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DoP mulling e-mail route to transmit unregistered mails
NEW DELHI: Indian postal department may look at the feasibility of transmitting
unregistered mails like post cards through e-mail instead of
carrying it physically from source till its destination.
unregistered mails like post cards through e-mail instead of
carrying it physically from source till its destination.
"India Post may conduct a comprehensive study of the viability and feasibility of
transmitting unregistered mail through
e-mail rather than through physical transportation as at present,"
the department said in its submission citing recommendation of task force to a
Parliamentary panel on IT.
transmitting unregistered mail through
e-mail rather than through physical transportation as at present,"
the department said in its submission citing recommendation of task force to a
Parliamentary panel on IT.
The panel, chaired by BJP MP Anurag Thakur, tabled its report in the Lok Sabha today.
The report of Task Force on Leveraging the Post Office Network in November
recommended that the Department of Posts should leverage its
IT infrastructure to reduce delivery cost and transmitting
unregistered mails such as post card.
recommended that the Department of Posts should leverage its
IT infrastructure to reduce delivery cost and transmitting
unregistered mails such as post card.
Citing use of e-mail, the task force said "there is no reason why the Post Card
cannot be scanned and transmitted by e-mail to the receiving
Post Office and thereafter printed there and delivered to the addressee,
thus saving on the cost of physical transporting the article."
cannot be scanned and transmitted by e-mail to the receiving
Post Office and thereafter printed there and delivered to the addressee,
thus saving on the cost of physical transporting the article."
The department is currently rolling out IT Modernisation project to
connect and computerise all its 1.55 lakh post office across for
project outlay of Rs 4,909 crore.
connect and computerise all its 1.55 lakh post office across for
project outlay of Rs 4,909 crore.
The project was to be completed in 2015 but the department estimates
it to be completed by March 2017.
Besides computerisation, the project includes
deployment of core banking solution,
setting up data centre facility, integration of postal networks,
rural hardware (RH), rural system integrator and mail operation hardware.
it to be completed by March 2017.
Besides computerisation, the project includes
deployment of core banking solution,
setting up data centre facility, integration of postal networks,
rural hardware (RH), rural system integrator and mail operation hardware.
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