Ministry of Communications & Information Technology21-December, 2011 12:29 IST

Significant Events of Department of Posts for the month of October, 2011 The Postal Staff College of India, Ghaziabad Renamed as “Rafi Ahmed Kidwai National Postal Academy A report on significant events of department of posts for the month of October, 2011 says that Department of Posts disbursed wages to 5.04crore MGNREGS account holders across the country. Through Post Offices Rs. 878 crores have been disbursed as wages to MGNREGS account holders during September, 2011 excluding Himachal Pradesh and Karnataka Circles. Two stamps one on ‘Chitrapur Math’ and other on ‘The Punjab Regiment Para (SF)(Punjab)’were issued during the month of October, 2011. A Special Cover on “Endangered Grizzled squirrel” and “Maritime Heritage of Tamilnadu” was released in Chennai during SIPEX-11, a State Level Philatelic Exhibition organized at Chennai from 7.10.2011 to 9.10.2011. The Postal Staff College of India, C.G.O.Complex, and Ghaziabad has been renamed as “Rafi Ahmed Kidwai National Postal Academy (RAKNPA)” C.G.O.Complex, Ghaziabad-201 002. National Postal week was celebrated throughout the country from 09-10-2011 to 14.10.2011.