Ministry ofCommunication
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TASK FORCE ON
LEVERAGING THE POST OFFICES NETWORK OF THE COUNTRY
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A Task force on leveraging the post offices network of the country
among others had suggested setting up of three subsidiaries as a part
of a holding company under the Postal Department under the Ministry of
Communication and Information Technology for extending services in the fields
of banking, insurance and e-commerce. The Report of the Task Force
headed by former Cabinet Secretary Shri T.S.R. Subramanian was submitted to
the Minister for Communications and Information Technology Shri Ravi Shankar
Prasad in New Delhi today.
In all five subsidiary companies will be called Strategic Business Units
(SBU)..Two other subsidiaries are for distribution of 3rd party
products and services like providing e-services for general public for bill
collections and providing of application forms, documents and certificates on
commercial basis. Another subsidiary is for .delivery of government services
like Aadhaar ration cards, Vikas patras, etc. on agency basis. It was also
proposed that each SBU will have a separate independent board to
operate commercially as a profit centre. Each one of the
SBU over the time may go for public participation through public issue. It
was proposed that a new postal law may be enacted to give statutory basis for
these operations.
After receiving the Report, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad said that there will be
a structured response to the recommendations of the Task Force on priority
basis. He said after having felt the need to rediscover the
potential of the postal department in the country, he had made a
request to the Prime Minister to which Shri Narendra Modi had readily
responded by constituting this Task Force. He hoped that the vast
connectivity of the Postal Department would be fully exploited to be a part
of the e-commerce boom in the country. The Minister said that not a single
employee of the postal department will be removed as a part of any
reformation of the Department. He also said that there will not be undue
increase in the price of the post card and other postal services that are
mostly used by the poor.
Earlier the Chairman of the Task Force Mr. Subramanian said that as banking
and financial services are not available in most of over six lakh
villages of the country, it was felt that a ‘Post Bank of India’ which is
professionally organized should contribute for a financial inclusion of the
rural poor. He also hoped that there could be a creation of over five
lakh new jobs over next 3-5 years. He pointed out that State
Governments are also keen on the prospects of implementation of the
recommendations of this Task Force.
The Task Force was constituted on 21st August this year had the following members:-
1. Shri
T.S.R. Subramanian, Retd. Cabinet
Secretary - Chairman
2. Shri
T.V. Mohandas Pai,
Bangalore
- Member
3. Dhri
G.N. Bajpai, Mumbai Former Chairman, SEBI - Member
4. Dr.
Ravindra H.Dholakia, IIM, Ahmedabad
- Member
5. Shri
R S. Sharma, Secretary (E&IT),Govt.of India
- Member
6. Shri
L.C. Goyal, Secretary, Deptt. of
Rural
- Member
Development, Govt. of India
7. Shri
Rakesh Garg, Secy. Deptt. of Telecom,G.O.I
- Member
8. Ms.
Kavery Banerjee, Secretary, Deptt. of
Posts - Member
9. Shri
Kamleshwar Prasad,Member (O),Deptt.of Posts- Member
10. Shri
Vasumitra, CPMG,Delhi Circle,Deptt.of Posts -Member
Secretary
For the full report of the Task Force pls. click the link
below
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KSP/SG
(Release ID :112625) 04.12.2014 |
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