Double boost for Aadhaar: funds and PM's endorsement

The ambitious and controversial Unique ID scheme — Aadhaar — received a double boost in this year's budget: not only did Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee sanction Rs. 1,758 crore to enrol 40 crore more residents, but Prime Minister Manmohan Singh also emphasised that the scheme would soon become the main channel through which people could access a wide variety of budget benefits.

“I propose to allocate adequate funds to complete another 40 crore [beyond the existing 20 crore] enrolments starting from April 1, 2012,” said Mr. Mukherjee in his budget speech. “The Aadhaar platform is now ready to support the payments of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act; old age, widow and disability pensions; and scholarships directly to the beneficiary accounts in selected areas.”

He outlined the pilot projects that have already started using Aadhaar to validate PDS ration cards and reduce leakage in LPG and kerosene subsidies through direct transfers. He claimed that substantial economies in subsidy outgo could be achieved through the Unique ID scheme.

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RD Customer Package -

This software is to be used by MPKBY / PRSS agents for generating files which can be imported into Sanchay Post.

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Last updated on: 20-03-2012

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Closing of RMS Centres

No Railway Mail Service in (RMS) office has been closed in the country. However, merger or physical relocation of some offices with other RMS offices has been carried out as part of operational needs. Detail of merged/ physically relocated offices are given in the following table.

        Details of RMS Offices Merged/ Physically Relocated

S. No.	Name of RMS Office	Merged or Physically relocated	Merged/ Physically relocated with (Name of office)	City	State
1.	TD Sorting, Bangalore	Merged	Bangalore City RMS	Bangalore	Karnataka
2.	CRC Museum Road, Bangalore	Merged	Registration Centre, Bangalore City RMS	Bangalore	Karnataka
3.	Hyderabad Air Sorting, Hyderabad	Merged	Hyderabad Sorting	Hyderabad	Andhra Pradesh
4.	GDK Sorting, Delhi	Merged	Automated Mail Sorting Centre, Delhi	Delhi	Delhi
5.	Delhi RMS (Unregistered)	Merged	Automated Mail Sorting Centre, Delhi	Delhi	Delhi
6.	Delhi International Mail Centre	Physically relocated	Foreign Post, Delhi	Delhi	Delhi

               

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Expansion of Postal Services

The Government has formulated comprehensive working plan for the development, expansion and modernization of postal services. Under this, major activities , as laid out in XII Five Year Plan, include opening of branch Post Offices, setting up of Automatic Mail Processing Centers, development and deployment of Rural ICT solution, deployment of Core Banking, increasing insurance cover, establishment of Parcel and Logistics Post Hubs, up gradation of Speed Post Centers, Human Resource Training to Personnel, construction of Post offices/administrative offices, installation of Solar Power Packs and setting up of Postal Training Centers.

The proposed financial allocation for the XII Five Year Plan, in this regard is Rs. 12,000 crore.

As for setting up of Speed Post Centres, the erstwhile Centres have been reconstructed in the form of Speed Post Sorting Hubs for operational purposes. Sorting hubs have been set up taking into account the following factors:-

(i)            Speed Post Mail handled by a city/town

(ii)           Connectivity of city/town in terms of air, rail and road.

(iii)          Distance of a city proposed for sorting hub from post offices and other hubs; and

(iv) Mail generations potential of the city/town under consideration.

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PO & RMS Accountant Exam Question Paper I - 2008

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