What: DARPAN-PLI App
When: April 17, 2018
Who: Department of Post
- Union Minister of State for Communication Manoj Sinha on April 17, 2018 launched DARPAN-Postal Life Insurance App, (DARPAN-PLI) in New Delhi.
- The app will help in collection of premium for postal life insurance and Rural postal life insurance policies at Branch Post offices anywhere in India, with online updation of the policies.
- Through these initiative Department of Posts will provide better after-sales service to customers, particularly those living in rural areas of the country.
- With a view to achieve total digitisation of postal operations in the country, the postal department has launched Digital Advancement of Rural Post office for a new India (DARPAN) Project, which aims at connecting all one lakh 29 thousand Rural Branch Post Offices.
- The Hand-held devices installed under DARPAN Project will ensure improvement in the quality of Postal services being offered in remote rural areas.
- Customers in these areas can now avail the facility of online Core Banking, booking of Registered and Speed Post articles, booking of Money Orders, deposit of Postal Life Insurance and Rural Postal Life Insurance premium through these hand-held devices
