Dear Comrades,
The government today opened the country’s first all-women post office
here and announced plans to open more such branches completely operated
by women employees.
While inaugurating first ‘All Women Post office’ in the country on
the eve of International Women’s Day, Telecom and IT minister Kapil
Sibal said the new post office branch will be completely operated by
women employees and provide all facilities that are available at any
other post offices. In the Union Budget government announced to set up
an all-women bank by October-end.
The Department of Posts plans to have one such post office in every
metro cities and subsequently include all the large towns particularly
where there are lot of working women. To start with the department have
identified Mumbai, Chennai, Chandigarh, Lucknow, Hyderabad and
Bangalore. More women post offices will be opened in old Delhi area
within fortnight.
dayandnightnews.com
