India Post signed an MoU with Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) and Tripta Technologies to facilitates operationalisation of a portal called ‘Bharat EMart’.
- The portal will provide the facility of pick-up of consignments from the premises of traders and will ensure delivery at the doorsteps of the consignees across the country.
- It is believed that it will benefits eight crore traders associated with CAIT.
- India Post in the recent past has entered into similar agreements with Government e-Marketplace (GeM), Regional Centers of Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India Limited (TRIFED), to provide pick-up and delivery of parcels at the doorsteps of the consignees.
- Shortly, India Post will onboard itself on the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) platform, being developed by Ministry of Commerce as a logistics service provider.