HISTORY of Post Office
HISTORY of Post Office
Use of pigeon in the reign of Mughal Raj Messengers were used by many kingdoms to
convey message
Runners (carrying spear with bell)
India Post the oldest organization came into existence in 1854 i.e. 160 years old
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OUR DEPARTMENT(History)
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• Rest Houses located in forest areas were known as Dak Bungalow, where the Dak runners used to take rest.
• In British Era, Collector used to hand over the charge of district to the Postmaster.
• Postal Department started to use the services of Railways for carrying mail from 1854 when Railways started its service from Thane to Mumbai.
OUR DEPARTMENT
• India Post is the Largest and Oldest Postal system in the world.
• DOP comprises of two wings i.e. Postal & Railway Mail Service.
• It is having a net work of 1,54856 Post Offices out of which15736 are in urban and 1,39164 are in Rural areas known as Branch Post Offices
• A Post office serves 21.23 Sq. KMs. covering 8086 people on an average in India----25481 in urban and 6124 in rural.
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OUR DEPARTMENT
• DOP is one of the oldest department of central government i.e. Govt. of India.
• It is the largest postal network in the world.
• DOP works under Ministry of Communication and Information Technology with its H.Q.at Dak Bhawan, New-Delhi.
• We feel proud to be the part of one of the most honest and dedicated work force in India.
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To sustain its position as the largest postal network in
the world touching the lives of every citizen in the country.To provide mail parcel, money transfer, banking, insurance and retail services with speed & reliability.To provide services to the customers on value – for – money basis.To ensure that the employees are proud to be its main strength and serve its customers with a human touch.To continue to deliver social security services and to enable last mile connectivity as a Government of India platform.
Our Mission
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BRANDING• India Post logo a visual link in communication• It’s the corporate identity of India Post• Wings show conscious efforts to maintain
continuity of communication• Its represents dynamism, Speed, elevation,
aspiration and action• Bhartiya Dak in Hindi & India Post in English depicts
corporate name• Red colour its traditional association with postal services
& embodies passion, power & commitment• Orange communicates hope, joy & happiness
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Ministry Of Communication & IT
Ministry Of State (C)
Secretary / Director General /Chairman
Postal Service Board
Member (Technology
)
Member (Personnel)
Member (PLI) & Chairman
(Investment Board)
Member (HRD))
Member (Operations)
Member (Planning)
Member (Planning)
Organizational Structure
DDG, ADG
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Joint Secretary
& FA
Secretary / D. G. Posts / Chairman Postal Services Board
Postal Service Board
Base Circle
56 APO 99 APO
FPO
Circle CPMG
PTC REGION
DIVISION
SUB
Div
HOSO
BO
RAKNPA
PLI directorate BD Directorate
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Administrative Structure
DIRECTORATE
CIRCLE
REGION
Chief Postmaster General
Director General Posts
Postmaster General
POSTAL DIVISIONS
SSPO’s / SPOs
DISTRICTS
CIRCLE STAMP DEPOT POSTAL STORE DEPOT
MAIL MOTOR SERVICE
RMS DIVISIONS
ARMY POSTAL SERVICE
INDIA
STATE
Superintendent
Manager
Superintendent
POSTAL SUB DIVISIONS
RMS SUB DIVISIONS
IP / ASP
IRM / ASRM
DISTRICTS
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P & T Dispensary
Administrative Structure …
The country is divided into 22 Postal Circles headed by CPMG / Principal CPMG.
Each Postal Circle is divided into Regions. A Postmaster General is in charge of each region. Every Postal Region has Postal and RMS divisions. SP/SSP is the head of the Postal Division. SRM/SSRM is the head of RMS Division. Each Circle will have Circle Stamp Depot., which gets
stamps from Security Press and distribute it to Head Post Offices.
Postal Stores Depots in different regions of the Circle supply forms and stationery to Postal and RMS offices.
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Operational Structure(Postal)HEAD POST OFFICE
DEPARTMENTAL TOWN SUB OFFICES
EXTRA DEPARTMENTAL BRANCH POST OFFICES(In Rural Area)
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OPERATIVE SET UP - POST OFFICESHead Office – It is the Chief of a group of PO’s consisting of itself and its
subordinate offices called SO’s & BO’s. The Monetary transactions of the group are consolidated in
the Head Office. It may be in charge of a Higher Selection Grade (HSGII)
Postmaster, HSG-I Postmaster or a Senior Postmaster (Gazetted).
The principal HPO at the circle Head quarters is called General Post Office (GPO)
Sub post office It is a Post Office subordinate to a H.O. Its monetary transactions are incorporated in the accounts of
its H.O. The Officer in charge of a SO is called Sub Postmaster (SPM)
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Types of Sub Post Offices - ‘C’ class SO: A SO without PA only with one SPM.
B class SO: SO with one SPM and one PA
A class SO: SO with one SPM and two PAs.
LSG SO: SO with one SPM and three or more PAs
Town SO: A sub office in a town or its suburbs where there is also a Head Office.
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Night Post Office : Some important Post Offices have extended working
hours up to 8.30 pm on weekdays.On Sundays and holidays they work for limited hours
but not beyond 6.00 pm. Such post offices are called Night Post Offices. Branch Office – Lower than in status than Sub Office. It is in direct account with a Head Office or a Sub
Office. The monetary transactions of BO are incorporated in
the accounts of its Account Office.
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No-delivery PO - A Post office which does not perform delivery work.
Army PO - These Post Offices serve defense personnel. These
are also known as Central Base PO. There are two CBPO. One at Delhi (1 CBPO or c/o 56
APO) and other at Calcutta (2 CBPO or c/o 99 APO) HO status.FPO -
Field POs are coming under 1 CBPO or 2 CBPO. Sub Office status.Foreign PO -
Foreign POs deal with the incoming and outgoing foreign mail.
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Operational Structure (RMS)
RECORD OFFICE
HEAD RECORD OFFICE RECORD OFFICESUB RECORD OFFICE
SORTING MAIL OFFICE TRANSIT MAIL OFFICE
MAIL OFFICE
SECTIONS
SECTIONS
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POSTAL NETWORK AT A GLANCE (As on 31-3-2012---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Total Number of Postal Circles 222 Total Number of Postal Regions 373 Total Number of Postal Divisions 4424 Total Number of Circle Stamp Depots 175 Total Number of Postal Store Depots 466 Total Number of RMS Divisions 687 Total Number of Postal Training Centres 68 Total Number of Post Offices in the Country 154,8229 Total Number of Post Offices in Rural Areas 139,08610 Total Number of Post Offices in Urban Areas 15,73611 Total Number of GPO 2412 Number of Head Post Offices 81013 Number of Sub Post Offices 24,63414 Number of ED Branch Post Offices 129,37415 Number of Delivery Post Offices 146,88816 Number of Post Offices with Telegraph facility 28517 Number of Night Post Offices 16118 Speed Post Sorting Hubs in the Country 8919 Total Number of Countries covered under International Speed Post (Merchandise & documents - both) 7420 Number of Countries covered under International Speed Post (documents only) 24 21 Population served by a Post Office in 2012 $ 7,95622 Population served by a Post Office in 2012 (in Rural Area) $ 6,06123 Population served by a Post Office in 2012 (in Urban Area) $ 24,70424 Area served by a Post Office (Sq. Km.) in 2012 21.2325 Average distance to be travelled for Postal facilities (in Km.) 2.60$ as per estimated population 2012
Postal Accounts Offices: Our department handles huge amount of cash
which either belongs to the customers or which has to be credited to the government accounts.
For the purpose of auditing the accounts of the department of post there are postal accounts offices.
Here is a list of all the Postal Accounts Offices, their abbreviations and their jurisdiction.
Every Head Post Office should send periodical returns of various accounts items to the Accounts Office of its area.
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Name of Postal Accounts
OfficeArea Abbreviation
1 Ambala Haryana A B
2 Ahmedabad Gujarat AH
3 Bangalore Karnataka BG
4 Bhopal Madhya Pradesh BH
5 Calcutta West Bengal C
6 Cuttack Orissa CK
7 Delhi Delhi D
8 Hyderabad Andhra Pradesh H
9 Jaipur Rajasthan J
10 Kapurthala J & K, Punjab K
11 Lucknow Uttar Pradesh L
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Name of Postal Accounts Office
Area Abbreviation
12 Chennai Tamilnadu CH
13 Nagpur Maharashtra, APS N
14 Patna Bihar, Jharkhand P
15 Sundernagar Himachal Pradesh S
16 Tiruvananthapuram Kerala T
17 Guwahati Assam G
18 Jammu Tawi J & K JT
19 Raipur Chattisgarh R
21 Shillong North Eastern SH
22 Dehradun Uttarakhand DE
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Accounting network of the post offices
Postal Account officeResponsible for incorporating account of all HOs in circle
Head Post OfficeSupplies cash, stamp, IPOs,
certificates, passbooks, recpt bks
Head Post OfficeConsolidation of account
of subordinate offices
Sub Post Offic
e SO is
placed in account with HO
Branch Pos
t Office
Having
limited
powers of
Saving
Bank
and Booking of
postal
articles
Branch Post Office
Can be directly under Sub
Office which is called its
Account Office
Sub Post Offic
eSubmits its
Daily A/C to
Head Post Offic
e
Branch Post Office
Sub account branch of
account office monitors its functioning
Sub Post Offic
eConsolidate the transactions of BO also into its
accounts
Head Post OfficeSubmits returns and
accounts to concerned PAO
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