Union Minister of State for Communications Dr Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar Chairs Review on DoP Revenue Leakage

Key Points

1. Dr. Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar chaired a review meeting on revenue leakage in the Department of Posts (DoP).
2. The meeting focused on strengthening controls and digital security within the DoP.
3. Dr. Pemmasani called for a technology-backed framework to curb revenue leakages.
4. Field audits of high-volume Post Offices were suggested, targeting those handling over 1000 transactions per day.
5. Integration of weighing machines with postal IT systems was ordered to reduce manual errors.
6. Rollout of dynamic barcoding and prepaid booking alerts to monitor irregular transactions was directed.
7. Review of the Postal Savings Bank’s digital and financial security framework was conducted.
8. Faster Aadhaar and mobile seeding of accounts was directed to improve transparency.