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Display of banners/posters at post office premises:
• Customers can display banners/standees for fixed durations.
• Rates:
o ₹200 + GST per sq. ft. per month.
o ₹2000 + GST per sq. ft. per annum (for one complete year or more).
o ₹3500 + GST per PO per day.
o ₹30000 + GST per PO for 1 complete month.
• Display of advertisement videos in LCD/LED TVs:
o Time slot: 1500 seconds per day.
o Number of slots: 50 per day (30 seconds duration each).
o Minimum display period: 3 months.
o Tariff Rates: 
 ₹3000 + GST per Post Office per month.
 ₹2500 + GST per Post Office per month (for 5 or more Post Offices in a division).
• Media Post - Letter Box:
o ₹1000 per letter box per annum +
o Painting charges: ₹300 per letter box.

BILL MAIL SERVICE:
• For financial statements, bills, monthly account bills, etc.
• Posted by service providers to customers at least once in 90 days.
• Available for circumscribed areas (one city/district/twin city).
• Excludes letter mail, personal communication, and exclusive commercial publicity.
• Minimum quantity: 5000 articles per posting.
• Postage rate: ₹3 for up to 50 grams, ₹2 for each additional 50 grams (or fraction).
• Mails received at identified locations.
• Requires full sorting by pin code and bundling by delivery post office.
• No credit facility.

Aadhaar Enrolment and Updation:
• Two main services provided at Post Office Aadhaar Centres: 
o Aadhaar Enrolment: Electronic capture of demographic and biometric information.
o Aadhaar Updation: 
 Demographic: Name, Email ID, Mobile Number, Address, Date of Birth, etc.
 Biometric: Facial image, 10 fingerprints, and Iris.
• 13,352 Aadhaar Enrolment cum Updation Centres established across India Post.
• Charges for Aadhaar Transactions: (Charges not specified in the provided text).

E-Commerce Portal:
• Launched on 14.12.2018.
• Platform to sell philatelic ancillaries and other Postal products.
• Aims to provide an e-marketplace for sellers, especially rural artisans, self-help groups, women entrepreneurs.
• Products shipped via India Post's Speed Post service.
• Includes a policy for product returns.
• Website: ecom.indiapost.gov.in

Common Service Centres (CSC):
• Physical facilities for delivering Government of India e-Services to rural and remote areas.
• Multiple-services-single-point model for various transactions at a single location.
• Access points for essential public utility services, social welfare schemes, healthcare, financial, education, agriculture, and B2C services.
• Pan-India network catering to regional, geographic, linguistic, and cultural diversity.
• Strategic cornerstone of the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) approved in May 2006.
• Provide high-quality and cost-effective services in e-governance, education, health, telemedicine, entertainment, and private services.
• Offer web-enabled e-governance services in rural areas (application forms, certificates, utility payments).
• Range of Potential Services:
o Agriculture Services
o Education & Training Services
o Health Services
o Rural Banking & Insurance Services
o Entertainment Services
o Utility Services 1   
o Commercial Services (DTP, Printing, Internet Browsing, Village level BPO)

• CSC at Post Offices:
o Village Level Entrepreneurs (VLE) operate CSCs on the Digital Seva Portal.
o VLEs deliver various Government and Non-Government (G2C and B2C) services.
o Tie-up between DoP and CSC-SPV is part of DoP's 5-year vision document.
o Nodal office for CSC in the Postal department: Sansad Marg HO, New Delhi.

• Key Points of DoP-CSC Tie-up:
1. CSC is a mission mode project under the Digital India Programme.
2. Idea mooted by the Honorable Minister of Communication in June 2019.
3. Citizen-centric services delivered through Post Offices and Digital Seva Portal (https://digitalseva.csc.gov.in/). Service charges shared 80:20 between DoP and CSC-SPV.
4. CSC portal accessible through Sify network.
5. Nodal office: Sansad Marg HO, New Delhi.
6. CSC user ID: 12-digit number. Login password: minimum 8 alphanumeric characters with special characters.
7. Wallet PIN: 6-digit number, set during the first login.
8. CSC portal offers over 300 services, but DoP currently offers selected services: Recharge, EB Bill payment, PAN Card services, Insurance, Travel, Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (Crop insurance), IRCTC ticket booking.