COMPUTERS AND INTERNET FACILITIES IN POST OFFICES

As on date, 24,969 Departmental Post Offices have been computerised. Out of 24,969 computerised Departmental Post Offices 22,177 Post offices are having internet connectivity.

In Rajasthan Circle, 1320 Departmental Post Offices have been computerized and out of these 1320 computerized Post offices 1299 have internet facility.

OVER RS. 750 CR LYING IN INACTIVE POST OFFICE SAVING ACCOUNTS : GOVERNMENT.

The government today said around Rs 752 crore is lying as unclaimed deposits in more than 2.49 crore inactive savings accounts in post offices.

"Rs 752,44,57,414.03 is the amount lying in all inactive (silent) accounts as on March 31, 2011 in 2,49,59,446 accounts," Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal said in a written reply to Lok Sabha.

West Bengal led the tally of unclaimed deposits with over Rs 107 crore lying in 20.16 lakh accounts, followed by Tamil Nadu (Rs 105.87 crore in 62.72 lakh accounts) and Uttar Pradesh (Rs 68.61 crore in 21.74 lakh accounts).

MEETING ON NATIONAL POSTAL TRAINING POLICY 2012

A meeting on National Postal Training Policy 2012 was held at Dak Bhawan on 08.08.2012. Mrs. Manjula Prasher Secretary, Department of Posts Presided the meeting. All Postal Board Members and CPMsG UP, Gujarat, Assam, Tamil Nadu and Directors of Postal Training Centres, Saharanpur, Vadodara, Darbhanga, Madurai & Mysore and some other officers including DDG(Trg) participated.

CBS-Contract signed with M/s. Infosys- MESSAGE FROM DIRECTOR( CBS)

I  am excited to share the news that the Department has signed the contract today with M/s Infosys Ltd for deploying CBS and ATMs in Post Offices.

Infosys , as System Integrator will deploy the CBS ( Finacle) and Insurance softwares. They have tied up with M/s NCR for installing ATMs and with Yelamanchilli (YCS) for the ATM switch and M/s IBM for central hardware.

Main focus of the DoP is reaching common man: Sibal

New Delhi, Aug 8 (PTI) The Consultative Committee on Communications and Information Technology, chaired by Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal, met here to discuss the role post offices can play in the development of rural India.

"The Post office can be the centre of activity, be it communication, banking, insurance, remittance and retailing service. The fundamental focus of the Department of Posts (DoP) is to reach the ''Aam Aadmi''," Sibal said.

Postal officer, wife bag blogger award

ALLAHABAD: Director Postal Services, Allahabad region, KK Yadav and his wife Akanksha Yadav have been selected for the Couple Blogger of the Decade award for their contribution in the field of blogging.

The couple has been selected by Parikalpana Group for the award, conferred at International level to five bloggers and five blogs including Most Popular Blogger Couple of the Year. While Yadav is active through his blog Shabd Srijan Ki Or (http://www.kkyadav.blogspot.in/) and Dakia Dak Laya (http://dakbabu.blogspot.in/), his wife's blog is Shabd Shikhar (http://shabdshikhar.blogspot.in/).

Speed Post Services

The network and number of the Speed Post Centres has recently been restructured under Mail Network Optimization Project of the Department of Posts. Speed Post Centres are either National Speed Post Sorting Hubs or Intra-Circle Sorting Hubs. There are 89 National Speed Post Sorting Hubs and 105 Intra Circle Sorting Hubs. A list of the Hubs, state-wise, is given in the tabular form.

                There is no proposal for creating any new Sorting Hub or Intra-Circle Hub in the year 2012-13.

                Department of Posts takes note of the deficiencies in services and complaints received in connection with Speed Post service are processed expeditiously and grievances settled in a time bound manner. The number of complaints received during the last 3 financial years and the percentage of complaints with respect to the Speed Post traffic is given as under:

Year	Number of complaints	Speed Post traffic (in crores)	Percentage of complaints w.r.t. traffic
2009-10	1,74,040	24.08	0.072
2010-11	2,09,735	27.29	0.076
2011-12	1,97,645	39.20	0.050

Speed Post Services

The network and number of the Speed Post Centres has recently been restructured under Mail Network Optimization Project of the Department of Posts. Speed Post Centres are either National Speed Post Sorting Hubs or Intra-Circle Sorting Hubs. There are 89 National Speed Post Sorting Hubs and 105 Intra Circle Sorting Hubs. A list of the Hubs, state-wise, is given in the tabular form.

                There is no proposal for creating any new Sorting Hub or Intra-Circle Hub in the year 2012-13.

                Department of Posts takes note of the deficiencies in services and complaints received in connection with Speed Post service are processed expeditiously and grievances settled in a time bound manner. The number of complaints received during the last 3 financial years and the percentage of complaints with respect to the Speed Post traffic is given as under:

Year	Number of complaints	Speed Post traffic (in crores)	Percentage of complaints w.r.t. traffic
2009-10	1,74,040	24.08	0.072
2010-11	2,09,735	27.29	0.076
2011-12	1,97,645	39.20	0.050

India Post Announces Special Discount of 6.5% on Gold Coins for Raksha Bandhan

For this Raksha Bandhan, India Post has announced a special discount of 6.5% on purchase of Gold coins. 

On 1st August 2012 any customer who buys gold from identified Post Offices in Delhi will get a special 6.5% discount of the day`s retail price on all denominations.This offer is available in all 31 Post Offices of Delhi indentified for the sale of Gold Coins. 

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LIST OF IDENTIFIED POST OFFICES FOR INSTALLATION OF ATMS UNDER CBS

Directorate has identified 1000 Post Offices all over the country for ATM implementation.
Click here to view the names of the 1000 identified post offices for installation of ATMs.
The summary of ATM locations circle wise is as follows.

Sl. No.	Circle	No of HO	No of SO	Total
1	Andhra Pradesh	95	0	95
2	Assam	19	7	26
3	Bihar	31	13	44
4	Chattisgarh	10	4	14

India Post to market Kashmiri saffron across globe

Kashmiri Saffron will be marketed and delivered across India and around the world through a new initiative introduced by India Post under the banner Saffron Post.

This novel service was launched today by Gulam Hassan Mir, Minister of Agriculture at a function held at Town Hall, Pampore.

Appointment of a regional project manager to lead the UPU-IFAD project for the development of electronic payment services in the Asia-Pacific region - Call for applications...

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Postal Stamp and Maths

Amendment in constitution of All India Association of Inspectors and Assistant Superintendents Posts.

Government of India

Ministry of Communications and IT

Department of Posts

Dak Bhavan, Sansad Marg,

New Delhi 110 001.

No. 15/4/2012-SR Dated : 12-07-2012

To,
The General Secretary,
All India Association of Inspectors and Assistant Superintendents Posts,
CHQ Qtr. No. 12, P&T Colony, Khurshid Square, Civil Lines, Delhi-54.

Sub : Amendment in constitution of All India Association of Inspectors and Assistant Superintendents Posts.

Govt plans to separate India Post's functions

The government is planning to separate the functions of policy making, regulations and operations of the over 150 year-old Department of Post (DoP).

Sources in Ministry of Communications and IT said Kapil Sibal has asked for setting up a body to oversee the unbundling of DoP's functions.

Role of Post Offices in Empowering Aam Aadmi

In India, Information Communication Technology (ICT) has emerged during the last decade as the most powerful tool of sustainable human development. Today ICT’s inherent potential for inclusive growth through empowerment of masses makes it the most sought after need of the Nation. This technology is not the end but is mean to ends like good governance and better quality of service. Recognizing the role of ICTs in lessening the development divide and bringing transparency in Governance, India Post is the unique and most appropriate organization of Central Government for leveraging ICT for empowering Aam Aadmi.

Post office bank proposal awaits RBI nod

Chennai, July 9 (IANS) : The government is awaiting the Reserve Bank of India's nod on a proposal to spin off the savings account operations of post offices into a bank, Sachin Pilot, union minister of state for communications and information technology, said Monday.

Pilot also said the government is drawing up a plan to revive the loss-making Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) and will soon roll out a new policy on electronics hardware manufacturing.

GPO gets a facelift, but is it looking better?

Renovation story of Chennai GPO

Almost eight months after heavy rains brought down a portion of its roof, the historic general post office is getting a facelift, complete with a set of sparkling new roof tiles. The work delegated to a local contractor began two weeks ago. The first few loads of special Kerala tiles have arrived. The workers are now setting up iron beams. "The earlier structure had a limestone base, below which hundreds of bluegrey wooden beams are placed, and above which the tiles are laid. We are retaining the look," said the contractor. 

Now, get 'prasad' of Vishwanath temple through post

ALLAHABAD: With the start of holy month of Shrawan on Wednesday, the Indian Postal Service department too has come up with an auspicious announcement for the Shiva devotees. The department has entered into an agreement with the Kashi Vishwanath temple of Varanasi and Mahakaleshwar temple of Ujjain whereby it will deliver the 'prasad' from these two temples to the devotees via post.