This is my second post on the postal department (See link). The postal department has a deficit of Rs 6000 crores per annum. Yes it is bad but instead of focussing on the negativity in the situation there are a few things we can do which can reap huge returns from even this department.
When we buy an insurance policy we get nothing tangibly in return for that expense. We can convert the postal department as an insurance policy against undemocratic practices by cunning politicians which weaken democracy and causes losses to exchequer running in to lakhs of crores. How ?
The postal department can be made in charge of voter registration
The bed rock of democracy is one citizen one vote. All citizens above minimum age gets to vote. In our country this exists only on paper. Various clever ways have been found to abrogade this right. This document written in 2009 highlights the methods use to make democracy weak by rigging the voter rolls.
The voter rolls are rigged so scientifically. Till these last few elections it was difficult to find out but now with searchable online databases and pdf files. The agency in the country which has some touch with every citizen is the postal department. Letters from children to Presidents and Prime Ministers have found their way to the Presidents table despite having hardly any address where many other parts of the government cant even locate a citizen standing in front of him. Also the post office has an establishment in each PIN CODE of the country. So it makes sense to give this work to the postal department.
Globally many countries have used postal department to maintain the voter rolls. So this can be easily studied and a top class system instituted.
There should be a proper information technology back end for this. This should combine with the inque identity database (whether it is Aadhar or called by any other name).
Good governance will save lakhs of crores and the postal department loss will pale into comparison in relation to this savings. An accurate database of residents will also have many other uses.
So even the so called loss making department can be a source of great change in India.
When we buy an insurance policy we get nothing tangibly in return for that expense. We can convert the postal department as an insurance policy against undemocratic practices by cunning politicians which weaken democracy and causes losses to exchequer running in to lakhs of crores. How ?
The postal department can be made in charge of voter registration
The bed rock of democracy is one citizen one vote. All citizens above minimum age gets to vote. In our country this exists only on paper. Various clever ways have been found to abrogade this right. This document written in 2009 highlights the methods use to make democracy weak by rigging the voter rolls.
The voter rolls are rigged so scientifically. Till these last few elections it was difficult to find out but now with searchable online databases and pdf files. The agency in the country which has some touch with every citizen is the postal department. Letters from children to Presidents and Prime Ministers have found their way to the Presidents table despite having hardly any address where many other parts of the government cant even locate a citizen standing in front of him. Also the post office has an establishment in each PIN CODE of the country. So it makes sense to give this work to the postal department.
Globally many countries have used postal department to maintain the voter rolls. So this can be easily studied and a top class system instituted.
There should be a proper information technology back end for this. This should combine with the inque identity database (whether it is Aadhar or called by any other name).
Good governance will save lakhs of crores and the postal department loss will pale into comparison in relation to this savings. An accurate database of residents will also have many other uses.
So even the so called loss making department can be a source of great change in India.
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