Hon,ble Dr.Shakeel Ahmed, MoS, Coomunictions & I.T saidd that the project for making flight tickets availablel In Post offices would be expanded to different regions very soon. The project had already been launched on a trial basis in 500 Post Offices in Karnataka Circle in collobaration with the private air line Air Deccan.
The department had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the HDFC to provide loansto farmers through Post Offices against NSCs and KVPs, in seven States. Post Offices would also be distributing SIM cards and postmen had been authorised to verify the genuiness of address of the SIM card holders, in their postal delivery area, Dr. Ahmed said.
The department would make two ships available very soon to carry postal and other articles to 11 islands in Lakshadweep from the State (Kerala). The ships would be operated from Kochin