DOP TIEUP WITH ACCENTURE, IT COMPANY

ACCENTURE to Modernize India Post
Accenture, on Monday, announced that it has won a deal to modernize the Indian Postal Department. However, the financial details of the deal were not disclosed.
This deal will see the Global IT and consultancy firm modernising the post offices across the country. An enterprise IT architecture will be designed and the Department of Post (DoP) will be migrated to a more efficient IT system. Accenture would also advise DoP on the development of a wide-area network that helps connect all post offices on which various online services can run.
The DoP, which has been reporting losses lately, aims to drive revenue and regain market share in different services and products such as bill payment, e-posts, life insurance, money transfer and banking. The project would help the postal department to compete effectively with the local and international courier firms.
The technology upgrade would also benefit citizens, giving them speedier banking and insurance services, track and trace abilities.
Krishna GV Giri of Accenture said, “Armed with efficiency at DoP, the government will be better positioned to share various social schemes, such as Mahatma National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, with even the most remote citizens.”