Prayagraj: Next time when you want to get your vehicle insured or there is the need of renewing the old insurance, there’s no need to step out of your house or line up at the insurance offices.
Now, the familiar dakia or postman would provide the same service and that too on your doorsteps.
This newly introduced service would be provided by all the post offices of the Prayagraj and Kaushambi district from next month.
The step is being considered as a further expansion of the range of services being offered by the postmen and post offices which will now facilitate car and bike insurance.
“We have started giving training for this new service to our staff members and we plan to start the same from July 1.
Any customer can visit the post office to avail the service or if needed, the postmen would come to your house and provide the facility of insuring vehicles,” said senior superintendent post (SSP), Prayagraj zone, Sanjay D Akhade while talking to TOI.
He further added that the service has been started through India Post Payment Bank (IPPB).
Any vehicle owner can get his vehicle insured by either visiting the post offices or by calling 155299, paving way for the postman to visit home and insure the vehicle.
To take advantage of this facility sitting at home however one needs to have an account with India Post Payment Bank.
For this, the bank has tied up with Bajaj Allianz and Tata AIG General Insurance Companies.
The above insurance facilities will be completely paperless and the person wishing to insure will have to show the registration certificate (RC) of his or her bike or car and a copy of the old insurance.
The amount of insurance premium will be debited from your IPPB account of the Department of Posts, explains Akhade.
The insurance policy will be available immediately and will not require any paperwork, he added.
The benefit of this facility can be availed through all the postmen of the post office.
Now postmen can go from door to door and provide the benefit of this facility to the people at their homes.
To take advantage of this facility, it is necessary to have an account in the IPPB of the department of posts.
“Anyone who does not have an account at IPPB, the same would be opened by providing Aadhaar and mobile number and the process would take just five minutes,” said the SSP.
The IIPB of the postal department has been created by the government to deliver services from the bank to the rural areas where this service would be very helpful, feels the official.
To avail of this facility at your doorstep, call 155299 or place a request on the Post Info App or click on ccc.cept.gov.in/ServiceRequest/request.aspx, he informed.