PA Exam Materials - Examination point of view - 15

 

The Present postal system  came in existence	1854
Post office is regulated in the country	The Post Office Act 2023
The Post Office ACT 2023	43/2023 Passed on 24.12.2023 Came in to force on 18.06.2024
Total no. of post offices	164987
Urban Post Offices	15823
Rural Post Offices	149164
Departmental  Post Offices	25096
Branch Offices	139891
Night Post Office	130
A Post office serves for an average	8490 people in the country. 6068 – people in Rural Area. 31327-  Peoples in Urban Area.
International Speed Post covers	100 Countries (Both Document and Merchandise) 6countries – Document only.
Average area served by a Post Office	19.92  Sq.Km.
First Postage Stamp	01.10.1854
Worlds First Airmail Flight	18.02.1911 Allahabad to Naini
Addl. General APS is equivalent	Major General
IT modernization approved by GOI	Nov 2012
Project value of IT 2012	4909 Cr.
Data centre -  Mumbai	03.04.2013
Disastere Recovery centre -  Mysuru	15.05.2015
Sify connected offices	26708
CBS offices	1.65 Lakhs
ATM	1000 ( First ATM- 25.02.2014)
ATM inter operable	31.12.2016
Management of Departmental ATMs are done by	IPPB w.e.f 30.08.2022.
Internet banking	14.12.2018
E Pass Book facility	12.10.2022
Mobile Banking	15.10.2019
PAN validation through NSDL in SB operations	25.1.2022.
NPS online mode commenced	From 26.04.2022
NPS all citizens model	Age 18-70
PMCARES Scheme	w.e.f. 06.10.2021
At present the DOP is offering how many small savings Products	10
Core Insurance Solution	25581
CSI rolled out	505 divisions
Change management project completed in	2015
DARPAN rolled out in BOs	129380 ( out of supplied 129737)
AMPCs in Delhi and Kolkatta	LSM – Letter Sorting maching – 35000 items per hour MMS – Mixed mail sorter -18000 items per hour
PMA – Postman Mobile Application  Developed by	CEPT – Centre for excellence  in Postal Technology, Mysuru.
PMA	Captures real time delivery information with latitude and longitude of delivery locations.
The Electronic clearance of Letter boxes done by	Nanyatha software
3 New products of UIDAI delivered through Speed Post	OARL-Order Aadhar Reprint Letters. AVL –Aadhar Validation Letters PVCCards –Order Aadhar cards.
Click n book service	Articles and Parcels upto 5 KGs can be booked under Click n book.
RFID- Radio Frequency Identification.	Used to provide contactless identification of mails, and tracking.
Mail Motor service  introduced	1944
Total MMS Units	103
JeevanPraman –biometric  enabled service for pensioners for submitting their life certificates	30.06.2015 All Head Post Offices  - 806 JeevanPramanCentres.
Parcel Directorate	April 2018 Separate marketing division –April 2019.
JPP Joint Parcel Product is nothing but	Rail Post Gati  Shakthi Express Cargo Service
JPP is introduced	31.03.2022
In JPP a full dedicated parcel train is commenced from	20.10.2022
Self Booking Kiosks are used to book documents and parcels weighing up to	5 kgs.
API stands for	Application Programming Interface
ITPS stands for	International Tracked Packet service
ITPS handles packets weighing upto	2 kgs.
ITPS service is available in	41 countries.
DNK stands for	Dar Ghar Niryat Kendra
PBE stands for	Postal Bill of Export ( Mandatory for commercial export )
e-IPO	For Indians residing in abroad – 22.03.2013. For Resident Indians – 13.02.2014
POPSK –	25.01.2017 –
As on 31.12.2024 total POPSK	442
Magazine post commenced wef	01.04.2022
PLI Mobile Training APP introduced	12.10.2022
The Dak Karmayogi – Portal was launched from	28.06.2022.
Aadhar Enabled centres as on 31.12.2024	13352
IP-PRS centres	316
PNOP – Parcel Optimization network project	190 hubs
PMEGP stands for	Prime Ministers employment generation Programme.
Physical vericiation of PMEGP commenced from	20.08.2024
Nodal Delivery Centres	233
Main Bodies of UPU	1)    The congress 2)    Council of Administration. 3)    Postal Operations Council.
	4)    Consultative committee. 5)    The International Bureau.
Department of Posts , India is currently a member in	POC – Postal Operations Council.
APPU	32 countries.
Department of Posts in APPU	VinayaPrakash Singh Member Personnel  First ever Indian Secretary General of APPU . Tenure upto 31.12.2026.
SECUREX -  Security and customs related electronic data exchange	India Post – SECUREX – 3 pilot countries. Georgia, Kazhakasthan, Vietnam.
SSA	22.01.2015.
PMSBY and PMJJBY  launched	07.09.2015  in all CBS POs
NEFT introduced	18.5.2022
RTGS	31.02.2022
APY	01.12.2015
IT 2.0 approved by the cabinet on	01.10.2022.
IT 2.0 Project outlay	5785 Cr.
IT. 2.0  Period	2022-23 to 2029-30   8 years.
Under IT 2.0 the network provider for DOP is	BSNL
SPARROW Stands for	The Smart Performance Appraisal Report Recording Online Window
IFSC Code of  POSB	IPOS0000DOP
PMLA – Prevention of money laundering Act 2002	Came in to existence 01.07.2005
Department of Posts comes under PMLA	Prevention of money laundering amendment act 2009 – 01.06.2009.
AML –Anti money laundering CFT – Combating  the Financing of Terrorism.	CTR – Cash Transactions Report STR – Suspicious transactions report. CCR – Counterfeit currency Report.
IPPB – Cabinet approved  -01.06.2016	IPPB – Public Limited Company – 17.08.2016 30.01.2017 – 2 pilot branches. 01.09.2018 – 650 Branches
AePS in IPPB	01.09.2019.
First time in the history of independent india  - Octoganal stamps issued	02.10.2019 – 150th  Birthday of Mahatma Gandhi.
DeenDayal SPARSH  ( Scholarship for promotion of aptitude & Research in stamps as a Hobby )	Classes 6, 7,8,9 – 23*40 students per circle total 920.Rs. 500 /p.m/
IPCC number	1800 266 6868

 

 

** These are taken from the annual report 2024-2025. Kindly check the same for correctness of  any information.

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