Accenture bags post offices modernization order from DoP

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New Delhi: Global IT and consultancy firm Accenture, has bagged an order from the postal department to modernize the post offices across the country. The financial details were not disclosed. According to the modernization contract, Accenture would frame an enterprise IT architecture and migrate the department of post (DoP) to a more efficient IT system. The project is designed to help the DoP, which has been reporting losses 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 upgradation of technology is also likely to benefit citizens through speedier banking and insurance services, track and trace abilities and would help the postal department to compete effectively with the local and international courier firms. Accenture would also advise DoP on the development of a wide-area network that helps to connect all post offices on which various online services can run. Krishna G V Giri, who leads Accenture's Management Consulting practice (Health and Public Service operating group) in the Asia Pacific region 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 (MNREGS), with even the most remote citizens."