India Post: Editor’s Choice

Department of post with more than 156,000 post offices is one of the government’s largest departments that has a lot of IT applications in its services, to reach large number of consumers, particularly in far flung areas of the country. The department has ensured that its services are always available particularly its financial services. The e-Post, Instant Money Order and Postal Life Insurance are reflective of its ability to adopt the latest in technology to outreach a larger mass even in areas as remote as North East. Since the Post Office System has larger network compared to banks, it is now being called upon to play a prominent role in taking banking services to the unbanked in unreachable areas.