Lok Sabha Question No. 1133 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-26
Subject: Gramin Dak Sevaks
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Rajashree Mallick

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1133 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26 TH  JULY, 2023

## GRAMIN DAK SEVAKS

## 1133.   SHRIMATI RAJASHREE MALLICK:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the number of people recruited as Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS) since 2014, postal circle and State-wise;
- (b) the details of the eligibility requirements for GDS along with the method of selection therefor;
- (c) the promotional avenues available for GDS for absorption into regular civil posts; and
- (d) the details of the GDS friendly initiatives taken by the Government during the last four years?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS (SHRI DEVUSINH CHAUHAN)

- (a) Sir,  the  details  of    number  of  people  engaged  as  Gramin  Dak  Sevaks  since  2014,  Postal Circle-wise and State-wise are given in Annexures -I and II respectively.
- (b) The  details of eligibility requirements and method of selection for Gramin Dak Sevaks  is given in the Annexure -III .
- (c) The promotional avenues are available to Gramin Dak Sevaks for the posts of Multi-Tasking Staff, Postman, Mail Guard,  Postal Assistant and Sorting Assistant in the Department  on the basis of seniority-cum-fitness/departmental examinations, as per the prevailing Recruitment Rules of the said post.
- (d) The details of GDS friendly initiatives undertaken by the Department during the last  four years, inter-alia,  include centralised online engagement and transfer process, relaxation in eligibility condition for transfer from three years to one year, financial assistance from welfare fund for Covid19  effected  GDS,  removal  of  condition  for  furnishing  of  security/fidelity  bond  at  the  time  of engagement, relaxation in eligibility conditions in engagement on compassionate ground, provision for  appeal  against  rejection  of  engagement  on  compassionate  ground  and  decentralisation  of compassionate engagement Committee from Circle level to Divisional level.

## Annexure referred to in reply to Part  (a)  of Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No. 1133  for regarding Gramin Dak Sevaks.

## CIRCLE WISE INFORMATION OF NUMBER OF PEOPLE ENGAGED AS GRAMIN DAK SEVAKS

| Name Circle      |   Year wise Break-up |   Year wise Break-up |   Year wise Break-up |   Year wise Break-up |   Year wise Break-up |   Year wise Break-up |   Year wise Break-up |   Year wise Break-up |   Year wise Break-up |   Year wise Break-up |
|------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
| Name Circle      |                 2014 |                 2015 |                 2016 |                 2017 |                 2018 |                 2019 |                 2020 |                 2021 |                 2022 |                 2023 |
| Andhra Pradesh   |                  838 |                  513 |                  365 |                  230 |                  948 |                  661 |                 2201 |                  414 |                 1225 |                 1533 |
| Assam            |                  210 |                  233 |                  224 |                   35 |                  169 |                  104 |                   43 |                  265 |                  644 |                   88 |
| Bihar            |                  450 |                  909 |                  167 |                  161 |                  282 |                  689 |                  194 |                  196 |                   20 |                   09 |
| Chhattisgarh     |                  280 |                  143 |                   22 |                  145 |                  989 |                  603 |                 1058 |                  398 |                  943 |                  301 |
| Delhi            |                   47 |                  101 |                   10 |                   01 |                   13 |                   15 |                   66 |                   10 |                   16 |                   12 |
| Gujarat          |                  372 |                  381 |                  696 |                   57 |                 1491 |                  249 |                 2022 |                 1322 |                 1492 |                 1348 |
| Haryana          |                  228 |                  154 |                  130 |                   30 |                   67 |                  386 |                  123 |                  375 |                  676 |                  116 |
| Himachal Pradesh |                  149 |                  146 |                  251 |                   30 |                  292 |                  407 |                  206 |                  417 |                  802 |                  373 |
| J& K             |                   46 |                   30 |                   30 |                   14 |                   09 |                   30 |                   87 |                  137 |                  169 |                   67 |
| Jharkhand        |                  140 |                  287 |                  269 |                   52 |                  101 |                  495 |                  197 |                  153 |                   88 |                   18 |
| Karnataka        |                  830 |                  653 |                  540 |                  124 |                  478 |                  182 |                 1747 |                 1642 |                 1702 |                 1312 |
| Kerala           |                  560 |                  469 |                  477 |                   39 |                  657 |                   66 |                 1524 |                  680 |                 1598 |                 1142 |
| Madhya Pradesh   |                  576 |                  809 |                  553 |                  184 |                  118 |                 1365 |                  256 |                 2022 |                 2951 |                  295 |
| Maharashtra      |                 1117 |                  528 |                  530 |                   45 |                  999 |                  637 |                 2827 |                  682 |                 2402 |                 1450 |
| North East       |                   66 |                  142 |                  104 |                   63 |                   67 |                  309 |                   27 |                  439 |                  342 |                  302 |
| Odisha           |                  488 |                  518 |                  271 |                  516 |                  240 |                 2286 |                  251 |                  955 |                 2366 |                  446 |
| Punjab           |                  440 |                  217 |                  145 |                   33 |                  499 |                   41 |                  647 |                  510 |                  749 |                  448 |
| Rajasthan        |                  893 |                  430 |                  694 |                  224 |                  162 |                  800 |                  601 |                 2201 |                 1353 |                  420 |
| Tamilnadu        |                 1308 |                  651 |                 1020 |                   95 |                  157 |                 2554 |                  922 |                 2373 |                 3650 |                 1917 |
| Telangana        |                  384 |                  514 |                  199 |                  108 |                  484 |                  181 |                  548 |                  266 |                  921 |                  482 |
| Uttar Pradesh    |                  901 |                  506 |                  593 |                  134 |                  141 |                  252 |                 1584 |                 1653 |                  819 |                  827 |
| Uttarakhand      |                  103 |                   81 |                   04 |                   17 |                  155 |                  218 |                   51 |                  289 |                  197 |                  252 |
| West Bengal      |                  374 |                  361 |                  242 |                   53 |                   79 |                   64 |                 4542 |                 1183 |                 1210 |                  794 |

## Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  Part  (a)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.1133 for 26.07.2023 regarding Gramin Dak Sevaks.

STATE  WISE  INFORMATION  OF  NUMBER  OF  PEOPLE  ENGAGED  AS  GRAMIN  DAK SEVAKS

| Name of State     |   Year wise Break-up |   Year wise Break-up |   Year wise Break-up |   Year wise Break-up |   Year wise Break-up |   Year wise Break-up |   Year wise Break-up |   Year wise Break-up |   Year wise Break-up |   Year wise Break-up |
|-------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
| Name of State     |                 2014 |                 2015 |                 2016 |                 2017 |                 2018 |                 2019 |                 2020 |                 2021 |                 2022 |                 2023 |
| Andhra Pradesh    |                  838 |                  513 |                  365 |                  230 |                  948 |                  661 |                 2201 |                  414 |                 1225 |                 1532 |
| Arunachal Pradesh |                   25 |                   24 |                   00 |                   03 |                   03 |                   04 |                   01 |                   23 |                   12 |                   39 |
| Assam             |                  210 |                  233 |                  224 |                   35 |                  169 |                  104 |                   43 |                  265 |                  644 |                   88 |
| Bihar             |                  450 |                  909 |                  167 |                  161 |                  282 |                  689 |                  194 |                  196 |                   20 |                   09 |
| Chhattisgarh      |                  280 |                  143 |                   22 |                  145 |                  989 |                  603 |                 1058 |                  398 |                  943 |                  301 |
| Goa               |                   25 |                   22 |                   05 |                   00 |                   00 |                   02 |                   54 |                   16 |                   25 |                   38 |
| Gujarat           |                  370 |                  379 |                  695 |                   56 |                 1490 |                  249 |                 2014 |                 1315 |                 1487 |                 1338 |
| Haryana           |                  228 |                  154 |                  130 |                   30 |                   67 |                  386 |                  123 |                  375 |                  676 |                  116 |
| Himachal Pradesh  |                  149 |                  146 |                  251 |                   30 |                  292 |                  407 |                  206 |                  417 |                  802 |                  373 |
| Jharkhand         |                  140 |                  287 |                  269 |                   52 |                  101 |                  495 |                  197 |                  153 |                   88 |                   18 |
| Karnataka         |                  830 |                  653 |                  540 |                  124 |                  478 |                  182 |                 1747 |                 1642 |                 1702 |                 1312 |
| Kerala            |                  560 |                  467 |                  476 |                   39 |                  657 |                   66 |                 1520 |                  680 |                 1595 |                 1140 |
| Madhya Pradesh    |                  576 |                  809 |                  553 |                  184 |                  118 |                 1365 |                  256 |                 2022 |                 2951 |                  295 |
| Maharashtra       |                 1092 |                  506 |                  525 |                   45 |                  999 |                  635 |                 2773 |                  666 |                 2377 |                 1412 |
| Manipur           |                   00 |                   42 |                   11 |                   05 |                   19 |                   00 |                   04 |                   34 |                   31 |                   00 |
| Meghalaya         |                   03 |                   03 |                   06 |                   11 |                   24 |                  184 |                   11 |                   43 |                   79 |                   31 |
| Mizoram           |                   33 |                   51 |                   63 |                   14 |                   14 |                   21 |                   07 |                   18 |                   42 |                   34 |
| Nagaland          |                   05 |                   11 |                   17 |                   17 |                   04 |                   07 |                   00 |                   27 |                   32 |                   20 |
| Odisha            |                  488 |                  518 |                  271 |                  516 |                  240 |                 2286 |                  251 |                  955 |                 2366 |                  446 |
| Punjab            |                  434 |                  208 |                  145 |                   33 |                  497 |                   41 |                  647 |                  508 |                  738 |                  445 |
| Rajasthan         |                  893 |                  430 |                  694 |                  224 |                  162 |                  800 |                  601 |                 2201 |                 1353 |                  420 |
| Sikkim            |                   09 |                   42 |                   10 |                   00 |                   00 |                   01 |                   00 |                   04 |                   11 |                   13 |
| Tamilnadu         |                 1306 |                  648 |                 1014 |                   93 |                  154 |                 2536 |                  916 |                 2365 |                 3617 |                 1903 |
| Telangana         |                  384 |                  514 |                  199 |                  108 |                  484 |                  181 |                  548 |                  266 |                  921 |                  482 |
| Tripura           |                   00 |                   11 |                   07 |                   13 |                   03 |                   93 |                   04 |                  294 |                  146 |                  178 |
| Uttar Pradesh     |                  901 |                  506 |                  593 |                  134 |                  141 |                  252 |                 1584 |                 1653 |                  819 |                  827 |
| Uttarakhand       |                  103 |                   81 |                   04 |                   17 |                  155 |                  218 |                   51 |                  289 |                  197 |                  252 |
| West Bengal       |                  334 |                  316 |                  231 |                   53 |                   79 |                   63 |                 4542 |                 1178 |                 1189 |                  777 |

Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  Part  (b)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.1133  for 26.07.2023 regarding Gramin Dak Sevaks.

## A. Eligibility requirements:

- (i) Educational Qualification:

Passing of Secondary School Examination of 10 th Standard with Mathematics and English.

- (ii) Knowledge of Local Language candidate should have studied the local language upto 10 th standard
- (iii) Knowledge of computers and cycling
- (iv) Age Limits:

Minimum age : 18 years

Maximum age : 40 years [subject to relaxations as applicable]

## B. Method of Selection:

Gramin Dak Sevaks are selected through an online engagement process in which the system driven merit is prepared on the basis of marks obtained in the Secondary School examination of Class 10 th .

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