The
Centre is focusing onmodernization of post offices in the country to improve
service delivery and enable them to compete with courier companies, Union
minister of state for communications and information technologyKilliKruparani
said today.
The Department of Posts has sanctioned Rs
4,700 crore for modernization of 1.55 lakh post offices, she said here.
Under the project, a provision of Rs 1,500
crore has been made to install computers in rural post offices, Kruparani said.
To overcome the delay in providing
services, the Union government has embarked on a massive drive to upgrade
postal infrastructure, Kruparani said.
She said all the post offices in the
country will be soon providing online services.
The Minister was speaking after
inaugurating the first all-women post office (Mahila Dak Ghar) in Andhra
Pradesh which has come up in this port city.
"In the coming days, their will be
more such post offices across the country for the convenience of women. The
Centre intends to open Mahila Dak Ghars in every metropolitan city and big
towns, especially where there is sizeable population of working women,
Kruparani said.
