Directly stepping into the cyber world, India post is going to launch its own e-commerce
portal in the shape of those likeAmazon or eBay soon.
The aggressive step of India Post, world's largest postal service, is a part of
its massive IT based modernization initiative worth Rs 5,000 crore.
"At
planning and designing phase now, the final rollover of the dedicated postal
e-commerce portal may take another 6 months. But we are excited about this new
avatar in our service basket," Mr. John Samuel, member of Postal Services
Board told ET.
As he describes, the portal will be like
popular e-commerce entities like Amazon or eBay. A
conduit between buyers and sellers. But, it is not going to be entirely open
for any item to be traded by anyone. Rather a moderated and scrutinized list
will be followed. Local specialties like Tea from Darjeeling, Mango from Malda
in West Bengal or Saffron from Kashmir will have emphasize in that.
India
Post is Tying up with different controlling authorities like Spices Board, Tea
Board, or cashew Board to ensure 'quality trading of quality items only'- as
Mr. Samuel puts it.
In
addition to the physical products, services of different public sector are also
being planned to be included into the tradable items of the portal.
"Wide
and fast growing coverage of Internet through computer and mobile phones are
bringing more and more people from even remote corners to the doorsteps of
e-commerce. There lies our new opportunity. Moreover delivery of the items is a
major issue for all e-commerce authorities. Here also India post excel's with
its 1.5 lakh establishments and time tested connectivity network," he
said.
In one
hand we have Rs 4909 crore worth IT related infrastructure modernization plan
and on the other hand, we are spending another Rs 2000 crore to have new
vehicles to ensure faster delivery.
Indeed
it is a new step to a new world that can give new life to financially crunched
Indiapost. But, "We need to bring change in our own attitude at certain
corners to churn out the best out of this initiative," accepted Mr.
Samuel.
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