Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Oct 15: As the National Postal Week celebrations concluded today, Chief Postmaster General (CPMG), Jammu and Kashmir Circle, Chandra Prakash today said the post offices will provide ‘better than bank’ facilities by the end of next year.
“Computerisation of 1450 branch post offices of the State of Jammu and Kashmir will be completed by the end of next year after which all departmental post offices will have core banking services. ATM machines will also be provided at 13 post offices which will start functioning within three to four months. By the end of next year, we will give better than bank facilities,” Prakash told reporters here at General Post Office.
He said the Department of Posts (DoP) was already providing a spectrum of services which included mail, parcel and related services, money orders, post office savings bank scheme and postal life insurance among others. “The India Post has been serving every nook and corner of the country from the last more than 150 years through its vast network of over 1,55,000 post offices which is the largest in the world,” the CPMG said.
He said 142 more employees will be joining the workforce of the J&K Postal Circle next month and they will then provide better services to the customers.
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