Lok Sabha Question No. 2773 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-16
Subject: Postal Employees
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: VIKRAM USENDI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2773

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 16 th  DECEMBER, 2015

## POSTAL EMPLOYEES

## †2773. SHRI VIKRAM USENDI:

Will  the  Minister  of  COMMUNICATIONS  AND  INFORMATION  TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of employees working in the post offices across the country;
- (b) whether there is shortage of postmen and post masters in the department;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Government in this regard;
- (d) whether the employees of post offices are given any training before appointment and assigning specific tasks; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the action taken in this regard?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

- (a) The  number  of  employees  working  in  the  post  offices  across  the  country  is 189719.
- (b) Yes, Sir.
- (c) There is shortage of 11058 postmen and 2335 postmasters.   All cadres in the Department  have  fixed  sanctioned  strength  and  whenever  any  posts  in  any  of  the cadres fall  vacant  due  to  promotion,  retirement,  death,  deputation  or  leave,  duties  of such posts are managed by redistribution and combination of duties in post offices for ensuring  smooth  delivery  of  postal  services  till  the  time  these  posts  are  filled  up  on regular  basis  in  the  Circle  concerned.  Filling  up  of  such  vacancies  is  an  on-going process in the Department as per the provisions contained in the Recruitment Rules of each cadre.
- (d) Yes, Sir.
- (e) The details of Induction training for various cadres are given below:

|   1 | Indian Postal Service (IPoS) Group Á                       | 2 years   |
|-----|------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|
|   2 | 'Postal Service (PS) Group 'B                              | 4 weeks   |
|   3 | Inspector Posts (Direct Recruit)                           | 16 weeks  |
|   4 | Inspector Posts (Departmental)                             | 14 weeks  |
|   5 | Postmaster Grade-I                                         | 3 weeks   |
|   6 | Postal Assistant Circle Office/Regional Office             | 5 weeks   |
|   7 | Postal Assistant/Sorting Assistant (Direct Recruit)        | 9 weeks   |
|   8 | Postal Assistant/Sorting Assistant (Lower Grade Officials) | 9 weeks   |
|   9 | Postman/Mail Guard/Mail Overseer                           | 2 weeks   |
|  10 | Multi Tasking Staff                                        | 1 week    |

| Sl.No.   | Name of Circle   |   Total number of employees working in post offices |   Number of vacant post of postmen | Number of vacant post of postmasters   |
|----------|------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| 1        | A.P              |                                               18922 |                                846 | 602                                    |
| 2        | Assam            |                                                2886 |                                 30 | 06                                     |
| 3        | Bihar            |                                                8791 |                                127 | 124                                    |
| 4        | Chhattisgarh     |                                                1591 |                                124 | 13                                     |
| 5        | Delhi            |                                                4853 |                               1041 | 84                                     |
| 6        | Gujarat          |                                               10915 |                               1442 | 266                                    |
| 7        | Haryana          |                                                4165 |                                 96 | 27                                     |
| 8        | H.P              |                                                8500 |                                 91 | 45                                     |
| 9        | J&K              |                                                1124 |                                161 | 08*                                    |
| 10       | Jharkhand        |                                                2070 |                                189 | 02                                     |
| 11       | Karnataka        |                                               10788 |                                454 | 64                                     |
| 12       | Kerala           |                                                6209 |                                439 | 202                                    |
| 13       | M.P.             |                                                6669 |                                663 | 73                                     |
| 14       | Maharashtra      |                                               20159 |                               1680 | 106                                    |
| 15       | N.E              |                                                1628 |                                198 | 23                                     |
| 16       | Odisha           |                                               19068 |                                178 | 130                                    |
| 17       | Punjab           |                                                5552 |                                287 | 41                                     |
| 18       | Rajasthan        |                                                6734 |                                189 | 86                                     |
| 19       | Tamilnadu        |                                               16319 |                               1054 | 230                                    |
| 20       | U.P              |                                               18138 |                               1134 | 61                                     |
| 21       | Uttrakhand       |                                                1971 |                                205 | 17                                     |
| 22       | W.B              |                                               12667 |                                430 | 125                                    |
|          | TOTAL            |                                              189719 |                              11058 | 2335                                   |

*   Confirmed on phone.

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