Saturday, June 1, 2013

FIRST MAHILA DAK GHAR ( First all – Women Post office) in A.P  has come up in Visakhapatnam
Dr. K.Kruparani, Min of  state for
communitactions & I.T.

VISAKHAPATNAM: The Centre is focusing on modernization of post offices in the country to improve service delivery and enable them to compete with courier companies, Union minister of state for communications and information technology Killi Kruparani said today.
The Department of Posts has sanctioned Rs 4,700 crore for modernization of 1.55 lakh post offices, she said here.Under the project, a provision of Rs 1,500 crore has been made to install computers in rural post offices, Kruparani said.   To overcome the delay in providing services, the Union government has embarked on a massive drive to upgrade postal infrastructure, Kruparani said.  She said all the post offices in the country will be soon providing online services.
The Minister was speaking after inaugurating the first all-women post office (Mahila Dak Ghar) in Andhra Pradesh which has come up in this port city. "In the coming days, their will be more such post offices across the country for the convenience of women. The Centre intends to open Mahila Dak Ghars in every metropolitan city and big towns, especially where there is sizeable population of working women, Kruparani said
//News from Visakhapatnam//


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