Govt. plans modernization/up gradation of 500 Post Offices

Govt. plans modernization/up gradation of 500 Post Offices

NEW DELHI: The government plans to upgrade and modernise 500 post offices across the country with an investment of Rs 65 crore, said a senior official in the ministry. “Project Arrow is now being extended to 500 more post offices, under phase-III to upgrade and modernise these post offices,” said minister of state for communications and information technology Sachin Pilot on Tuesday. Project Arrow was launched by the department of post last year, as part of efforts to provide world-class service to customers. In phase-I of the flagship programme, the postal department identified 50 post offices for upgradation on a pilot basis with an investment of Rs 12.85 crore. In the second phase, upgradation of 450 post offices has already been completed and third phase is expected to be completed by end-August this year. While reviewing the progress of the implementation of the Project Arrow in post offices of Delhi and NCR, the minister said: “The objective of the project is to make a visible, tangible, and a note worthy difference in the services of the post offices that matters to the common man.” Nearly 89% of the network of India Post is in the rural areas and therefore improving the condition and upgrading infrastructure of the post offices in those areas will be the prime concern for the department of post. The project aims to create post offices a vibrant organisation with all the IT-enabled services, better infrastructure and improve the quality of services provided by the post offices like mail delivery and postal saving schemes.

Source-economic times