Editing India Post (section)

==Losses==
[[File:A still of illuminated Dak Bhavan (the Head Quarters of Department of Posts) at Parliament Street, during the celebrations marking the entry of Department of Posts into 150 years of service to the nation (on 1st October, 2004).jpg|thumb|A still of illuminated Dak Bhavan (the Headquarters of Department of Posts) at Parliament Street, during the celebrations marking the entry of Department of Posts into 150 years of service to the nation (on 1 October 2004)]]
The postal department has always been the biggest loss-making entity in India, surpassing others like the [[Air India]] and [[BSNL]], with an annual loss to the exchequer to the tune of ₹15,000 crore in the fiscal year 2019,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.businesstoday.in/industry/psu/story/india-post-losses-touch-rs-15000-crore-in-fy19-replaces-air-india-bsnl-as-biggest-loss-making-psu-187294-2019-04-15|title=India Post losses touch Rs 15,000 crore in FY19; replaces Air India, BSNL as biggest loss-making PSU|website=Business Today}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/bad-news-india-post-is-now-top-loss-maker-psu-pips-bsnl-air-india/1548104/|title=Bad news! India Post is now top loss-maker PSU, pips BSNL & Air India|date=15 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/india-post-is-now-biggest-loss-making-psu-3828631.html|title=India Post Now Biggest Loss-making PSU, Loses Rs 15,000 Crore In FY19|website=Moneycontrol}}</ref> and amounting to ₹15,541 crore in the calendar year 2020.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indiapost.gov.in/VAS/DOP_PDFFiles/AnnualReportEng2020-21.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=6 August 2021 |archive-date=11 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511133840/https://www.indiapost.gov.in/VAS/DOP_PDFFiles/AnnualReportEng2020-21.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> The following table shows losses incurred by the postal department over the years.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=103959 | title=Revenue of Postal Department | publisher=PIB | date=19 February 2014 | access-date=21 February 2014}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
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! Year !! Net expenditure (in crores) !!  Revenue (in crores) !! Loss (in crores)
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| 2010–11 || ₹13,075.0 || ₹6,962.3 ||₹6,113
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| 2011–12 || ₹12,075.3 || ₹7,899.4 ||₹4,175.9
|-
| 2012–13 || ₹14,676.4 || ₹9,366.498 ||₹5,309.9
|-
| 2013–14 || ₹16,203.52 || ₹10,730.42 || ₹5,473.10
|-
| 2014–15 || ₹17,894.58 || ₹11,635.98 || ₹6,258.60
|-
| 2015–16 || ₹18,946.97 || ₹12,939.79 || ₹6.007.18
|-
| 2016-17<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiapost.gov.in/VAS/DOP_PDFFiles/Post_AR_English_2017-18.pdf |title=Annual Report 2017-2018  |publisher=India Post |format=PDF |access-date=2022-08-27}}</ref> || ₹23,480.95 || ₹11,511.00 || ₹11,969.95
|-
| 2017-18<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indiapost.gov.in/VAS/DOP_PDFFiles/Summaryactivities2018.pdf |title=Summary of activities 2018 |publisher=India Post |format=PDF}}</ref> || ₹27,977.60 || ₹13,084.76 || ₹14,892.84
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| 2018-19<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiapost.gov.in/VAS/DOP_PDFFiles/AnnualReportEng2019_20.pdf |title=Annual Report 2019-2020  |publisher=India Post |format=PDF |access-date=2022-08-27}}</ref> || ₹27,129.08 || ₹13,482.56 || ₹13,646.52
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| 2019-20<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiapost.gov.in/VAS/DOP_PDFFiles/AnnualReportEng2020-21.pdf |title=Annual Report 2020-2021  |publisher=India Post |format=PDF |access-date=2022-08-27}}</ref> || ₹28,371.34 || ₹13,558.2 || ₹14,813.14
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| 2020-21<ref name="indiapost2">{{cite web|url=https://www.indiapost.gov.in/VAS/DOP_PDFFiles/AnnualReportEng2021_22.pdf |title=Annual Report 2021-2022  |publisher=India Post |format=PDF |access-date=2022-08-27}}</ref> || ₹28,327.59 || ₹10,632.50 || ₹17,695.09
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| 2021-22<ref name="indiapost2022">{{cite web|url=https://www.indiapost.gov.in/VAS/DOP_PDFFiles/annual_report_2023_english.pdf |title=Annual Report 2022-2023  |publisher=India Post |format=PDF }}</ref> || ₹29,721.43 || ₹10,860.80 ||₹18,860.63
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|2022-2023<ref name="indiapost2023">{{cite web|url=https://www.indiapost.gov.in/VAS/DOP_PDFFiles/AR%202023-24_Eng%20of%20DoP.pdf |title=Annual Report 2022-2023  |publisher=India Post |format=PDF }}</ref>|| ₹31456.33|| ₹10,917.89|| ₹20538.44
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|2023-2024 || ₹35680.91|| ₹11321.22|| ₹23103.56
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