Revenue leakage – preventive measures

1. Revenue leakage – preventive measures

2. Source of leakage of revenue • Mails • Mailing facilities • SB/SC • PLI/RPLI • Other Agency Services • Miscellaneous services

3. Mails

4. Why revenue protection is needed? • To increase revenue • To reduce deficit • To become self-sufficient

5. Why leakage of revenue is prevailing? • Ignorance of procedure by the customers • Ignorance of rules by officials • Pilferage of postage stamps • Fraudulent procedure

6. How revenue protection can be done? • By taxing • By taking up the case with office of posting • Personal letters • Bulk posting

7. TAXING OF UNPAID ARTICLES (MIN. RE.1/-) • Double the deficiency • For official unpaid – single deficiency • If returned, sender should pay

8. Penalty for breach of conditions – Min. Re 1 • Post card • ILC • Letter • Treated as letter- single deficiency • Treated as letter- double deficiency • Returned to sender/RLO

9. Penalty for breach of conditions – Min. Re 1 • Book packet • Registered newspaper • Over Size and over weight;Returned to sender. Others; treated as letter or parcel whichever is less, difference charged • Treated as book packet or periodical as per condition- difference charged

10. Penalty for breach of conditions – Min. Re 1 • Blind literature • Treated as book packet, letter or parcel and difference charged

11. Leakage of revenue • Mails • Book Post • Parcels • RNP • Periodicals • Printed Books • Other general mails

12. Book Posts • Printed matter • Picture, Plans, Maps, Drawings • Business, Commercial, Legal documents • Manuscript for Press/Students exercise • Cyclostyled print (mechanical means) • Printed cards with same thickness and flexibility of embossed card {Clause 117(2)}

13. Periodicals • Registered with Registrar of News paper for India, New Delhi (RNI) • Superscription as “Periodical registered with RNI-New Delhi under No…….” • Price to be printed • Free circulation- no concession, it should be accepted under Book Post rate

14. PERIODICALS-concession rate

15. Registered Newspaper • Registered with RNI-New Delhi & Divisional Supdt. • Published not more than 31 days • Registered No.to be printed in 10 size font • KA/SK/CKM/656/2006-08 • CKM/680/2008-10 (w.e.f 5.5.2008) • Printer, publisher, Editor and cost

16. Registered Newspaper • If free circulation- No concession • Bundle- Agents only • Licensed to post without prepayment (WPP) • By Pr.CPMG/CPMG/PMG • For posting more than 500

17. Registered Newspaper- Tariff • Single copy • Up to 50 grams 0.25 • Above 50 up to 100 grams 0.50 • Each additional 100 grams 0.20 • Bundle (More than one copy) • Up to 100 grams 0.50 • Each additional 100 grams 0.20

18. Printed Books • Should not be a publication published at regular intervals • Superscription- “Printed Book” • Should not contain any advertisement

19. Printed Books • Publisher and printer to be printed • Contains wholly or substantially of reading matter, painting, photographs, diagrams or similar matter • Tariff: • For every 100 grams or part Re.1.00

20. We will do one exercise

21. Modus operandi - general mails • Insufficient payment of postage • Use of used up & fake stamps • Non collection of Late fee • Private manufactured ILC and Post Cards not confirming prescribed size and thickness

22. Modus operandi - general mails… • Acknowledgements sent by couriers • Dispatching articles without defacing postage stamp • Miss-sending of letters

23. Modus operandi-Periodicals • Posting with bogus RNI number or without RNI number • Posting publication of less than 31 days as periodical (it can be presumed as bogus) • Sending periodicals more than one copy in single packet paying single copy postage

24. Modus operandi- RNP • Posting of Pamphlets, printed letters, appeals under RNP • Printing bogus registration number • Without registration • With registration number affixed with rubber stamp impression

25. Modus operandi- RNP… • Without renewal • With same number for different RNP • Different tariff for different POs • With enclosures • Posting the publication of more than 31 days under RNP • Without WPP number

26. Modus operandi- Printed Book • Posting magazines under Printed Book rate • With enclosures • Posting of Pamphlets, printed letters, appeals under printed book rate. • Posting Annual reports Souvenirs under printed book rate.

27. Modus operandi- BD Product • Posting SP/EPP without payment of postage • Booking SP with Registered acknowledgement I/O POD • Booking NBMS at BMS tariff

28. Modus operandi – Regd articles • Registered post without payment of postage • Articles booked in special journals without postage/ without correct postage • MPCM with “postage prepaid” option • Registered post with parcel postage • Deficiency in Registration fee and acknowledgement fee

29. Modus operandi – Regd articles • Foreign articles- customs duty & postal charges not realized • Non collection of redirection fee for parcels • Non collection of home delivery charges for parcels

30. Leakage of revenue in Mailing facility

31. Leakage of revenue- Mailing facilities • Post Boxes/Post Bags • Business Reply Systems • BNPL • Franking Machines • Money Order

32. Leakage of revenue in SB/SC

33. Leakage of revenue- SB/SC • Non collection of DF for late payment of installments • Non collection of various fees • Transfer of certificate from person to person • Pledging/releasing of certificates • Issue of DPB and Duplicate certificates • Payment of commission to agents without verifying records

34. Leakage of revenue- SB/SC • Diversion of counter transaction to Agents • Allowing accounts to become silent and discontinued • Improper maintenance of statistics • Commission of frauds

35. Leakage of revenue In PLI/RPLI

36. Leakage of revenue- PLI & RPLI • Issuing policies to ineligible persons • Irregularities in collection of interest on defaulted installments • Accepting deposits in lapsed policies

37. Leakage of revenue in miscellaneous services

38. Leakage of revenue- Miscellaneous services • Non credit of amount realized from sale of old records • Advertisement on postal stationeries • Non credit of amount realized from sale of unserviceable articles • Non credit of amount realized from rent in respect of Inspection quarters • Non credit of amount realized from sale of garden products

39. Leakage of revenue- Miscellaneous services • Non maintenance of correct statistical data in respect of work performed for agency services; • Pension payment • Custom duty realization • Transactions of IMTs • SB/SC • UCR

40. Leakage of revenue- Miscellaneous services • Excess payment of coolie charges • Improper payment of conveyance charges

41. Preventive Measures • Careful examination of mails received for delivery , posted for dispatch and received for sorting • By paying surprise visits • By surprise check of stamp advance to counters • Up dating rate lists

42. Preventive Measures… • Acceptance of RNP at counters only • Acceptance of Franked articles at counter only • Acceptance of bulk mails at counter only • Maintenance of required registered for posting of RNP and Franked articles.

43. What will we get ? • Huge revenue • Recurring revenue in case of RNP/Periodicals • Detection of frauds in bulk posting • Award/reward • Self satisfaction

44. QUIZ

45. How many Registration numbers should be printed on periodical ? • One (RNI-New Delhi)

46. How many Registration numbers should be printed on RNP? • Two- (RNI-New Delhi and Postal Registration Number)

47. How many Registration numbers should be printed on RNP with WPP facility ? • Three (RNI-New Delhi, Postal Regn. And WPP number issued by RO/CO)

48. For RNP how many years the postal registration number is valid for ? • Three years

49. Who will renew the Postal Registration number of RNP ? • Divisional supdt.

50. Which are two best examples for Printed books ? • Text book & Story book