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The Present postal system came in existance |
1854 |
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Post office is regulated in the country |
Indian Post Office Act 1898 |
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Total no. of post offices |
156600 |
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Urban Post Offices |
15599 |
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Rural Post Offices |
141001 |
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Departmental Post Offices |
25487 |
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Branch Offices |
131113 |
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As on 31.03.2019 the market share in parcel business |
4 % |
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Vision to achieve 15 % of market share in |
2026 |
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Addl. General APS is equivalent |
Major General |
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IT modernization approved by GOI |
Nov 2012 |
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Project value of IT 2012 |
4909 Cr. |
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Data centre - Mumbai |
03.04.2013 |
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Sify connected offices |
27431 |
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CBS offices |
23782 |
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ATM |
997 |
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Internet banking |
14.12.2018 |
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Mobile Banking |
15.10.2019 |
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Core Insurance Solution |
25573 |
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CSI rolled out |
513 divisions |
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Change management project completed in |
2015 |
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DARPAN rolled out in BOs |
129080 ( out of supplied 129688) |
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AMPCs in Delhi and Kolkatta |
LSM – Letter Sorting maching – 35000 items per hour MMS – Mixed mail sorter -18000 items per hour |
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PMA – Postman Mobile Application |
Devloped by CEPT – Centre for excellence in Postal Technology, Mysuru. |
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PMA |
Captures real time delivery information with latitude and longitude of delivery locations. |
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The Electronic clearance of Letter boxes done by |
Nanyatha software |
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Mail Motor service |
1944 |
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Total MMS Units |
103 |
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JeevanPraman –biometric enabled service for pensioners for submitting their life certificates |
30.06.2015 All Head Post Offices -JeevanPramanCentres. |
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Parcel Directorate |
April 2018 Separate marketing division –april 2019. |
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e-IPO |
For Indians residing in abroad – 22.03.2013. For Resident Indians – 13.02.2014 |
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e-Commerce portal |
14.12.2018. |
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POPSK – |
25.01.2017 – As on 31.12.19 -424 centres |
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PNOP – Parcel Optimization network project |
90 hubs |
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Main Bodies of UPU |
The congress Council of Administration. Postal Operations Council. |
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Consultative committee. The International Bureau. |
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Department of Posts , India is currently a member in |
POC – Postal Operations Council. |
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APPU |
32 countries. |
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Department of Posts in APPU |
Co-Chair of supply chain integration group & Member in governing board of the Asian pacific Postal College. |
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SECUREX - Security and customs related electronic data exchange |
India Post – SECUREX – 3 pilot countries. Georgia, Kazhakasthan, Vietnam. |
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SSA |
22.01.2015. |
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PMSBY and PMJJBY launched |
07.09.2015 in all CBS POs |
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APY |
01.12.2015 |
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PMLA – Prevention of money laundering Act 2002 |
Came in to existence 01.07.2005 |
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Department of Posts comes under PMLA |
Prevention of money laundering amendment act 20019 – 01.06.2009. |
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AML –Anti money laundering CFT – Combating the Financing of Terrorism. |
CTR – Cash Transactions Report STR – Suspicious transactions report. CCR – Counterfeit currency Report. |
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IPPB – Cabinet approved -01.06.2016 |
IPPB – Public Limited Company – 17.08.2016 30.01.2017 – 2 pilot branches. 01.09.2018 – 650 Branches |
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AePS in IPPB |
01.09.2019. |
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First time in the history of independent india - Octoganal stamps issued |
02.10.2019 – 150 th birthday of Mahatma Gandhi. |
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DeenDayal SPARSH ( Scholarship for promotion of aptitude & Research in stamps as a Hobby ) |
Clases 6, 7,8,9 – 23*40 students per circle total 920. 500 /p.m/ |
- These are taken from the annual report 2019-2020. Kindly check the same for correctness of any information.
