Postal Information
The Department of Posts, which
forms a part of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, is
responsible for the planning, development, expansion of operation and
maintenance of Postal Services in the country. It also discharges certain
agency functions in respect of Savings Bank and other Small Savings Schemes,
collection of customs duty on Postal articles and disbursement of pension to
Military and Railway pensioners, Family pension to Industrial Employees of Coal
Mines etc.
The Department
administers Postal Life Insurance for the benefit of Postal, Telecom and other
Central Govt. Employees and Employees of State Governments, Public Sector
Undertakings, Nationalized Banks and Local bodies etc. Planning and
Policy-making at Headquarters. The Postal Services Board is the apex management
body of the Department, comprising the Chairman (who is also the Secretary,
Department of Posts and Director General) and six Members. The six
members of the Board hold functional portfolios of Operations, Personnel,
PLI, HRD, Technology and Planning. The Joint Secretary and
Financial Advisor to the Department is a permanent invitee to the Board.
The Secretary, Postal Services Board, assists the Board. Deputy
Directors General, Directors and Assistant Directors General provide necessary
support to the Board at the Headquarters.
Postal Circles for providing
postal services, the whole country has been divided in to 22 Postal circles
extending postal services to 30 States and 6 UTs. Each circle is co-terminus
with a State except (i) the North Eastern Circle, which comprises six North
Eastern States, (ii) Maharashtra circle which includes Goa, (iii) West Bengal
Circle includes Sikkim and the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands,
(iv) Kerala circle includes the Union Territory of Lakshadweep and Mahe
District of Puducherry (UT), (v) Punjab Circle includes the Union Territory of
Chandigarh, (vi) Gujarat circle includes Daman, Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli (UT),
(vii) Andhra Pradesh Circle includes Telangana State and (viii) Tamil
Nadu Circle includes Union Territory of Puducherry ( Except Mahe District).
The Chief Postmaster General
heads each Circle. Each Circle is divided into Regions comprising groups
of field units, called Divisions (Postal / RMS Divisions). Each Region is
headed by a Postmaster General. In the Circles , DAP and Regions, there
are other functional supporting logistics units like Circle Stamp Depots,
Postal Store Depots and Mail Motor Service.
Army Postal Services Over and
above these 22 Circles, the communication needs of the armed forces are catered
to by the Base Circle. Base Circle is headed by the Additional Director
General, Army Postal Service. The officer cadre of Army Postal Services
is drawn on deputation from the Indian Postal Service. 75 % of the other
ranks of the Army Postal Service are drawn from the Department of Posts and the
remaining personnel are recruited by the Army.
Operational Units :-There are
21 GPOs presently functioning in the country. They are: Hyderabad (Andhra
Pradesh Circle), Guwahati (Assam Circle), Patna(Bihar), Delhi (Delhi),
Ahmedabad (Gujarat), Ambala (Haryana), Shimla (Himachal Pradesh), Sri Nagar
(Jammu & Kashmir), Ranchi (Jharkhand),Bangalore
(Karnataka),Thiruvanantapuram (Kerala), Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh),Mumbai
(Maharashtra),Shillong(North East),Bhubaneswar Orissa), Chandigarh (Punjab),
Jaipur (Rajasthan), Chennai (Tamil Nadu), Dehradun (Uttrakhand), Lucknow Uttar
Pradesh) and Kolkata (West Bengal Circle).
Kausik chennai:
Rafi Ahmed Kidwai National Postal Academy (RAKNPA), Ghaziabad is the Apex
Training Institution and caters to the training needs of the managerial cadres
of India Post. It conducts induction training of Indian Postal Service officers
and mid-carrier training programmes for Indian Postal Service officers. It also
conducts Induction Training for Gr.`B‟ officers besides some specialized need
based training's on technology, Marketing and other fields of
importance.
There are six Postal Training
Centers at Darbhanga, Guwahati, Madurai, Mysore, Saharanpur and Vadodra. These Training Centres cater
to the training needs of Inspectorial cadre (Inspector Posts/Assistant
Superintendents of Posts) and all Gr. `C‟ employees (Postal Assistants/Sorting
Assistants. They also conduct induction training for the Inspector Posts and
for Postal Assistants/Sorting Assistants.
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Workplace Training Centres (WTCs) in circles are operational. These WTCs
cater to the training needs of various categories of staff near their work
place.
There are also 5 Zonal Training Centres (ZTCs) which cater to training needs
of the Postal Accounts Personnel. Engineering wing comprising of Architectural,
Civil and Electrical Engineering disciplines is entrusted with design and
construction of all Major & Minor building projects and maintenance of
buildings in the Department.
