MoC reviewed DoP at Directorate
Link Postal Account with Aadhar to Fecilitate DBT Role Out Revenue from E-Commerce up 36 Percent
Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, hon’ble Minister of
Communications & Information Technology, chaired a review meeting on
the issues relating to setting up of Post Bank, Mail delivery, and
e-Commerce, at Dak Bhawan, New Delhi, on 01st May 2015.
The hon’ble Minister emphasized that with a vast network of Post
Offices at its disposal, the proposed Post Bank should become a
game-changer in Indian banking sector. The Post Bank should become a
local agency for the recently announced MUDRA Bank. Also, the Post Bank
accounts should be Aadharseeded so that various Government schemes for
Direct Benefit Transfer could be rolled out through the Post Bank.
In order to improve the visibility of rural Branch Post Offices, the
hon’ble Minister directed the Department to install large Signage Boards
for rural Post Offices within a span of 6 months. The Minister also
announced his intention to pay a surprise visit to a Branch Post Office
in NCR in the coming weeks.
While reviewing the performance of the Department in the field of
e-Commerce parcel delivery, the Minister appreciated the growth of more
than 36% in parcel revenue in the last one year. The Department has
collected more than Rs. 500 crores for COD articles of major e-Commerce
players such as Amazon, Flipkart, Snapdeal, Yepme, Naaptol, etc., in
2014-15.
2014-15.
The hon’ble Minister stated that the Department should step up its
efforts to ramp up its capabilities to book, process, transmit &
deliver e-Commerce articles. By doing so, the Department can easily
become a market leader in domestic e-Commerce delivery segment. The
Minister directed senior officers in Postal Circles to have one-to-one
meeting with e-Commerce players operating in their areas to obtain their
feedback about the services & undertake immediate remedial action
wherever required.
The hon’ble Minister took keen interest in reviewing the Online KPIs
for mail delivery performance. Whereas he appreciated the performance
of Speed Post & Registered Mail delivery, the hon’ble Minister
expressed his concern at the complaints received for delay in mail
delivery. Smt. Kavery Banerjee, Secretary, Department of Posts,
highlighted that the incidence of complaints in Speed Post was 1:10,000
and that owing to its reach, track & trace & delivery
performance, Speed Post was the market leader in domestic express
sector. The Secretary (Posts), however, assured the Minister that the
Department has initiated several steps to further improve mails delivery
through development of road transport network, nodal mechanized
delivery in larger cities, and use of IT solution for monitoring Letter
Box clearance.
The hon’ble Minister asked for a report on action taken by the Department against erring delivery staff in the last 6 months.---- PIB NEWS