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Shr. Kapil Sibal
Hon. Minister for Communications & Information
Technology
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The Department of Posts comes under the Ministry
of Communications and Information Technology.
Shri Kapil Sibal
is the Minister for Communications and Information
Technology.
Shri Sachin Pilot
is the Minister of State for Communications
and Information Technology.
Shri Milind Deora
is the Minister of State for Communications
and Information Technology.
Ms. Manjula Prasher
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 six
Members. The six members of the Board hold
portfolios of Personnel, Operations, Technology, Postal
Life Insurance, Human Resources Development, Planning
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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