Modernisation of Post Offices

The Government plans to set up 1000 Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) and carry out computerization of Post Offices in the country as part of its ongoing modernization and upgradation drive. 

The Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology Shri Sachin Pilot informed the Lok Sabha today that the Department of Posts proposes to set up 1000 ATMs. 820 Head Post Offices have been identified for setting up ATMs across the country. Shri Pilot said that remaining 180 Post Offices will be identified during implementation phase.

The Minister said nearly 25000 Departmental Post Offices have been computerized. The Department offers a number of premium services like Speed Post, Express Parcel Post, Logistics Post etc. to generate additional revenue for the Department, he added.

Transfer and Posting in Inspector of Posts Cadre

The following Inspector of Posts have been transferred and posted vide C.O. Memo No. ST/20-13/2011/Ch-II dated 04.04.2012  in the interest of service as mentioned against each below:-

Sl. No.	Name                S/Shri	Present Place of Posting	Place of Posting
1.	Pravakar Soreng	IP, Karanjia Sub Divn	Allotted to Sambalpur Region
2.	Sambhu Ku. Singh	OS, Mayurbhanj Divn, Baripada	IP, Karanjia Sub Divn
3.	Gapabandhu Sahu	IP, Baripada West Sub Divn	IP, Jajpur Road Sub Divn
4.	Samarjeet Nayak	IP, Jaleswar West Sub Divn	IP, Rajnilgiri Sub Divn
5.	Basanta Singha	IP, Rajnilgiri Sub Divn	IP, Jaleswar West Sub Divn
6.	Parameswar Nayak	IP, Jajpur Road Sub Divn	IP, Bhadrak East Sub Divn
7.	Pitabasa Jena	IP, PSD working as Manager(Project Arrow), Circle Office, Bhubaneswar	IP, CSD attached to Circle Office, Bhubaneswar  as Manager(Project Arrow)
8.	Bibhudatta Behera	IP, Ghatagaon Sub Division under Sambalpur Region	Allotted to HQ Region and posted as  IP(PG), Bhubaneswar Divn.
9.	Manoja Ku. Dash	IP, Bangiriposi Sub Divn	IP, PSD, Bhubaneswar attached as IP(PLI), Circle Office, Bhubaneswar
10.	Bhagyadhar Das	IP, Sundargarh Sub Divn under SDambalpur Region	Allotted to HQ Region and posted as  IP, Kujanga Sub Divn.
11.	Rabinarayan Behera	IP, Anandpur Sub Divn under Sambalpur Region	Allotted to HQ Region and posted as  IP, Bangiriposi Sub Divn
12.	Debasis Sahani	IP, Nayagarh West Sub Divn	IP(PG), Cuttack South Divn

Schedule for the Limited Departmental Competitive Examination for Promotion to PS Group-B

Sl. No.	Activity	Schedule
1	Receipt of Application on plain paper from willing candidates with service details to decide his eligibility to Divisional/Regional/Circle Office/ Controlling Unit	By 19.04.2012
2	Receipt of Application Form Kits by Nodal Officer DPS(HQrs) from CMC	By 23.04.2012
3	Receipt of Application Form Kits by Divisional/Regional/Circle Office/ Controlling Unit from the Nodal Officer of Circle for making available to the eligible candidates.	By 26.04.2012
4	Last date for receipt of Application Form Kits at Divisional/Regional/Circle Office/ Controlling Unit.	By 07.05.2012
5	Receipt of duly filled in application forms by Nodal Officer of Circle sent by Divisional/Regional/Circle Office/ Controlling Unit.	By 15.05.2012
6	Dispatch of daily filled in application forms by Nodal Officer of the Circle to CMC	By 18.05.2012
7	Issue of Hall Permits by CMC to eligible candidates	By 25.05.2012
8	Date of Examination	03.06.2012

Infosys, TCS, Sify ,Reliance bag Postal Department's technology projects

The Department of Post (DoP) has issued Letters of Intent (LoIs) to Infosys, TCS, Sify and Reliance Communications Infrastructure for different technology advancement projects.

"Department is trying to induct technology in a big way. There are eight RFPs (Request for Proposal) we have floated and issued Letter of Intent in five (projects) to companies which include Infosys, TCS, Sify and Reliance," Secretary (Posts) Manjula Parasher told reporters here.

The Department has got approval of Rs 1,877.2 crore to be spend across these projects over period of two years and will seek additional funds when the need arises.

"Funds of Rs 1,877.2 crore have been approved. We will go ahead with that. We may need more money because implemented in some of the cases may last over period of six and half to nine years," she said.