Lok Sabha Question No. 6267 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-12
Subject: Shortage of Staff in Post Offices
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: RAKSHA NIKHIL KHADSE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.6267 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12 TH   APRIL, 2017

## SHORTAGE OF STAFF IN POST OFFICES

## 6267. SHRIMATI RAKSHATAI KHADSE:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  there  is  shortage  of  staff  in  post  offices  across  the  country  and  if  so,  the details thereof, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the steps taken by the Government in this regard; and
- (c) the steps taken by the Government with regard to the Skill Development/Training of staff of post offices?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS & MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

- (a) Postal Circle-wise vacant posts in different grades in Post Offices are as under:

|   S. No. | Circle           |   Postmasters |   Supervisors |   Postal Assistants |   Postman |   MTS |
|----------|------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------------|-----------|-------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh   |            43 |           138 |                 679 |       708 |   270 |
|        2 | Assam            |            30 |            74 |                 299 |       321 |   200 |
|        3 | Bihar            |          1671 |           253 |                 759 |       776 |   687 |
|        4 | Chhattisgarh     |            18 |            19 |                 210 |       242 |    58 |
|        5 | Delhi            |            26 |           131 |                 914 |      1388 |   536 |
|        6 | Gujarat          |           137 |           246 |                 954 |       733 |   361 |
|        7 | Haryana          |           161 |           141 |                 203 |       281 |    97 |
|        8 | Himachal Pradesh |            17 |            47 |                 297 |        90 |    73 |
|        9 | Jammu & Kashmir  |            13 |            46 |                 195 |       123 |   175 |
|       10 | Jharkhand        |           193 |            63 |                 140 |       320 |    90 |

| S. No.   | Circle         |   Postmasters |   Supervisors |   Postal Assistants |   Postman |   MTS |
|----------|----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------------|-----------|-------|
| 11       | Karnataka      |           146 |           189 |                 589 |       920 |   159 |
| 12       | Kerala         |            83 |           126 |                 235 |       583 |     0 |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh |            27 |           213 |                 417 |       742 |   161 |
| 14       | Maharashtra    |           216 |           597 |                2525 |      4128 |  1222 |
| 15       | North East     |            22 |            43 |                 166 |       268 |   172 |
| 16       | Orissa         |            91 |           146 |                 230 |       233 |    73 |
| 17       | Punjab         |           164 |           207 |                 561 |       403 |    54 |
| 18       | Rajasthan      |            38 |            91 |                1111 |       294 |   289 |
| 19       | Tamilnadu      |           193 |           355 |                2013 |      1500 |   548 |
| 20       | Telangana      |            53 |           127 |                 583 |       439 |   256 |
| 21       | Uttar Pradesh  |           116 |           485 |                2525 |      2359 |  1213 |
| 22       | Uttarakhand    |            35 |            36 |                 425 |       356 |   193 |
| 23       | West Bengal    |             0 |           691 |                 719 |       239 |   310 |
| Total    | Total          |          3493 |          4464 |               16749 |     17446 |  7197 |

(b) Filling up of vacant posts as per the provisions of respective Recruitment Rules such as Departmental Exam and recruitment from open market is a continuous process.

(c) Department of Posts has Postal Training Policy in place with the objective 'Training for all' to further improve the delivery of services and efficiency of the Department, which includes (i) induction training to all employees at the entry level, (ii) three mandatory Mid-Career Training programmes at specified  intervals  for  all  cadres  through  Standard  Training  Packages,  and  (iii)  in  service  refresher training.

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