For the India Post, the Union government is likely to earmark Rs 1,300 crore to enable it to make a foray into the banking space. The Expenditure Finance Commission will meet this month and finalise the fund to be provided to India Post for the proposed Post Bank of India, a finance ministry official said. The Department of Post, which has applied to the Reserve Bank for a new bank licence, had last month approached the Finance Ministry for sanctions of Rs 1,300 crore for its banking foray and t
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Centre allots Rs 1,300 cr to Post Bank of India
For the proposed Post Bank of India, the Union government has decided to sanction Rs 1,300 crore to meet its capital requirements. Although Post Bank does not intend to open a bank branch in each post office, the plan is to use postmen to meet the financial inclusion goal. According to the plan, Post Bank will have 50 branches in the first year, which will be increased to 150 by the fifth year. The branches will be located in select Head Post Offices in Tier-1-4 centres and select Sub-Post Offic