India post goes for a makeover with new services

India post has signed an agreement with Eurogiro, a global network of banks and financial institutions, for direct money remittance through post offices. Indians working abroad will soon be able to send cash directly to their relatives at their doorsteps through the widespread postal network. “The department of posts will soon join the Eurogiro remittance network, allowing its customers to receive and send money on a par with the best banks in the world,” an official in the Ministry of Communications and IT said to Economic times. Under the proposed scheme, the payment will be made at the doorstep of the beneficiary, as against the existing practice followed by banks and other institutions asking them to come to their offices to collect the payment.