POSTMEN / MTS EXAMINATION 2025. - STUDY MATERIALS 3.
The following gist is given below for keeping memory purpose of all the important rules covered under PO Guide Part I as per the syllabus. Please read again and again and keep memory of the following gist of rules in PO Guide Part I.
Postal Network at a Glance (As on 31.03.2024)
• Postal Circles: 23
• Postal Regions: 54
• Postal Divisions: 469
• Postal Accounts Offices: 23
• Circle Stamp Depot: 1
• Postal Store Depots: 26
• Railway Mail Service Divisions: 69
• Postal Training Centres: 6
• Post Office: 1,64,987
o Rural Post Office: 1,49,164
o Urban Post Office: 15,823
o Head Post Office: 810
o Sub Post Office: 24,286
o Branch Post Offices: 1,39,891
• Delivery Post Offices: 1,57,436
• Night Post Offices: 130
• Sorting Hubs: 94
• Countries covered under International Speed Post (merchandise & documents - both): 100
• Countries covered under International Speed Post (documents only): 6
• Average person served per Post Office: 8,490
• Average rural person served per Rural Post Office: 6,068
• Average urban person served per Urban Post Office: 31,327
• Average area served by a Post Office (in Sq. Km.): 19.92
o *Estimated by using projected population as on 01.03.2024 from Report of the Technical Group on Population Projections (July, 2020), National Commission on Population, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.
Other Units of Directorate
• Parcel Directorate: Aims to improve Parcel Services
• Business Development Directorate
• PLI Directorate
• Army Postal Service (APS)
• CEPT, Mysore (Centre for Excellence in Postal Technology)
• RAKNPA (Rafi Ahmed Kidwai National Postal Academy)
Units Under Circle
• Regions
• Circle Stamp Depot
• RLO (Returned Letter Office)
Units Under Region
• Postal Training Centre
• Postal Divisions
• RMS Divisions
• General Post Offices
• Foreign Post Offices
• Postal Store Depot
• Mail Motor Service
Army Postal Service (APS)
• Also called "Base circle".
• Exclusive use for defence personnel.
• Headquarters: Sena Dak Bhavan, New Delhi 110011.
• Head of the APS: Additional DG, APS – with the status of 'Major General' in Defence.
• Two Central Base Post Offices (CBPOs):
o 1 CBPO – 56 APO – Delhi
o 2 CBPO – 99 APO – Kolkata
• The CBPOs function as Head Offices for Field Post Offices (FPOs), which number about 500.
• CBPOs also function as Postal Store Depots (PSDs) and Philatelic Bureaux.
• FPOs are equated to Sub Office (SO) status.
• APS Training Center is located at Kamptee, Nagpur in Maharashtra Circle.
• 75% of APS staff are drawn from the Department of Posts, and the remaining personnel are directly recruited by the Army.
CEPT (Centre for Excellence in Postal Technology)
• Located at Nazarbad, Mysore -570010.
• Deals with all web and technology requirements for the Department of Posts.
• Headquarters of CEPT: Mysuru.
• Specific CEPT locations and their functions:
o CEPT, Chennai: CSI migration and DPMS (Delivery and Postman Management System)
o CEPT, Hyderabad: GDS online recruitment at National level, Electronic clearance of letter boxes (Nanyatha), TTD Special Darshan ticket booking & e-shoppe
o CEPT Bengaluru: AML (Anti Money Laundering) & FRMU (Fraud Risk Management Unit)
o CEPT, Delhi: General Technical issues
RAKNPA (Rafi Ahmed Kidwai National Postal Academy)
• Earlier known as Postal Staff College India, renamed with effect from November 1, 2011.
• Renamed in memory of the First Communication Minister.
• Located in Ghaziabad in U.P. Circle.
• Head of RAKNPA: Director.
• Assisted by Additional Director, two Joint Directors, one Deputy Director, and two Assistant Directors with expertise in different areas.
Postal Training Centres
• There are six Postal Training Centres:
1. PTC Guwahati (Assam), established: October 27, 2003
2. PTC Dharbanga (Bihar), established: July 12, 1966
3. PTC Vadodara (Gujarat), established: July 01, 1962
4. PTC Mysore (Karnataka), established: April 20, 1965
5. PTC Madurai (Tamilnadu), established: August 25, 1981
6. PTC Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh), established: April 02, 1951
Heads of Postal Units
• Head of the Circle: Chief Postmaster General
• Head of the Region: Postmaster General
• Postal Division: Senior Superintendent of Post Offices / Superintendent of Post Offices
• RMS Division: SRM / SSRM
• Head of Postal Sub Division: IP/ASP
• Head of RMS Sub Division: IRM/ASRM
Railway Mail Service (RMS)
• Mail transportation and distribution system.
• RMS office located at Railway Station: RMS Sorting Office.
• If situated outside the railway station: Sorting Office.
• If located at the headquarters of a division: Head Record Office.
• If outside the headquarters: Sub record office.
• If in the traveling Unit of RMS (Train): Transit Mail Office.
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