SRINAGAR: The 1.55 lakh post offices across the country are being modernised and will soon become multipurpose outlets providing facilities like banking and insurance, the government has said. "We are applying to the Reserve Bank of India for a license to start banking facilities at all the post offices across the country," Union Minister of state for Communications and Information Technology Sachin Pilot told reporters here. Pilot, who launched several new initiatives of his ministry yesterday, said all the post offices will also provide other facilities like insurance. "These facilities at the post office will largely benefit rural population of the country which does not have easy access to them compared to urban residents," he said. The Minister said all the post offices across the country will be computerised and connected through a network.
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