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Inputs for Leveraging Post Office Network with a Task Force

Start Date :

Jan 01, 2015

Last Date :

Dec 01, 2014

04:15 AM IST (GMT +5.30 Hrs)

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For delivering various Citizen centric services and furthering the reach of Financial Services including Insurance, the Government of India has set up a Task Force to examine and ...

For delivering various Citizen centric services and furthering the reach of Financial Services including Insurance, the Government of India has set up a Task Force to examine and recommend efficient utilisation and upgradation of the Post Office Network, enabled with Digital/Internet Connectivity to rural Offices and outpost areas enabling reach of different services in rural areas. This Network is also being viewed as a distribution channel to retail various schemes and services of Central Government, State Government and Private Sector Players.

Through this discussion the Department of Posts (Ministry of Communications & Information Technology) seeks suggestions on the following:

•    To provide efficient postal network and points of presence [particularly in rural areas and small towns] to Central Government Ministries / Departments, State Governments [including Local Self Government] and private sector players for delivering various citizen-centric services, scheme, products to the people.
•    To further the role of Post Offices in Financial inclusion, including Insurance products
•    The infrastructure requirements of the Post Offices and the Postal Network
•    To make the Post Offices financially viable

Last date for sending your suggestions is 30th November, 2014.

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Ajey Phatak 11 years 6 months ago

Open Overseas Branches for services to PIOs & NRIs NRIs to register & have epost mail id & Bank account. Govt taxes to be paid through Postbank Offer Speedpost & courier services to NRIs/ PIOs

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Ajey Phatak 11 years 6 months ago

Continuing further.. Every Postbank acc to provide basic Health & Life cover as incentive Postbank will effectively have 125 crore accounts & policies. Every citizen to pay Rs.100/yr as IT.contribution. All Govt subsidies/IT refunds to be transferred to post bank account.Small transaction charge to be paid by acc. holder / by Govt for BPL citizen. Basic post services at nominal cost. EPF / Pension fund can be linked Make ePost Technology based & highly automated.

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Ajey Phatak 11 years 6 months ago

Considering the fact -postal network is highly networked to each household in Villages-towns-cities. this network should be strengthened & all official Gov. communication to Indian citizens should use epost /mail only Assign official epostmail id to each citizen using Aaadhar card no@.. or NPR no. Convert Postbank as corporate bank & Courier service co.. Every citizen must have online post bank account All citizens must pay IncomeTax through Postbank account only. Ajey Phatak

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Ankit Sharma 11 years 6 months ago

Sir as v knw online retail business is flurishng so post office network cn start cash on delivery service nd cn b a part of dis..cash at home kind of service cn also b started whr v cn deposit money in post office nd postman at distant plc wil deliver it 2 d respective person...mail pick up service should b introduced..in d city mail transfer facility should b provided to small businesses whr post man pick d nail frm office nd dwliver it in d same city d same day...cn also start train bookng der

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Suraj Gupta 11 years 6 months ago

lived in Australia for 8 years and during this time was impressed in the manned Australia used its Australia POST (i.e. Australian Post offices). I would strongly recommend Indian delegation in Australia to visit Australia Post location and understand there business model. In India we have Indian Post Offices in major locations and therefore those can be used to provide many facilities other than the regular "Post" facility that is associated with Post offices.

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uttam awasthi 11 years 6 months ago

Post office can be used as the new center of broadband connectivity; distribution center for cash transfer scheme like subsidies giving training to current staff under skill development and hire new young. Post office can be made a bridge between central government and public for various programs

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sunil hebbar 11 years 6 months ago

today post office is one with most penetrated govrnment organisation. connecting to DoT to post office and then enabling villages to be have internet access will help government to villages more closely. also creating a subsidary of post office to bank will get more indians closure to bank, this will help transfer and credits to weaker section more easier

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Annapurna Nanjappa 11 years 6 months ago

Hon' P.M. will be leaving to Australia for the visit, he ought to visit an outback Australian P.O. to get a new perception of the system working in there.

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Tarun Singh 11 years 6 months ago

Here are some of the steps that can be taken to utilize the outreach of Post Office : 1) Post office can become the conduit for government document distribution system, wherein people can go and request specific documents such as land deeds, Kisaan ID's, which can be printed and handed over to them in sealed envelopes. In addition the staff can be trained to take applications for Ration cards,PAN Cards etc. These applications can be submitted online or collected on paper and then sent to appropriate agency in the city. 2) As highlighted by many, Indian Postal Service should develop a cell to focus on Courier/Parcel delivery. Since Post Office have wider outreach than courier companies they can offer e-retailers an option to sell stuff in remote places as well. Off course, IPO should guarantee basic level of reliability and service. 3) Post offices can become knowledge centers, wherein they can provide information on Employment Camps, Skill development camps, Health Camps, Knowledge camps etc.

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Nagendrasena Manyam 11 years 6 months ago

1) Post office should tie up with online shopping website like Flipkart etc to deliver products to villagers. 2) It can also act like an extension of banks who tie up with them, on commission basis, similar to Western Union services providers. 3) It can also act like a authorized e-seva kendra of govt. online services at minimal fees. 4) It can also act like a tourist agent office, were tourist can book their tickets of rail, bus etc

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