, the investments that the franchise is willing to make, the most likely to be incurred by the Department in providing support facilities, etc.
Applicants for the franchise would need to submit an application in a prescribed proforma (Annex-I). The selected franchise will sign a Memorandum of Agreement with the Department (Annex-II). Criteria for selection have been fixed considering the need to select persons with the capacity to manage and market a range of products, along with a sense of the community needs and public aspects of the job, and willingness to accept technological options. The criteria are as below:
1. Individual as well as institutions/organizations/ other entities like corner shops, paanwalas, kiranawalas, stationery shops, small shopkeepers, etc. In urban and rural areas and new upcoming urban townships, special economic zones, major highway projects, upcoming new industrial centers, colleges, polytechnics, universities, professional colleges etc. are eligible for taking up the franchise work. In the case of individual, individual will enter into the agreement and in the case of an institution/organization/ other entity, Head of the institution/ organization/entity will enter into agreement.
2. The members of family of serving postal employees are not eligible for taking up franchise scheme in the same Division in which postal employees are working. Members of family for this purpose would include the following:
a. The spouse, but not including a separated spouse or one living separately while judicial separation proceedings are on;
b. Children and stepchildren but not including children and stepchildren of whose custody the serving postal employee has been deprived by law;
c. Other persons such as wards who are dependent on and normally live with the serving postal employee.
3. Age: Above 18 years. No upper age limit.
4. Educational qualifications: 8th class pass from a recognized School.
5. Preference-
6. Premises- Properly appropriately located and accessible premises, properly maintained with a suitable display of approved signages.
The franchisees will earn remuneration/commission on services provided, as set out in the Schedule of Memorandum of Agreement. On becoming the franchise partner, the applicant will start earning remuneration/commission from the department on sale of the services and products that are sold. The commission is Rs.3 per registered post article booked & Rs.5 per speed post article booked The commission offered by the department on various services if given as follows:
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