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India Post gearing up to provide services at doorstep, open 10,000 more post offices: Secretary

India Post is working on projects and technologies to provide government services at the doorstep and add 10,000 post offices this year to enhance its reach, a top official of the department said on Thursday.

Department of Posts Secretary Aman Sharma at a CII conference said that the government has provided the department with ₹5,200 crore for the modernisation of the post offices using technology.

"We have recently completed delivery through drones in Gujarat. The government has asked us to take forward the IT project that we started in 2012. The postal and various government services will be soon given on doorsteps.

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