President conveys his
appreciation and admiration for India’s unparalleled postal network.
Shri Pranab Mukherjee, the
President of India held a meeting with Shri Ravishankar Prasad, Minister for
Communications and IT at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on 20th May 2016, in which
the central topic of discussion was the ongoing transformation of the postal network.
The President enquired about the modernisation project, and was happy to
learn about how the induction of IT was making service delivery at post
offices contemporary. He also used the occasion to convey his fondness and
admiration for the postal network to the postal staff, through the Minister.
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File photo of President Mukherjee with Minister
Prasad at a stamp release function in October 2014. Courtesy:www.prokerala.com
Details of this interaction with the President were revealed by Shri Prasad
himself, during his keynote address on 22nd May 2016, at the
Conference of the Heads of Postal Circles at Hyderabad.
There have been a few other
occasions in the past also when the Department has had the opportunity to
benefit from President Mukherjee words of guidance and came in for praise
from him. While inaugurating an international postal event at New Delhi’s
Vigyan Bhavan in 2013, he had commended the unparalleled network of the Post
Office and advised that there is a huge scope for postal services to be
engaged in e-commerce, and that it should capitallise on the rising demand
for such business products. On that occasion, he had also highlighted the
need to move with the times, and said that globalization and easier movement
of workforce across nations have opened a great window of opportunity for the
postal sector in parcel and money remittance businesses. Further, he had
emphasised that worldwide, postal administrations enjoy the trust of people
and advised that the Post Office must leverage this and other strengths to
provide improved quality of service to the people.
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Inauguration of the new
building of the Rashtrapati Bhavan PO
in July 2014. Photo courtesy:
Exposeindialive.com
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It
is no surprise then that hearing from the Minister about developments like the
networking of post offices, postal savings coming on a CBS platform and the
Post Office preparing to set up a Payments Bank would have been a matter of
satisfaction for him. His sending a message a message to the postal staff
through the Minister is a rare gesture, which is sure to inspire them to higher
standards of service delivery.
The words of appreciation from the
President represent the increasing significance of the Postal network in the
national mainstream and in public perception. With it also comes a higher
responsibility for the management and staff of India Post, the responsibility
of living up to the expectations of the country’s First Citizen.
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