Here is a good news for the customers
of postal services. Now, the money orders will become hassle-free and
can be disbursed via an SMS. The trials are completed and the services
are expected to be launched soon.
The state-owned Bharat Sanchar
Nigam Limited (BSNL) has developed a customized application to
facilitate money order service to 155,000 post offices across India.
BSNL is the technology enabler and this service will remain operator
neutral.
Speaking to CIOL, BSNL CMD RK
Upadhyay said that they are working as per the memorandum of
understanding (MoU) signed with the department of post (DoP). "We are in
the final stages of service rollout" he informed.
The government initially chose Bihar and Punjab to initiate the service since a lot of immigrant workers hail from these states.
India Posts Secretary, Manjula
Prasher had on an earlier occasion told CIOL that mobile money orders
would be a good initiative to help immigrant workers who remit money to
their home states.
The project will empower
designated post offices with mobile devices that have pre-embedded the
application. While transferring, the remittance senders' need to furnish
basic details that includes receivers' mobile number.
The receiver will get a 16-digit
transaction code via SMS from which money can be claimed from a local
post office. The government has planned to allow instant money order
service up to Rs. 50,000.
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