Lok Sabha Question No. 6322 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-12
Subject: Vacancies in Post Offices
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: ADVOCATE NARENDRA KESHAV SAWAIKAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.6322 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12 TH   APRIL, 2017

## VACANCIES IN POST OFFICES

## 6322. ADV. NARENDRA KESHAV SAWAIKAR:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether there exists a large number of vacancies in post offices across the country;
- (b) if  so,  the details thereof including the number of such vacancies, State/UT-wise and the reasons therefor; and
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to expedite the recruitment process and to ensure quality services to the customers?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b) Occurrence of  the  vacancies  due  to  retirement,  promotion,  death,  deputation etc is a normal process. 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 |
|       11 | Karnataka        |           146 |           189 |                 589 |       920 |   159 |

| S. No.   | Circle         |   Postmasters |   Supervisors |   Postal Assistants |   Postman |   MTS |
|----------|----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------------|-----------|-------|
| 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 |

(c) 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. Further, 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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