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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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Rajeev Chidambaram 11 years 1 month ago

It is quite obvious that Banks supersede the INDIA Post in their speed of operations and innovation. This is only because Banks have lesser number of branches, whereas the Post Offices have a large number of units like Head, Sub and Branch Post offices. As such, it is really a Herculean task to integrate all the above stated sub units through Wide Area Network.

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Rajeev Chidambaram 11 years 1 month ago

I have a dream wish...The INDIA Post must be partially privatised, incorporating more scientific innovations and strategies. New technically qualified professionals like B.E., B.Tech., M.B.A., M.C.A., must be recruited into India Post, for resurrecting and restructuring the outdated Department. Changes must happen, since it is inevitable. Calculated risks must be taken by the INDIA Post for further development.

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Rajeev Chidambaram 11 years 1 month ago

Since the date of effect of Seventh Pay Panel is slated to be with effect from First January 2016 ( this is the position of the Government), Manu Central Government employees will be left out to be covered by the benefits of the Seventh Pay Panel. This is miserable indeed. Atleast, the date of effect may kindly be ante dated to First of January 2015 ( OR ) the First of July 2015. This will certainly serve as a great relief to all the Central Government employees.

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Rajeev Chidambaram 11 years 1 month ago

Since the Wage Revision for all Central Government employees is a very complex and circumlocutory process, it buys too much time to submit its Final Report. The implementation will take more time than expected, it seems from media reports. This indirectly implies that many more Central Government employees will not get proper access to the financial benefits of the forthcoming Seventh Pay Panel, for various reasons likeVRS and superannuation.

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M Ramsankar 11 years 1 month ago

Government shouldn’t privatize the service depts. Like postal and banking, communication. These are the major dept for public relationship. Even though still now people are believing only postal service to send their important documents why should not more focus on to develop postal. Thousands of crores are lying in Postal dept as dead asset ,if Govt give loan for their employees with minimum interest the money flow will be there and govt make profit as well as safety for the money also.

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MAHENDRA JITARWAL 11 years 1 month ago

Why Govt should not collect the PLI installment online and it should work as online banking facilities. it will reduce the work pressure on counters of post office.Online handling of open and maintain PPF/PLI/Insurance so that chances of fraud will be less.Saving of paper/less crowd pressure on counters/hassle free services.

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Ramesh_8 11 years 1 month ago

Just an Idea, Post Office can be converted into Govt Call center, giving info on Small and Tiny Industries and its policies, Info on health needs, one point information about education scholarship, Job Opening etc

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Manjunath Laxman 11 years 1 month ago

Post Office can act as Front Office to deliver services like bank & insurance products, collecting the loan instalments, accepting bank deposits by acting as correspondents of banks & insurance companies. Post offices are places familiar and well connected to the common man. By acting as correspondent of banks and insurance companies, lot of revenue can be generated by postal department and revenue saved for banks and insurance companies as they can minimise expenditure of opening branches.

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