Branch Office RICT CBS Operating Procedure Published

Postal Directorate released the operating procedure for RICT CBS Transaction at Branch Post Offices. Following is the circular issued by the FS division of India Post.





F. No. 113-01/2011-SB(Pt)
Government of India
Ministry of Communication & IT Department of Posts
(F.S. Division)


Dak Bhawan,New Delhi-110001
Dated: 02.03.2017
To,

All Head of Circles
Subject: - Circulating of SOP of RICT Sir/Madam,

Please find enclosed herewith SOP of RICT for circulating to all CBS and non-CBS Post Offices for information and necessary guidance for staff and customers. This will be subject to review after a period of 3 months based on feedback received from field units. The same may be shared with us at "directorcbs-del@indiapost.gov.in & directorfs@indiapost.gov.in"

02. This issues with approval of competent authority.



(i) New Account Opening at BOs throughRICT device [SB/RD/TD accounts]


BO (SB, RD & TD) New Account will beopened henceforth through RICTdevices in rolled out BOs. BranchPostmaster will follow the followingsteps: -


(A) Procedural Steps to be followed atBO-


1. BPM will examine New AccountOpening Form (AOF) and ensure thatall the mandatory fields are filled bydepositor.
2. If depositor is already having anaccount in BO, BPM will write CIF numberon the AOF from the list
ofmigratedaccountsprovidedbyAccountOffice.
3. BPM will ensure that depositor haspasted photo on AOF.
4. BPM will scan signature(s) andphoto from AOF with the help ofdevice as mentioned in process ofdevice.
5. (i) BPM will take Identity Proof,Address Proof of the depositor andensure that name and address
filled in the AOF tallies with the IDand Address proof. Obtaining PAN orForm 60 in respect of an account(SB/RD/TD) is mandatory whenamount to be deposited is exceedRs. 50000/- while opening suchaccounts. BPM, will thereforeobtained copy of either PAN or Form60.
(ii) As far as possible copy of Aadharcard should be obtained whileopening of the accounts. If it carryphoto & address of the depositor,Aadhar card only be enough as ID &Address proof of the depositor.
6. BPM will attest ID and AddressProof with his/her signature and placedate stamp. BPM will also
signonAOFandplacedatestamp.
7. BPM will take SB-103 duly filled bydepositor and the amount for openingthe account.
8. BPM will continue to follow theexisting procedure of issue ofPreliminary Receipt (SB-26), pastingof SS Slip in SS Book andmaintenance of BOSB, BORD andBOTD Journals.
9. On completion of the accountopening process in RICT device, BPMwill note Transaction ID
generated by the device on AOF andSB-103. Transaction ID should alsobe noted on SB-26 and
BOSB/BORD/BOTDJournal.
10. On completion of Account Openingprocess by device, BPM willgenerate three (3) copies ofacknowledgment slip. One copy willbe given to depositor, one copyshould be attached with AOF andthird copy will be kept for officerecord.
11. AOF along with acknowledgementslip, PR (SB-26) and Pay-In-Slip (SB-103) will be sent to
Account Officebyfollowingtheexistingprocedure.




12. Images will be saved by the BPM.On completion of the process aunique ID /transaction ID will begenerated.




Download the full procedure from the following link


RICT BO CBS Operating Procedure