Talks With India Post On To Extend Weather, Health Services To Citizens

Date : 28.4.2017

Talks With India Post On To Extend Weather, Health Services To Citizens

India Post may supply general medicines in remote and inaccessible areas of the Country.

New Delhi: The Union Ministries of Earth Sciences and Health are in talks with the Department of Posts to use its resources to extend weather and medical services to citizens across the country. According to B V Sudhakar, Secretary, Department of Posts, the Ministry of Earth Sciences would like to use the manpower of Department of Posts to provide and also disseminate information on weather.

"We are going to provide weather data (on locally prevailing climate conditions) and also if Ministry of Earth Sciences want any data to be disseminated to the farmers or to the fishermen in coastal areas, the post offices will play the role of disseminating this information," Mr Sudhakar told PTI.