Department
of Posts has
started its data center at the Dhirubhai Ambani Knowledge City (DAKC), Navi
Mumbai.It was inaugurated by telecom minister Kapil
Sibal.
The data center hosts the
postal department’s servers and manages its data infrastructure centrally. Post offices across India can access daily
transactions details on real time basis.
Availability
of centralized information along with core banking facility will enable customers
with access to their savings bank accounts and insurance policies through any
post office counter, ATM, e-banking portal through mobile or internet.
The
postal department can also disburse wage and pension payments for the different
Government schemes with better speed. It can also ensure transparency in these
citizen benefit schemes.
Availability of real time integrated
information will offer increased consistency and reliability in mail, parcels
and logistics delivery system in line with global standards, resulting in
better public service to the people.
Department
of Posts aims at the modernization and computerization of post offices in the
country. It is also looking at developing software applications covering all operations including –
mail operations, postal banking, insurance, finance and HR.
As
part of its IT project, the postal department
wants to set up IT infrastructure with a data center, Wide Area Network (WAN)
based networking of the departmental post
offices.In addition, it wants to deploy IT infrastructure in all
130,000 rural post offices.
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