More details to be added in Postal ID cards
Posted on: 03/Sep/2014 10:10:27 AM
The postal department is considering adding more information and providing improved services. Since its launch in 2008, the Chennai city region of the department has issued over two lakh identity cards, which is accepted as a document for address proof by several government and private agencies.
Officials of the postal department said, at present, cardholders’ details like name, address and photograph are being printed on the identity cards. The department is now planning to add mobile numbers and Aadhaar card numbers to the list of details.
These cards are used as proof to open bank and postal accounts, and get ration cards, LPG connections and passports. Officials said customers may walk into any post office and apply for a card by paying Rs. 270. The cost of the card under the tatkal system is Rs. 600.
