Department of Posts is a Central Government Department under Ministry of Communication & IT
First Post office was established in 1727 in kolkata, in 1786, Chennai GPO was established , in 1793 Mumbai GPO was established. Indian Post office act was enacted in 1854.
There are
Total Post offices-154882
POs in rural-------139182
POs in Urban------15700
GPOs-----------------21
PTCs------------------6
WTCs----------------383
ZTCs------------------5
Circles----------------22
Base circle(Army P.S)--1
RAKNPA---------------1
Regions--------------47
PO Divisions---------446
CSDs-----------------17
PSDs-----------------46
PSF & Seals, Aligarh---1
RFDs------------------4
Fgn philatelic Bureau- 1
philatelic Bureaus------81
PAOs-----------------16
RMS Dns-------------69
HPOs----------------810
SBCOs--------------810
S.Os---------------24683
B.Os--------------129389
Night P.Os-----------155
Sorting Hubs---------89
MMS vehicles-------1309
MMS units-------------96
Fullfledged workshops-17
Postal holiday Homes--40
Postal Staff Quarters-26871
Deptl Staff quarters--22324
Rented Staff quarters--4547
Postal sports board------1
Floating post office------1
(Dal Lake, Srinagar)
Postal Bag Office-------1
Postal dispensaries----33
Sevottam P.Os--------78
CPIOs---------------1200
Deptl bldg-----------4436
Rented bldg--------20162
Rent Free bldg-------1711
Postal Civil Wing--------1
Heritage bldgs--------38
Heritage bldgs in TN---3
Ooty, Ch. GPO, Nagapatnm
Social sec schemes
Disbursed through M.Os-
--12,770.8 million
POSB Accts-6150215.62m
PLI Policies--5.4 million
SumAssured-102 276.09crs
RPLI Policies-15.01 million
Sum assured-79,466.46 crs
Total staff
Group A------------576
Group B gazetted---333
Group B nongztd---4941
Group C----------161003
MTS---------------30491
GDS--------------259604
Total--------------459948
Women staff
Group A---------------65
Group B gazetted-----286
Group B non gztd-----807
Group C------------30168
MTS----------------3536
Our Products
Mails:- Postcard,ILC,ALC,Regd Post, Speed post, Registered parcel, sample/pattern packet, regd newspaper, book packet printed books,book packet,book packet periodicals, blind literature packet, COD, V.P,Insured,Business reply Permit, Post box, Post bag F.Ms SAL, BulkBag etc., etc.,
Remittance service
Electronic money order, IMO, FMO,IFS, Videsh M.O, IPO, FPO,Money gram etc., etc.,
B.D Products:-
Epost, pack post, logistic post, post shoppe, forex service, WUMTs, WNX, sale of Penta mobile, sale of Chotu kool, print Post, retail post,greetings post,Data post, Address proof card, bill post, Direct Post, Business post, EB bills,Media Post,NPS, MGNREGS etc., etc.,
Insurance:- PLI & RPLI
Savings Bank
SB, RD, MIS, TD, PPF, SCSS, SSA, NSC, KVP
Our Department is a big big department with rich History. Work is on increasing scale. Salary is not bad.Our Staff and Network are our strengths. Yes, we lost monoploy and facing competition from private players.Much Depends on effective policy formulation by Govt.Its a public service Dept not a commercial company so we are running under loss. For e.g Our Savings bank funds belongs to finance ministry not to us. Like this, we operate with lot of constraints. Dont judge without knowledge.I hope you would have got aware of this Prestigious Institution.