India Posts is the largest postal network in the
world and provides access to affordable services to all citizens in the country
through its vast network. Out of 1.55 lakh post offices, 1.39 lakh are in rural
areas and the remaining 15,736 in urban areas.
Over 1.55 lakh post offices in the country would be
computerised by next year with an outlay of Rs 4,909 crore under the IT
Modernisation Project of the Department of Posts. "At present, the project
is at implementation stage and is likely to be completed by 2017," the
Economic Survey 2015-16 tabled in Parliament today said.
The project involves computerisation and networking
of all post offices. Besides, it envisages networking and computerisation of
all mail offices, accounts offices and administrative offices in the country,
including approximately 1,30,000 branch post offices in rural areas run by
'gramin dak sevaks'.
A total of 27,736 departmental post offices,
including mail offices and administrative offices, have been networked and connected
to a data centre, the survey said. "It is the largest single organisation
WAN (wide area network) in the country.
A data centre has been established at Navi Mumbai
and has been functioning since April 2013, while a disaster recovery centre has
been operationalised in May 2015," it said.
India Posts is the largest postal network in the
world and provides access to affordable services to all citizens in the country
through its vast network.
Out of 1.55 lakh post offices, 1.39 lakh are in
rural areas and the remaining 15,736 in urban areas. Under the project, Core
Banking Services have been rolled out in 16,461 post offices and ATMs have been
installed in 430 locations.
Core Insurance Solution (CIS-PLI) has been rolled
out in 25,406 post offices.
The Department of Posts has also launched pilot
project of Rural information and communication technology (ICT) in Rajasthan,
Bihar and Uttar Pradesh on December 28, 2015.
The DoP plays a crucial role in disbursing wages to
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS)
beneficiaries. Nearly 6.92 crore MGNREGS accounts have been opened in post
offices up to December 2015, the survey said. "Towards financial
inclusion, the number of post office savings bank (POSB) accounts has increased
from 30.86 crore to 33.97 crore," it said.
Total deposits in these accounts and cash
certificates stood at Rs 6.53 lakh crore, the survey added.
More than 80 lakh Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana accounts
have been opened with a cumulative investment of more than Rs 2,900 crore since
the launch of the scheme on January 22, 2015.
Apart from this, more than 1.84 crore kisan vikas
patras have been sold, attracting an investment of more than Rs 16,429 crore
since launch on November 18, 2014, the survey said.
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