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The objective of post office operations - with the aim to improve the environment in which the vast postal transaction is done. During the last three years the number of post offices under Project Arrow involved is as follows: 2009-10 - 500 post offices covered 2010-11 - 530 post offices covered 2011-12 - 206 post offices covered He said the contract is on the list of post offices to generate additional revenue for the department, which is diversifying activities in post offices is an ongoing process. IT project established under the IT platform will support new products and services. Other organizations to deliver products and services for the use of its vast network has diversified into all of its activities, such as - 1. Reserve railway tickets booking. 2. UID enrollment for the base cards / distribution. 3. Bookmark this post offices selling passport farms. 4. Bookmark this post offices accept Upyeagita bills. 5. MGNREGA wage distribution to beneficiaries through Post Office S...

India has the largest number of Post Of fices in the world. However, 5,00,327 villages are without Post Of fices in the country. Opening of Post Of fices is an on-going process. New Post Of fices are opened as per the prescribed norms and subject to availability of Plan funds and manpower. It has been proposed to open 80 Branch Post Of fices and 50 Sub-Post Of fices in the country during the current financial year (2012-13). 24,969 departmental Post Of fices have been computerized, out of which 21,606 Post Of fices have been provided electronic money order facilities. The Department has a plan to provide these services through all Post Of fices in phased manner and it is expected to be completed during the current Plan.  This information was given by Dr. (Smt.) Killi Kruparani, Minister of State for C&IT in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today. Source : PIB

Ministry of Finance assured to provide Indian Post Office Consumers Internet Banking Facility within a year. Now, we all face the problem with Indian Post that we can't withdraw fund by ATMs, CBS facility. In a major exercise to boost its profitability, the Department of Posts (DoP) plans to introduce core banking solution besides setting up India Post ATMs and debit cards for its customers. “We have set target of bringing in core banking solution by 2012. It will ensure smooth online transactions . We are giving some e-payment services, but they are fragmented,” a top offical from Department of Post said. He added that the work for setting up 1,000 India Post ATMs was in advanced stage and DoP had already held parleys with vendors on this front. “We will also issue debit cards to our existing savings account-holders,” the source added. The DoP is tying up with banks so that customers can use their India Post debit card at any ATM machine pan-India. With a network r...

DO’s AND DON’Ts FOR BOOKING E-TICKETS THROUGH AGENTS In order to educate people who book e-tickets through agent outlets and eliminate cases of tampering, overcharging, etc., the following Do’s and Don’ts are prescribed. DOs 1) It should be checked whether the agent outlet is an authorised o­ne. The details of authorized agent outlets are available o­n the IRCTC website www.irctc.co.in. The photo ID and the authorization certificate of the agent which is prominently displayed at the agent outlet should be verified. 2) Fill up the booking/cancellation request and insist that your mobile number is fed into the system correctly. An SMS will be received o­n the above mobile number from IRCTC immediately as confirmation of booking. This SMS serves as a valid ticket which can be shown to the TTE along with the following proof of identity (in original) during travel. Voter identity card/ Passport/ PAN card/ Aadhaar Card (UID)/ Driving Licence/ Photo ID card issued by the Centra...

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51.       Transcription centre is a cell established in             a)         All administrative offices                b)         All HOs          c)         All ROs                      d)         A sorting mail office situated at HQ of the circle or at any convenient sorting                         office in the circle.             ...