New Delhi: The lockdown has unleashed banking revolution across the country. Irrespective of which bank you have an account with, whether SBI or HDFC, in a city or an unbanked village, just call your local post office and ask them to deliver cash. Probably in less than 10-15 minutes, the postman comes with the cash at your doorstep. For this, you need not have an account with the post office.No one could’ve imagined banking would be so easy. Among multitudes of inspiring stories reaching the India Post headquarters in New Delhi, the story of Jitendra Singh of Poore Nepal, a village in Amethi district of UP, sums up the ease of banking. He was desperate to arrange Rs 3,000 for his farm labourers. The nearest ATM and his bank branch was at least 2.2 km away and it was past the banking hours. At this point, he called his village lady postmaster Mithilesh Kumari. She immediately reached Singh’s farmland and delivered him the amount using her handheld device that was Aadhaar enabled Payment System (AePS).During the Covid-19 lockdown, between March 24 and April 23, post offices across the country have delivered Rs 412 crore in over 21 lakh such transactions, mostly in rural and unbanked areas through a network of 1.36 lakh post offices which have been equipped with 1.86 lakh handheld AePS devices.“About two lakh postmen (and postwomen) are involved in providing doorstep banking facilities to the people from all walks of life those who are not able to access banks. This has become especially useful in the lockdown period. This has been made possible due to AePS facility of India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) through which one can withdraw money at doorstep even if he or she has an account in any other bank,” said Pradipta Kumar Bisoi, Secretary, Department of Posts.Old age pensioners, disabled, women and poor with accounts in bank branches away from their villages need not travel out of their homes to withdraw money anymore. Reminiscent of the good olden money order system, the postmaster comes at the doorstep to facilitate transactions of any bank anywhere.Bisoi said people can now make bill payments like electricity, water, DTH recharge etc and transfer money to any other bank or his post office account either through IPPB app or through the postmen.Uttar Pradesh, Telangana and Gujarat have emerged as top three circles for India Post with its remote banking services becoming popular. Villagers in Bihar and in inaccessible Himalayan regions among others are slowly getting the hang of this tech revolution. All that is required is to authenticate your transaction through biometrics if your bank account is Aadhar linked.India Post has been delivering essential items in remote corners of this country during the lockdown period, covering each and every hamlet in every district of the country. It has delivered parcels containing medicines, Covid-19 test kits, masks, sanitizers, PPEs and medical equipment, including ventilators and defibrillators, according to a senior India Post official.