“We will
start execution of our modern technology programme across six circles by the
end of this year,” said Parasher. “This will help in people getting core
banking facility etc. We plan to have 1,000 ATMs in a phased manner. The
process for this will start by the year-end.”
The DoP
has selected five major technology companies for five of its technology
advancement projects.
It has
issued a Letter of Intent to Infosys for two projects including rural system
and financial services integration; Tata Consultancy Services for change
management; Sify for network integration and Reliance Communications
Infrastructure for data centre.
The
department plans to start execution of some of these projects by end of this
year across six states on a pilot basis.
It has
already received approval for Rs 1,877 crore to be spent across these projects
over a period of two years and will seek additional funds when the need arises.
“Funds of
Rs 1,877 crore have been approved,” said Parasher. “We will go ahead with that.
We may need more money because implementation in some of the cases may last
over six-nine years.”
The
department will computerise all of its 1.6 lakh post offices across the country
by 2013 with over 24,000 department post offices already computerised by
March.
250
computerised post offices in J-K
With an aim of providing better services to the people, the DoP has
decided to computerise at least 250 post offices in Jammu and Kashmir during
the current year. “During this year, the department has taken the ambitious
plan of computerising 250 post offices and modernising them to make them
relevant,” said John Samuel, chief postmaster general, J&K
Circle. PTI/Srinagar
Source : http://www.hindustantimes.com
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