The role of post offices is of paramount importance in spreading banking facilities in the rural areas. Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Harish Rawat made this observation while inaugurating first ATM of postal department at GPO Dehradun on Thursday.
He said that banks and post offices should work in tandem to create a network of services is rural areas. Expressing happiness that the Post offices are changing themselves with time and adopting latest techniques, Rawat said that humble postman with Indian army and Indian railways are symbols of unity of the country. He said that the postman is still most awaited person in the villages.
Speaking on the occasion The Chief Postmaster General Uttarakhand circle Udai Krishna said all the post office account holders can avail the benefit of ATM. He said that soon such ATMs would be opened in all the district headquarters. Withdrawal of Rs 10000 in one transaction can be done with a maximum limit of Rs 25000 from this ATM.
Highlighting the achievements of Uttarakhand Postal Circle, Krishna informed that under the ‘ Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ mission 135000 ‘ Sukanya Samridhi’ accounts were opened against a target of 79000 during 2014-15. He claimed that Uttarakhand along with Tamil Nadu and Karnataka is among top three achiever states in the country in Sukanya Samridhi scheme.
He informed that the Uttarakhand circle has achieved 100 per cent on 17 Research Framework Development (RFD) targets which includes opening of New Post Offices, delivery of Mail on the day of received, issue of electronic money orders and installation of electronic franking machines. Krishna said Rural Postal life Insurance a premium of Rs65.26 crore was collected while in Postal life Insurance the department was able to collect Rs70.13 crore in last financial year.