Scindia: 7th National Postal Training Centre to open in MP with Rs 111-cr investment

Key Highlights

• Today I am announcing the 7th National Postal Training Centre of Rs 111 crore in Shivpuri,” Scindia said at Shivpuri.
• He said that the Department of Posts currently operates six Postal Training Centres — Saharanpur, Vadodara, Mysuru, Guwahati, Madurai and Darbhanga — which together train around 2,000 personnel annually and have so far imparted training to nearly 18,000 officials and employees.
• The minister inaugurated modernised postal facilities as well.
• The minister said that the proposed centre would strengthen the postal training ecosystem and place Shivpuri alongside Saharanpur, Vadodara, Mysuru, Guwahati, Madurai and Darbhanga on the map of premier postal training institutions.
• An official statement from the telecom ministry said that Scindia has set a target of completing the Shivpuri training centre within 8 to 12 months and directed senior postal officials to expedite the execution.