1. I NDIA P OST E MPOWERING & CONNECTING I NDIA

2. O UR V ISION : O UR V ISION : India Posts products and services will be the customers first choice.

3. 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 and 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

4. Ministry Of Communication & IT Secretary / Director General /Chairman Postal Service Board Member (Technology ) Member (Personnel) Member (PLI) &Chairman (Investment Board) Member (HRD) Member (Operations) Member (Planning) Organizational Structure DDG, ADG

5. Administrative Structure DIRECTORATE CIRCLE REGION Chief Postmaster General Director General Posts Postmaster General POSTAL DIVISIONS Superintendent 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

6. secretary Base circle 56 APO99 APO FPO Circle-CPMG PTCREGION DIVISION SUBDN HO SO BO PLI dteBD Dte Postal service board

7. Post Offices 1,54,866 Post Offices 1,54,866 Departmental Post Offices 25,464 Departmental Post Offices 25,464 Urban Pos 15826 (10.22%) Urban Pos 15826 (10.22%) Rural Pos 139040 (89.78%) Rural Pos 139040 (89.78%) Extra Departmental Post Offices 1,29,402 Extra Departmental Post Offices 1,29,402 209047 Departmental Employees 209047 Departmental Employees 257856 Extra Departmental Employees 257856 Extra Departmental Employees On an average, a post office covers an area of 21.23 sq. km and serves 7814 people. India Post – The Last Mile reach-as on 31.03.2011

8. Operational Structure (Postal) HEAD POST OFFICE BRANCH POST OFFICES (In Rural Area) DEPARTMENTAL TOWN SUB OFFICES DEPARTMENTAL RURAL SUB OFFICES TOTAL POST OFFICES: 1,54,866 TOTAL POST OFFICES: 1,54,866 BRANCH POST OFFICES: 1,39,040

9. Accounting network of the post offices Postal Account office Responsible for incorporating account of all HOs in circle Head Post Office Supplies cash, stamp, IPOs, certificates, passbooks, recpt bks Head Post Office Consolidation of account of subordinate offices Sub Post Office SO is placed in account with HO Branch Post 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 Office Submits its Daily A/C to Head Post Office Branch Post Office Submits Daily Account to its account office i.e. SO Branch Post Office Sub account branch of account office monitors its functioning Sub Post Office Consolidate the transactions of BO also into its accounts Head Post Office Submits returns and accounts to concerned PAO

10. India Post Largest and Oldest Postal System in the world Net work of 1,54,866 POs out of which 1,39,040 are Branch Offices Serving the people since 1854 All branch offices to computerised in the next five years

11. Personal strength as on March,2009 Category Number Group A588 Group B7333 Group C170748 MTS GROUP C30678 Total departmental209047 Gramin Dak Sevaks257856 GRAND TOTAL 466903

12. Mail Insurance Remittance Retailing Savings Bank India Post – Services Offered

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