Dear Comrades,
The extract of the Hindu edition dated 11.10.10 is published hereunder.
Union Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology Sachin Pilot on Sunday said all post offices across the country would be computerised by 2012, and that Rs.1,877 crore has been sanctioned for the same. Selected post offices have already been included in ‘Project Arrow' to enable them to join the telecom revolution, he added.
Addressing a postal insurance function at Bhudol village in Ajmer district, Mr. Pilot said new schemes were being executed in the postal department with a vision for the future. As many as 140 post offices in Rajasthan are presently being modernised.
He said the postal insurance scheme would make life easier for the rural people and labourers in the unorganised sector. “Their life will be insured on the payment of a premium as low as Rs.20 to Rs.25 a month.”
The Hindu
JAIPUR, October 11, 2010
