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    Communication and Information Technology

    Handled by Ministry of Communication and IT


    Depts. Of Post, Telecom and IT comes under it

    Post:

    Established in India by Lord Clive in 1766 ,further developed by warren


    Hastings in 1774,expansion made 1786-93,first time regulated in 1837
    through an act
    The Post office act 1854reformed the fabrics of postal system and post
    offices of India, first affordable and uniform rate postage stamp valid
    across the country was issued.
    Indian Post office act, 1898 provided the present status of PO.
    Mail order service(1877),Money order(1880),PO bank(1882),PO Life
    insurance(1884)

    Organization Overview:

    Postal service Board ,The Apex management body-1 Chairman and 6


    members-personnel,operation,technology,Postal life insurance,HR
    and planning
    Joint secretary and finance advisor to the department is permanent
    invitee to the board
    Secretary, Deputy Director Generals and assistant director
    generals provides the necessary functional support for the board at HQ.

    Postal Network

    At the time of Independence 23, 344 PO (19184(Rural), 4160(Urban)),


    Currently 154,856 PO (139,164(Rural-89.78%), 15,692(Urban-10.22%)) ---7
    fold increase after independence
    Gramin Dak sewak are employed to run PO for a period not exceeding 5
    hours and to deliver and convey mails on payment of a certain allowance.
    On and average normal PO coverage 21.23 sq. Km and population of 7,815
    people
    Subsidy for opening PO in rural area,For opening PO 85% of the cost in
    hilly, tribal and desert and in accessible areas and 67 % of cost in normal
    rural area.
    Postal network Three catogaries: Branch PO<Sub PO<Head PO
    Accounts are consolidated progressively from Branch PO to Head PO via
    Sub PO.
    Franchisee outlet-urban area where PO opening not possible, specified
    counter service franchised like selling ticket ,collecting post etc ,whereas
    transmission and delivery of mails along with small saving scheme are not
    franchised.
    Panchayat sanchar seva Kendra (PSSK) Gram Panchayat HQ where PO
    does not exist. Scheme is implemented by GP through an agent appointed
    by them.

    As on 31.3.2013 ---1749 Franchisee outlet and 3232 PSSK functioning in


    the country

    Rural Business:

    Disbursement
    of
    social
    service
    scheme
    like
    MGNREGS,IGNOAPS,IGNWPS,IGNDPS,IGMSY-IG
    Stands
    for
    Indira
    Gandhi ,OAPS-old age pension scheme,W-Widow,D-disability,MSYmatritwa sahyog yojna
    Providing service to 3rd party such as collection of data for compilation
    of Rural CPI on behalf of MoS&PI along with digital payment network as
    each GDS PO is connected to central server of postal network along
    with micro ATM enabled point-of-sale machine.

    Initiatives in service quality improvement


    Project Arrow (2008):

    Improvement of the Core Operations as well as modernized ambience


    under Look and Feel silo of project.
    Focus on mail delivery, remittances, savings bank and office service
    levels through with continuous performance indicators monitoring and
    improve service quality on real time basis.
    One stop shop for retail products and single window facility for small
    savings, money remittance and other financial product and services
    including NREGA and NOAPS.

    MAIL NETWORK OPTIMIZATION PROJECT (MNOP)

    Streamline mail operations and improve quality of mail services by Online


    Tract and Trace system for Speed post along with online tracking for
    registered mail and parcels too.
    Improve efficiency and speed for ordinary post in rural and urban areas
    with infrastructure upgrade.

    AUTOMATED MAIL PROCESSING CENTRES

    Automate mail sorting process and expedite delivery of mail with Letter
    sorting machine and Mixed Mail Sorter in APMCs at Delhi and Kolkata.
    Proposed city for setting up AMPCs
    Mumbai,Chennai,Hyderabad,Bangalore.

    GPS EQUIPPED MAIL VANS

    To monitor of mail transmission and delivery on a real time basis.

    Geographical information system (GIS) MAPPING

    Postal establishments such as PO, Letter boxes, PIN code etc will be
    displayed on a GIS map displayed at DoPosts plus information about PO,

    working hours, time of clearance of letter box (LB) etc and making easy
    location of PO and LB.
    IMPLEMENTATION OF SEVOTTAM

    IS15700:2005 Certification for the New Delhi GPO for implementation of


    Sevottam(2008 )

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