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RURAL ICT-An overview

The Rural ICT project by India Post aims to enhance communication and service delivery in rural areas through a comprehensive approach involving both software and hardware integration. It focuses on improving the quality of service provided at 130,000 Branch Post Offices (BOs) by utilizing low-power ICT solutions. Key objectives include financial inclusion, disbursement of social security schemes, and offering value-added services like mobile banking and ATMs. The project addresses the challenges of rural technology deployment and aims to significantly improve the lives of unbanked populations while increasing revenue generation for postal services.

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RURAL ICT-An overview

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  1. RURAL ICT-An overview

  2. INDIAPOST 2012 • Futuristic project of our Department • Has many components • Rural Information & Communication Technology- Software & Hardware • Integrating this with our core processes • Setting up of data centre - for centralized data processing • Computerization & mechanization of mail operations • Managing this change

  3. RURAL ICT • Goal of Rural ICT project: • To provide a low power technology solution ( ICT) to each branch Postmaster • To enable all the 1,30,000 BOs to improve the level of service being offered to rural customers

  4. Rural ICT • Objective • Improve quality of service • Provide value addition- ATM, mobile banking etc • Financial inclusion of weaker sections • Routing of social welfare schemes through post offices • Improve revenue generation • Coverage: 1,30,000 BOs

  5. Expectation from RICT

  6. ILLUSTRATIVE RURAL ICT DEVICES

  7. Future Plan • Utilize the Rural BO’s to • To achieve financial inclusion of Un-banked Rural Population • To disburse social security schemes such as MGNREGA, Pension Payments • To improve the quality of service offered to the rural population • To increase revenue by providing retail services, third party services etc • What are the hurdles????

  8. Rural Technology Deployment Challenges

  9. Rural ICT Project for NREGS wages disbursement in A.P Circle • Agreement between Andhra Pradesh state government, post office & a private company AP Online • Pilot in 3 districts of Andhra Pradesh Circle • Using hand held devices at the Post office • Biometric authentication- Finger prints, eye ball etc • Reduces manual record keeping • Required reports/documents can be printed out easily

  10. Future course of action • Rs 2500 crore project • Processing going on in Postal Directorate • Identification of service providers will be done • Project implemented within the next few years

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