New Delhi (PTI): The Indian Army on Tuesday launched its online postal service, ePosts, to take technology nearer to its personnel posted in forward areas away from their families.

Under the ePosts, the message transmitted to multiple stations as well as multiple addresses would be printed out at the FPOs, enveloped and delivered at the destinations.

Launching the service, Army chief General Deepak Kapoor said the Field Post Offices (FPO) of the Army Postal Service (APS) was the lifeline of the jawans serving in the remote areas and the new service would not only benefit the personnel, but also their families and Army institutions.

"It needs no emphasis that constant and ready contact with near and dear ones is amongst the foremost of morale boosters that keep the spirits of our Jawans high and buoyant," Kapoor said at a function to mark the launch here.

The FPO, the Army chief said, was serving the troops in the field area both during operations in not only handling personal communication, but also extending financial solutions and insurance cover besides other postal products.

"Jawans are posted at such locations where communication facilities are restricted. With the launch of the ePosts for armed forces personnel, the APS today has entered into a new era of providing speedy and effective communication services to the Indian Army," he added.

Earlier, Additional Director General of APS, Major General V Sadasivam assured that APS was committed to introduce technology to make the postal services efficient and time sensitive.