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Shri A. Raja
Hon. Minister for Communications & Information
Technology
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The
Department of Posts comes under
the Ministry of Communications
and
Information Technology.
Shri. A. Raja is the Minister for Communications and Information Technology.
Shri.
Jyotiraditya Madhavrao
Scindia is the Minister of State
for Communications and Information Technology
Ms. Radhika
Doraiswamy
is the Secretary (Posts) to Govt. Of India as
well as Director General, Department of Posts and the
Chairman of
the Postal Services Board.
The Postal
Service Board, the apex management body of the
Department, comprises the
Chairman and three Members.
The three members of the Board
hold portfolios of Operations,
Development and Personnel respectively. The Joint Secretary and Financial Advisor to the
Department is a permanent invitee to the
Board. The Board is assisted by a senior staff officer of the
Directorate as Secretary to
the Board . Deputy Directors General
, Directors and Assistant
Directors General provide
the necessary functional
support for the Board at the Headquarters.
For
providing postal services, the whole country has been divided
into twenty two postal
circles. Each Circle
is co-terminous with a
State except for Gujarat Circle ( which also
administers the Union Territories of
Daman & Diu and Dadra
& Nagar Haveli), Kerala Circle (which
includes the Union Territory of
Lakshdweep) , Maharashtra Circle
(which has within
its jurisdiction the State of Goa), North East Circle
(which comprises six North Eastern States- Arunachal
Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya,
Mizoram, Nagaland & Tripura), Punjab
Circle (which has within its administrative
jurisdiction , the Union
Territory of Chandigarh ), and
Tamilnadu Circle ( which
also administers the Union Territory of Pondicherry ).Each of these Circles is headed by a
Pr. Chief Postmaster General or Chief Postmaster General. Each Circle
is further divided into Regions comprising field units ,
called Divisions (Postal /
RMS Divisions). Each Region is
headed by a Postmaster General .In the
Circles and Regions there are other functional units
like Circle Stamp Depots, Postal
Stores Depots and Mail Motor Service etc.
Besides
these twenty two Circles , there is
another Circle, called Base Circle, to cater to the
postal communication needs of the Armed Forces.
The Base Circle is headed by an Additional
Director General ,Army Postal Service in the
rank of a Major General. The
officer cadre of the Army
Postal Service comprises
officers on deputation from the Civil Posts. Seventy five
percent of the other ranks of the Army
Postal Service are also
drawn from the Department of
Posts and the remaining
personnel are recruited by the Army.
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Shri Jyotiraditya Madhavrao
Scindia
Hon.
Minister of State for Communications & Information
Technology
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