Bill to regulate Indian courier firms round the bend
The government will introduce a bill on regulating courier service firms during the forthcoming Parliament session, minister of state for communications and IT, Su Thirunavukkarasar, said here on Saturday.
“At present, the government does not have any control on courier service companies. It even doesn’t know how many firms are working and how much and on what basis are they are charging. First, the government wants to regulate these firms. And at the same time, it is looking for some revenue from these firms,” he said.
The government is also planning various steps to upgrade the public postal services. Clarifying that the department of posts would not be privatized, the minister said, “For upgradation of postal buildings and their computerisation, the government is planning to spend Rs 1,500 crore during the tenth plan period.”
“After the 9/11 incidents, there has been a slowdown in IT. Due to this, software exports are not touching the expected level. However, the government is confident of reaching the targets by the end of 10th Plan. In the hardware sector too, the government envisages considerable exports in the coming years,” the minister said.
