E-post office national flag: Know how to purchase Tricolour online from post office for just Rs 25 - Details

E-post office national flag: Under the Har Ghar Tiranga campaign, the postal department has announced to sell the Tricolour at all head post offices from today.

“The Department proposes to sale of National Flags under ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign from its ePostoffice Portal. The customer shall order on this portal, make payment and delivery of Flags shall be delivered from the nearest post office where flags are available,” the department said in a notification issued last week.

A set of broad guidelines for online sale of National Flags through ePostoffice Portal have been framed by the department. The guidelines are: 

1. NIC will make necessary provision on ePostoffice Portal for sale of National Flag of size 20 inches x 30 inches (Without Flag pole) similar to other products such as Gangayal, eIPO, Philately items etc. 

2. The sale price of the Flag is Rs. 25/- per piece. There is no GST on the Flag. 

3. Sansad Marg HO has been identified as Nodal Office for receipt of Payment through ePostotfice Portal. 

5. NIC will make provision to display a Picture (icon) of Indian National Flag on ePostoffice Portal home page. which will be a hyperlink directing registered user of the Portal to the form for purchase of the National Flag. CEPT will give link on India Post website. 

6. Beneath the National Flag picture “Click the image to purchase Flag must be written. 

7. In the purchase form, user need to specify address of delivery, quantity of the Flags, (maximum of five flags per customer initially) to be purchased and his/her mobile number. 

8. Customer will make payment online for completing the purchase formalities. 

9. Once order is placed. no cancellation would be possible. 

10. The payment by the user will be credited in the Account of Sansad Marg HO through Payment Gateway already available on ePost Office Portal. 

11. Circle will take necessary action to deliver the National Flag to the concerned customer at their address from the available stock in the Post offices nearest to the addressee. 

12. The delivery of National Flag will be made free of cost to customer. Tracking facility to this service is not available.