SRINAGAR: More than 80,000 accounts have been opened under 'Sukanya
Samridhi Account', a small deposit scheme for girl child, in various
post offices across Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Postmaster General Chandra
Prakash said today.
"So far, over 80,000 Sukanya Samridhi Accounts have been opened
across Jammu and Kashmir but we are targetting 2.5 lakh such accounts by
the end of the financial year," Prakash told reporters here at the
culmination of the National Postal Week celebration.
He said the Postal department was committed and ready to provide
latest technology based services to its customers and the general public
in the state.
The National Postal Week is celebrated from October 9 – which is also
observed as World Post Day – to October 15 every year. The World Post
Day marks the anniversary of the establishment of the Universal Postal
Union.
Prakash said the workforce of the Jammu and Kashmir Postal Circle
will be stronger by 142 persons as they will enter services by the
middle of next month after completion of joining formalities.
Computerisation of 1,450 branch post offices in the state would be completed by the end of next year, he said.
He said India Post has been serving every nook and corner of the
country for the last 150 years through its vast network of over 1,55,000
post offices, which is the largest in the world.
"The Department of Posts is providing a spectrum of services which
include mail, parcel and related services, money orders, post office
savings bank scheme and postal life insurance among others," he said.
Prakash said services of post offices are being modernized and
computerized booking of mails and track and trace service for Speed
Post, registered letters, parcels and money orders have been arranged.
Electronic Money Order facility has also been provided in all the post offices, he added.
The Chief Postmaster General said the Post Office Savings Bank has
been computerized and by December, all departmental post offices will
have core banking services.
ATM machines will also be provided at 13 post offices which will
start functioning within three to four months, he said, adding that
Postal Life Insurance and Rural Postal Life Insurance will also migrate
to Central Server based working by December.
Computerization of rural post offices has also been started by the department and will be completed within a year, he added.
Source:http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/80000-Accounts-Opened-Under-Sukanya-Samridhi-Account-Scheme/2015/10/15/article3081667.ece
