Ministry of Communications

POST OFFICE SERVICES

Posted On: 11 DEC 2024 4:11PM by PIB Delhi

There are 1,64,987 post offices (Head Post Offices, Sub-Post Offices and Branch Post Offices) across the country having 7,58,00,677 Savings Accounts in these post offices.

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The savings account holders have the facility of availing the Automated Teller Machine (ATM), Issuance of Cheque book, Internet Banking, Mobile Banking, various types of SMS alerts, e-Passbook for viewing the balance and account statement, Funds transfer from bank accounts to post office accounts and vice versa through National Electronic Fund Transfer (NEFT) and Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS), Electronic Clearing Services (ECS) facility for crediting the interest and maturity amount in bank accounts, Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS) facility under Core Banking System (CBS).

There are 1,49,164 post offices (Head Post Offices, Sub-Post Offices and Branch Post Offices) in rural areas covering all villages of the country including 4903 post offices opened in 2017-18 to 2021-22 in Left Wing Extremism affected areas and 5746 new post offices opened in 2023-24 to cover unbanked  villages within 5 Km distance for financial inclusion.

All Departmental Post Offices in the country have been computerized and networked under the Information Technology (IT) Modernization Project.  Branch post offices functioning in rural areas of the country have been provided with mobile devices, biometric devices and thermal printers for carrying out online postal, financial and insurance transactions.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Communications and Rural Development, Dr.Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.

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