Chief Postmaster General, Tamil Nadu Circle, M.S. Ramanujam, (right) and Postmaster General - Western
Region, Manju P. Pillai (second right) at the inauguration of Post Office Savings Bank ATM in Coimbatore.
India Post plans to open 500 ATMs this financial year in
the State for Post Office Savings Bank customers, M.S. Ramanujan, Chief
Postmaster General, Tamil Nadu Circle, told presspersons here on
Wednesday.
Inaugurating an ATM at Coimbatore Head
Post Office, he said that six ATMs were operational in the State
already. Over 600 post offices in the State are covered under core
banking services and the remaining would also be brought under core
banking by the end of March next year.
Almost 60 per
cent of postal savings bank customers are in rural areas. All the head
post offices in the district head quarters in the State would have an
ATM.
For now, customers can withdraw maximum of Rs. 25,000 a day and Rs. 10,000 per transaction.
Manju
P. Pillai, Postmaster General, Western Region, said that of the 600
post offices in the western region, 130 have been covered under core
banking so far. ATMs will be opened soon in Erode head post office and
Bhavani head post office.
The region had 69 lakh live savings bank accounts and 12 lakh of these were opened in 2014-2015.
According
to a press release from the department, customers who have minimum
balance of Rs. 5,000 and have an account at the respective head office
can apply for an ATM card and they will get the card in a month. The ATM
will work from Monday to Saturday from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Ms. Pillai said that within a month the ATMs will be operational 24 hours on all days.
Mr.
Ramanujan said that under the Sukanya Samriddhi scheme, 6.12 lakh
accounts were opened in Tamil Nadu in a month. The department has also
launched special service for delivery of products within two days to
customers who place orders on e-commerce portal. Initially, it has tied
up with Amazon for this, he said.
Courtesy:http://www.thehindu.com
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