The objective for opening of all women post offices in the
country is to lay focus on women’s empowerment and to achieve Departments
objectives and mission to sustain its position as the largest postal network in
the world. It is an effort to integrate gender equality and women’s empowerment
for good governance by ensuring that women employees working at various levels
in the Department have a real voice in the decision making of the Department as
well as have a role in the management of post offices in the country. The all
women post offices are the post office where all employees are women and they
have been given the responsibility of managing the events of the post offices.
This is done with a view to promote leadership and managerial qualities in
women employees of the Department. These post offices are opened in major cities
and at present 34 all women post offices are functioning in the country. These post offices are functioning
within the postal network of the Department in the country and not a separate
set up of post offices.
Besides this, from customers’ perspective, Post Offices offer products and services like small savings, postal life insurance and other mail related products which are used by the common man. All Women Post Office offers a secured environment to our woman customers from all strata of society to transact postal business with a level of comfort and familiarity with women employees of the Department.
This information was given by Dr. Smt. Killi Kruparani, Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today.
Besides this, from customers’ perspective, Post Offices offer products and services like small savings, postal life insurance and other mail related products which are used by the common man. All Women Post Office offers a secured environment to our woman customers from all strata of society to transact postal business with a level of comfort and familiarity with women employees of the Department.
This information was given by Dr. Smt. Killi Kruparani, Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today.
Source : PIB
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