BENGALURU: With lakhs of people thronging post offices to deposit or
exchange old notes, the Department of Posts has engaged retired staff
and is re-aligning back office staff to operate multiple counters.
Chief
Postmaster General, Karnataka Circle, in a release, said around Rs. 281
crore had been exchanged and Rs. 1,279 crore has been deposited under
various savings schemes by 7.5 lakh people between November 10 and 19.
Around
1,712 post offices and 7,951 branches across the State have been
exchanging and enabling withdrawal of money since Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000
notes were demonetised.
All
post offices in the Karnataka Circle will accept the withdrawn
currencies for deposit in all types of saving schemes till December 30,
the release stated.
Source : http://www.thehindu.com
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