http://blog.siliconverse.com/2010/01/20/post-office-in-india-thing-of-past-or-things-they-should-pass-i/ Technology, Business & Life in Digital Village Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:49:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://blog.siliconverse.com/2010/01/20/post-office-in-india-thing-of-past-or-things-they-should-pass-i/comment-page-1/#comment-5535 SiliconVerse » Blog Archive » Post office in India: Thing of Past or things they should pass-II Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:27:00 +0000 http://blog.siliconverse.com/2010/01/20/post-office-in-india-thing-of-past-or-things-they-should-pass-i/#comment-5535 [...] This post is a follow up post of my previous post on Post offices in India-1  [...] [...] This post is a follow up post of my previous post on Post offices in India-1  [...]

]]> http://blog.siliconverse.com/2010/01/20/post-office-in-india-thing-of-past-or-things-they-should-pass-i/comment-page-1/#comment-5500 blah Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:50:22 +0000 http://blog.siliconverse.com/2010/01/20/post-office-in-india-thing-of-past-or-things-they-should-pass-i/#comment-5500 sorry, but i disagree... there are MANY who still visit post-offices in india... and if you want to witness long serpentine queues, you can visit any post-office not located in a residential area... AND, the govt does plan to centralize the billing for many-a-services, so that you don't need to go to a particular office to pay your bills for many-a-services (in israel, all the billings are centralized... so if you don't trust the internet, or don't have internet facility then just go to a post office and pay your bill)... moreover, there are post-offices in india where you can get your train-ticket... this was a pilot project launched in 2008 to help use the already existing infrastructure of post-offices to the advantage of railways and its customers... so the point is: at least the "intent" to transform the olden definition of "postal services" is THERE... it may take time, but we are on the right track... and remember, the main source of revenue for post-offices are still their "banking" services which are used by many in villages... sorry, but i disagree… there are MANY who still visit post-offices in india… and if you want to witness long serpentine queues, you can visit any post-office not located in a residential area… AND, the govt does plan to centralize the billing for many-a-services, so that you don’t need to go to a particular office to pay your bills for many-a-services (in israel, all the billings are centralized… so if you don’t trust the internet, or don’t have internet facility then just go to a post office and pay your bill)… moreover, there are post-offices in india where you can get your train-ticket… this was a pilot project launched in 2008 to help use the already existing infrastructure of post-offices to the advantage of railways and its customers… so the point is: at least the “intent” to transform the olden definition of “postal services” is THERE… it may take time, but we are on the right track… and remember, the main source of revenue for post-offices are still their “banking” services which are used by many in villages…

]]> http://blog.siliconverse.com/2010/01/20/post-office-in-india-thing-of-past-or-things-they-should-pass-i/comment-page-1/#comment-5499 sharat Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:56:26 +0000 http://blog.siliconverse.com/2010/01/20/post-office-in-india-thing-of-past-or-things-they-should-pass-i/#comment-5499 good point made....same is the case with BSNL land line phones.... good point made….same is the case with BSNL land line phones….

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