The
Department of Posts is working on a plan to provide electronic money
order service at 70 percent of its about 1.55 lakh post offices by
December.
“DoP
is procuring digital handheld terminals to transform various services.
It is expected that various services mainly electronic money order
service will be available in at least 70 percent of post offices by end
of this year,” said an official.
Following
the introduction of e-money order service, the department has seen
growth in commission it receives from its money order service to about
Rs. 600 crores in financial year 2014-15, up from Rs. 481.6 crores in
2011-12.
“Almost
all of our about 25,000 department post offices now have e-money order
service. With this service, India Post (brand name under which DoP
operates) is able to remit money the next day to the doorstep that
earlier took about a week, depending on the destination,” the official
said.
Responding
to certain reports, he said: “Improving a service does not mean closing
of service. There are some private companies which have come with
mobile money transfer technology that we think are spreading rumours.
With e-money order we have made money order more secure and fast and
with involvement of government people feel safe.”
He
said that e-money order service is available throughout the country but
a postman is required to collect pay order from the nearest
computerised post office physically.
“Once
digital handheld devices will be available at extra-departmental post
offices, which are operated by gramin dak sevaks, the money remittance
time will be further reduced,” the official said.
A
person can send a maximum of Rs. 5,000 through e-money order. India
Post also offers instant money order service through which a person can
send a maximum of Rs. 50,000.
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