If you visit the post office for some work, then there is good news for you. Now you will be able to make online payments at post office counters across the country from the coming month of August. According to PTI news, official sources said that India Post has decided to start accepting digital payments at the counters from August after completing the rollout of a new application in its IT system.
Accounts will be synced with the UPI system
According to the news, post offices are not able to accept digital payments right now as their accounts are not synced with the UPI (Unique Payment Interface) system. An official source said that the postal department is implementing its IT infrastructure which will have new applications that will be able to transact with dynamic QR codes. The rollout will be completed in all post offices by August 2025.
Pilot rollout begins in Karnataka circle
The pilot rollout of this system under IT 2.0 has been started in Karnataka Circle. QR-based booking of mail products was successfully done at Mysore Head Office, Bagalkot Head Office and its subordinate offices. The Postal Department had initially introduced static QR codes at sales counters in post offices to enable digital transactions. But due to frequent technical problems and customer complaints, the idea had to be discontinued.
The government has taken this initiative regarding the post office
The government plans to transform India into a large logistics organisation with 1.5 lakh rural post offices. Post offices have undergone a major transformation in recent years and efforts are being made to make them the backbone for financial inclusion of communities in rural India, especially women. According to the government, while on an average women have 20 per cent accounts in national banks, since the launch of the Post Payments Bank of India, more than 45 per cent of the accounts opened are held by women.
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