The Indian post payment was setuped in 30 Jan 2016
Headquarter is situated in new Delhi
There was a plan to setup around 650 post payments bank branches
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INDIAN POST PAYMENT BANK
HISTORY OF POST OFFICE
In the 1820s Thomas Waghorn began investigations into improving mail routes between England and India. Mails may taken nearly three months to reach England, but Waghorn’s letters accomplished he same journey in just 35 days
INTRODUCTION TO IPPB
The Indian post payment was setuped in 30 Jan 2016 Headquarter is situated in new Delhi There was a plan to setup around 650 post payments bank branches.
Roles in financial inclusion
India Post has about 1,54,000 post offices, of them 90% are in rural areas. There is one post office for every 7176 people in India. India Post also has 2,96,000 agents in the rural area. After State Bank of India , India Post has the largest deposits valued at ₹ 6 lakh crore .
Role in financial inclusion About 2.2 crore people, already receive their National Rural Employment Guarantee Act launch in 2006(NREGA ) payments by post offices.
National rural employment guarantee act It aims to enhance livelihood security in rural areas by providing at least 140 days of wage employment in a financial year to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work.
Latest development and News Recruitment for IPPB started, about 3500 personnel will be recruited across the country in the next few months Post Payments Bank has been incorporated as a Public Limited Company by the Department of Posts, Government of India, on 17th August, 2016.
Latest development and New s IPPB started its operations on 30th January, 2016 by opening two main branches, one at Raipur and the other at Ranchi. IPPB proposes to open 650 branches to cover almost all the districts of the country
Key factor of IPPB
KEY FACTORS The four key features of IPPB are: FINANCIAL LITERACY : Wealth creates wealth. Even a little saving can go a long way if channelized correctly. With trustworthy advice and services designed to include everybody, income can be invested correctly, more can be saved, and people can start moving forward, faster. IPPB aims to make India prosperous by ensuring that everyone has equal access to financial information and services, no matter who they are, what they earn and where they live. STREAMLINING PAYMENTS : Beneficiaries can access income from government’s DBT programs like wages, Social Security Pensions and scholarships, directly from their IPPB bank account. They can also pay their utility bills, fees for educational institutions and much more from the same IPPB account. It ensures that wherever they are, they can make the most of the financial opportunities available to them.
FINANCIAL INCLUSION : Millions of Indians don’t have access to banking facilities. They cannot avail of government benefits, loans and insurance, and even interest on savings. IPPB will reach the unbanked and the underbanked across all cross sections of society . Services offered by IPPB will help them take the first step towards prosperity. EASE OF ACCESSIBILITY : IPPB is powered by the very postmen who deliver our letters. With over 1.54 lac post offices across the country, India Post enjoys the trust of Indians everywhere. The postal delivery system will make IPPB, India’s most accessible banking network. IPPB will also offer services through the internet and mobile banking, and prepaid instruments like mobile wallets, debit cards, ATMs, etc.
Services Domestic Remittance Services Direct benefit Transfer Doorstep Banking
Domestic Remittance Servi ces : IPPB will provide an inexpensive and secure medium to transfer funds from its domestic remittance offering. All customers of IPPB would be eligible to avail a host of different modes of domestic remittance subject to the stipulated constraints . Example: NEFT, IMPS, AEPS and UPI
Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) : DBT program aims to transfer subsidies directly to the people through their bank accounts, which will in turn reduce leakages, delays and other similar challenges. Funds from the disbursing agency are automatically credited into the beneficiary accounts through NACH/APBS instead of cash disbursal. IPPB will provide cash out of the subsidies at the customer's doorstep by combining this service with Doorstep Banking.
Doorstep Banking We look forward to extending our relationship with banking at your doorstep. Doorstep banking allows a customer for a nominal fee to request and avail banking and related services at their door.
The services currently offered are as follows : Cash deposit Cash withdrawal Balance enquiry Aadhaar to Aadhaar funds transfer
Interest rates Savings a/c :4 to 7.25% Fixed a/c : 6.8 to 7.6% Recurring deposit : 7.1% per annum Current a/c : 6.5%