No job cut in transformation of Postal Dept: Comm & IT Min
The
DoP has plans to set up Post Bank of India under payments bank licence. The
Reserve Bank of India has already issued licensing norms for niche banks -
payments banks and small banks.
There
will be no job losses during transformation of the Department of Posts,
Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad assured Friday. "I
assure all employees that no one will lose their job during the transformation
of Department of Post.
There
is a need for capacity building," Prasad tweeted while sharing highlights
of his address to circle heads of Department of Posts.
The
Minister has been asking postal employees to transform themselves and help in
transformation of post offices. "Computerisation of all Post Offices must
be completed soon.
This
is my priority and I will personally monitor the progress of this work,"
he tweeted. The minister said that proposed Post Bank of India will be a game
changer for the department as it will take financial inclusion to a new level.
"Post offices must gear up for this," he said.
The
DoP has plans to set up Post Bank of India under payments bank licence. The
Reserve Bank of India has already issued licensing norms for niche banks -
payments banks and small banks.
Prasad
said that DoP officers should reach out to eCommerce companies and offer them
logistics services. "eCommerce is a great opportunity. India Post must use
this opportunity to take eCommerce to the every corner of India," Prasad
said.
India
Post has launched a mobile application and an e-commerce centre at Safdarjang,
New Delhi, that will handle e-retailing exclusively. The centre is capable of
handling 30,000 parcels per day. Online retail players such as Amazon, Paytm
and Snapdeal are using the Postal Department's services for their parcels.
He
said that post offices in rural India must also improve their facilities and
improve their visibility by placing sign boards so that people can locate it
easily.
"Department
of Post has to play a bigger & more active role in transformation of India.
No other govt agency has such deep understanding of India," Prasad
tweeted.
Source: PTI, Courtesy : http://www.moneycontrol.com/
