Patna: Bihar Chief Post Master General Brigadier G. Bhuyan, at a function at Meghdoot Bhawan in Patna on Tuesday to honor the postal workers of Patna for selling the most amounts of gold coins in the nation, said Bihar topped the list in the nation in the sale of gold coins totaling 41 kilograms in the last fiscal year.
Bihar was followed by Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, and Maharashtra in terms of sale of gold coins. Earlier, this title was won by Tamil Nadu, Bhuyan said.
In Bihar, Patna GPO topped the list followed by the Bankipore Post office in Patna with Bhagalpur post office occupying the third place.
Encouraged by the rise in the sale of gold coins in Bihar, the Post Master General said seven new post offices in the state would be added to the list of post offices selling gold coins from the next fiscal year. These post offices are in Sonepur, Forbesganj, Dalsinghsarai, Jogbani, Sheohar, Ekma, and Mashrukh.
Predicting brisk sale of gold coins during the Akshay Tritiya on May 13, 15, and 16, Bhuyan said that consumers would be able to take advantage of 7.5% discount on those days as opposed to 7% discount on any other day.
Source:-patna daily
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