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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT EVENTS OF DOP FOR THE MONTH OF MAY-2012
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The significant events
pertaining to Department of Posts (DoP) for the month May,
2012 include disbursal of wages amounting to Rs.
933 crores to 5.62 crores MGNREGS account holders across
the country except in Bihar, Haryana and M.P. Circles During
April 2012.
2. The
following stamps were issued in the month of May 2012 :
3. As
part of IT project (Information Technology Project),
the Department of Posts plans to provide a Postal Core
Banking solution in major Post Offices for the Post Office Savings
Bank Customers. A comprehensive overhaul of the remittance service
delivery is also planned taking into account the changing customer
preferences and expectations of improved service delivery. The vendor for the
implementation of the above i.e. Financial Service Solution Integrator (FSI)
has been selected and the Letter of Intent has been issued. The contract is
under finalization and it is expected to be finalized in the month of June
2012.
4. Implementation
Report on the recommendations of 15th Report of Standing
Committee Communications & IT captioned ‘Modernisation of Post
Offices has been laid on the Table
of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabja on 16.05.2012
& 18.05.2012 respectively by Hon’bleMinister of State for
Communications & IT along with a statement.
5.
Till Apriil 30, 2012., 24969 departmental post offices have been
computerized. This comprises 99.69% of all the departmental post offices in
the country.
6. The
Department has signed an agreement with BSNL for providing money remittance
through mobile phones. BSNL has been provided with the
requirements of DoP for development of the
software. Initially a pilot of the service will run for a period
of 6 months in Punjab, Bihar, Delhi and Kerala Circles. The
rollout of the pilot is expected in August-September 2012.
7. Postal
Joint Council of Action (PJCA) comprising National Federation of Postal
Employees (NFPE) and Federation of National Postal Organization (FNPO)
threatened to observe one day hunger fast on 21.5.2012 (from 10.00 AM to
05.00PM) in front of the Dak Bhawanas well as
all CPMsG (Chief Post Masters General) Offices. The Department
took all necessary measures against the proposed agitation. As a
result of Department’s efforts, the PJCA was dissuaded from their
agitation programme and resorted to attend a meeting taken by
Secretary (P) on that date at 11 AM. The work continued smoothly
and the agitation programme was called off.
8. An
agreement was signed with a reputed consultancy firm (selected through a
transparent tendering process) on 17.05.2012 to formulate recommendations on
an appropriate business structure for the emerging and premium services
of DoP.
9. MoU was
signed with LBS Centre for Science and
Technology, Thiruvanthapuram for sale of application of SET
2012(State Eligibility Test 2012) through Post Offices across Kerala.
10. Action for a tie
–up with Kerala Medical Science Cooperation Ltd. initiated for
supply of their medicines and equipments through logistics Post across
Kerala.
BK/AT
(Release ID :85124) |
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