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| Finance Minister P Chidambaram |
“The
IT modernisation project of the Department of Posts with outlay of Rs.
4,909 crore will be operational by 2015 in all 1.55 lakh locations,” the
finance minister said.
The
IT modernisation project with this outlay was approved by Cabinet
Committee of Economic Affairs (CCEA) in November 2012. It has to be
implemented through eight projects which include core banking system
technology, IT-based management at post offices, business intelligence
system to analyse and project new business opportunity.
The
project aims at increasing efficiency, quickening transactions and
enhancing transparency at all 1.55 lakh post offices in the country.
Under
the project all rural post offices are to be provided with 1,30,000
handheld devices which will come with smart card readers for financial
transactions, solar panels for charging them, biometric readers for
immediate identification and thermal printers for immediate printing of
receipt.
The devices will enable post offices to deliver services at the door step of the customer.
The
postal department has computerised about 25,000 departmental post
offices but rural post offices will be provided handheld devices for
digitising records.
(This article was published on February 17, 2014)
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