What was the revenue of the Department of Posts in the first half of the financial year 2026-27?
- A.Rs 6,636 crore
- B.Rs 8,212.7 crore
- C.Rs 4,201.5 crore
- D.Rs 10,500 crore
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Explanation
The correct answer is Rs 8,212.7 crore, the revenue earned between April and September 2026, which is the first half of the financial year 2026-27. It marks a year-on-year growth of 24 per cent. Option A, Rs 6,636 crore, is the figure for the same six months of the previous financial year, which is the base on which that growth is measured. Option C, Rs 4,201.5 crore, is the revenue of the second quarter alone, that is July to September 2026, and not of the half year. Option D is not a figure reported at the review. The half-year total matters because it carried the department past Rs 4,000 crore in a quarter twice in succession, which had not happened before. Candidates should hold the three numbers apart: the half-year total, the quarterly total and the previous year's comparison.
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Practice Questions
Which business vertical of India Post recorded the highest year-on-year growth in the second quarter of FY 2026-27?
- A.Post Office Savings Bank
- B.Mails
- C.Parcels
- D.International Relations and Global Business
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The parcels vertical earned Rs 318.9 crore in the quarter, and Kerala, the North East, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar went past their quarterly targets in it.
Read the full explanation →Which postal circle achieved the highest share of its proportionate target in the second quarter of FY 2026-27?
- A.West Bengal
- B.Bihar
- C.Andhra Pradesh
- D.Kerala
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The correct answer is Bihar, which reached 97.15 per cent of its proportionate target for the quarter and was recognised for that performance.
Read the full explanation →Who chaired the second quarter review of the Department of Posts held in New Delhi?
- A.Union Minister Jyotiraditya M. Scindia
- B.Minister of State Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani
- C.Secretary (Posts) Subrat Das
- D.Director General Postal Services Manisha Sinha
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The correct answer is Jyotiraditya M. Scindia, Union Minister of Communications and Development of North Eastern Region, who chaired the review and asked the department to sustain its growth through customer acquisition, service excellence, business diversification and faster digitalisation of services.
Read the full explanation →The NSDC programme launched through the Social Stock Exchange prepares youth from Madhya Pradesh for employment in which two countries?
- A.Japan and Germany
- B.Japan and Australia
- C.Germany and Canada
- D.South Korea and Germany
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The programme will prepare 600 young people from economically weaker Other Backward Classes households in Madhya Pradesh for work abroad, with 300 of them readied for Japan and 300 for Germany through residential training in the Japanese and German languages together with employability training.
Read the full explanation →In the NSDC skilling programme financed through the Social Stock Exchange, what share of the cost does the Government of Madhya Pradesh bear on successful placement of candidates abroad?
- A.15 per cent
- B.35 per cent
- C.50 per cent
- D.75 per cent
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The programme uses a blended financing structure with three parts: beneficiary participation meets 15 per cent of the cost, money raised on the Social Stock Exchange meets 35 per cent, and the Government of Madhya Pradesh provides the remaining 50 per cent once candidates are successfully placed in jobs abroad.
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