India Post payments bank gets 77,000 customers in Goa, Maharashtra

The Maharashtra and Goa Circle of India Post has got 77,339 customers for its payments bank since the facility was launched nationwide on September 1, a senior postal department official said Tuesday.

The India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) was launched across 650 districts by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 1.

Chief Postmaster General Harish Agrawal said Tuesday that the Maharashtra and Goa Postal Circle had 42 branches of the IPPB along with 210 access points, adding that 90 per cent of these accounts were opened by postmen and "gramin dak sewaks" in a door-to-door initiative.

Providing a break-up of the 77,339 IPPB accounts opened, Agrawal said that Nanded district in Maharashtra, with 5,600 accounts, stood first while Gadchiroli, with 389 accounts, made up the rear.

"Customers need to have Pan card, Aadhaar card and cellphone connection to open an account, which is completely free. The maximum balance for these accounts is Rs 100,000," he said.