TWO
DAY CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF POSTAL CIRCLES BEGINS
Shri Kapil Sibal, Union Minister for Communications and
Information Technology(C&IT) has said that India Post is in an enviable
position due to its reach and has the potential to transform rural economy and
life. Shri Sibal said this while inaugurating the two day annual conference of
Heads of Circle of the Department of Posts.
During the 2-day event, discussions will focus around the
challenges being faced by India Post in the 21sth Century. India Post is faced
with the twin challenges of induction of various modes of technology in
communication and also the proliferation of couriers on the other.
The organization has geared itself to assimilate
technology in its operations in a big way. It has also embarked upon the path
of providing quality postal services to its customers. The Speed Post is
already a brand to reckon with. Other initiatives like introduction of Core
Banking Solutions in the Post Office Savings Bank, expansion of Postal Life
Insurance and streamlining of the parcel service area also on the anvil. Apart
from this, India Post is preparing itself to have a vast technological network
to connect all the rural Post Offices. The organization hopes to be a reliable
partner for various Government Departments for delivery of their services in
the villages where no other network has the kind of reach which India Post has
got.
Training of the Postal Staff to adapt itself to the use
of technology in a big way is also a major challenge. Plans are being worked
out by India Post to provide adequate training to all its personnel in use of
technology. This is going to be the thrust area in the next couple of years.
India Post has a vast network of 1,54,866 post offices in
the country. It handles over six billion articles of mail every year with the
help of nearly half a million employees. India Post also runs Post Offices
Savings Bank (POSB). Apart from offering various saving scheme, to the common
man, POSB also disburses Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
( MGNREGS) wages. It has 5.4 crore accounts which disbursed Rs. 7430 crore as
MGNREGS wages during 2011-12.
BK/AT
(Release ID :83258)
(PIB)
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