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Lok Sabha
A system Study of Department of Posts is being undertaken by engaging M/s KPMG to identify the options available for the postal system to compete in a commercial environment while continuing to fulfill its Universal Service Obligation (USO) of providing greater access to basic Postal Services to the citizens of the country. The study is undertaken in consonance with the policy directives in the Tenth Plan, which, inter-alia, require that the Department of Posts should attain financial self-sufficiency by the end of Plan period, and prices of non-USO services which should be fixed on commercial basis. The study is in progress.
The above information was given by Dr. Shakeel Ahmad, Minister of State for Communications & Information Technology, in the Lok Sabha today, in a written reply to a question by Shri Rayapati Sambasiva Rao.
RM/AMA – 270705 Postal USQ 448
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