Infosys has partnered India Post for developing a service delivery platform that will allow more than 1.30 lakh rural post offices to offer online services.
The platform will also connect and manage more than 1.30 lakh handheld devices used by rural postal workers for distribution of social benefits under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act and process Electronic Money Orders, Infosys said in a statement. With this agreement, Infosys will facilitate India Post’s Rural Systems Integration programme, which will increase adoption of the department’s services and enhance the reach of postal services to the country’s rural population.
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Well begun is half done. Postal Department is finally realizing its potential. Instead of giving all kinds of incentives to send unwilling people to the Rural areas, the Government should strengthen the Post Office savings bank, upgrade the staff and infrastructure in .P.O.s . All value added services and a lot more things conventional Banks cannot do can be done by the Post Offices. Once Savings Bank deposits in Post Offices are seen as normal Banking transactions and facility of cheques issued being facilitated to be encashed in any post office across the Same Head Office's jurisdiction is introduced, the next stage of issuing Credit / Debit Cards can also be introduced.
I am sure that Infosys one of the highly ethical company which is having very good expertise in Application Software, will bring back India Post to their orginal heights ot Pre-1980's.
Best of Luck to both India post and Infosys
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