(a) whether the Government has started the process of extension of financial services through the Department of Posts as reported in the Hindi daily Dainik Jagran dated 16 June, 2005;
(b) if so, the number of financial service centres proposed to be set up in the first phase and the details thereof;
(c) whether such centres are also proposed to be opened in rural areas and the time by which the same are likely to be opened; and
(d) if not, the reasons therefor?