MUMBAI: Governments across the world
need to support reforms in postal services, stated senior officials of the United
Nations who
expressed concern about the survival of physical post offices at a time when
technology is rapidly revolutionalising channels of communication.
There
are an estimated 600,000 postal offices across the world and the sector is
among the world's biggest employers with more than 5 million staffers employed
across the globe. While physical letters generate about half of post's revenues
as per UN estimates, post offices like in India have been forced to diversify
into areas such as e-commerce and financial
services to
sustain.
"Postal
services across the world are adapting and redefining themselves for a
21st-century communications landscape," Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a press note, referring to
postal services as "engines of trade, development and growth."
"I urge Governments to use the tremendous potential of their postal networks to reach out to their citizens and
bridge the gaps in today's information society," he added.
Source : Times of India
