Question : Vacancies in Post Offices

(a) whether services offered by post offices have deteriorated due to shortfall in staff strength and if so, the details thereof along with the number of staff in post offices, State/UT-wise and post-wise;

(b) whether Government proposes to conduct any special drive to fill-up the existing vacancies in post offices across the country;

(c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and

(d) the action proposed by the Government to arrest deteriorating services in post offices across the country?

MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS,
HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT AND
ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
(SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE)

(a) & (d) Services offered by post offices have not deteriorated inspite of shortfall in staff Strength as the vacant posts are being manned, by appropriately redeploying the available staff, to ensure that postal services are not affected. Postal Circle-wise and post-wise working strength and vacancies are given in enclosed statement.
(b) & (c) Filling of vacant posts is a continuous process and is being done regularly by holding departmental promotion committee, departmental examination and direct recruitment through Staff Selection Commission and also by individual Postal Circle as per the provisions of the relevant recruitment rules. At present there is no proposal to conduct special recruitment drive.

Statement referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred
Question No. 3899 answered on 11th December, 2019.
Postal Circle-wise and Post-wise working strength and vacancies
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Circle Multi Tasking Staff Postman/Mail Guard Postal Assistant/ Sorting Assistant
Working Strength Vacancy Position Working Strength Vacancy Position Working Strength Vacancy Position
Andhra Pradesh 895 268 1855 439 3315 651
Assam 619 304 681 381 1534 214
Bihar 1305 650 1298 673 3631 273
Chhattisgarh 234 131 339 289 628 246
Delhi 1776 926 2063 920 3168 1080
Gujarat 1795 679 3131 1405 5699 1816
Haryana 590 223 579 386 1563 219
Himachal Pradesh 290 94 318 114 828 220
Jammu & Kashmir 202 210 112 230 665 270
Jharkhand 384 275 458 558 1190 933
Karnataka 1218 489 2497 1479 5280 332
Kerala 1124 327 1729 1264 5603 800
Madhya Pradesh 818 424 1311 772 2622 493
Maharashtra 2982 2806 4880 5185 10372 2843
North East 284 114 372 254 646 18
Odisha 752 185 1272 173 2505 461
Punjab 1106 166 1416 424 3179 633
Rajasthan 1003 339 1380 812 2734 749
Tamilnadu 1880 1199 3890 2364 7326 2256
Telangana 662 249 1194 429 2298 96
Uttar Pradesh 2182 1781 2344 2740 6638 2279
Uttarakhand 268 218 288 449 939 253
West Bengal 2340 1751 3266 1513 7896 2310
Total 24709
13808
36673 23253 80259 19445


Circle
Lower Selection Grade/ Higher Selection Grade I & II Inspector Posts/ Assistant Superintendent Posts
Working Strength Vacancy Position Working Strength Vacancy Position
Andhra Pradesh 1315 711 173 64
Assam 355 394 86 13
Bihar 1135 308 189 21
Chhattisgarh 376 145 49 21
Delhi 744 639 94 0
Gujarat 1290 1317 168 63
Haryana 419 416 57 22
Himachal Pradesh 400 185 42 14
Jammu & Kashmir 21 300 23 17
Jharkhand 262 405 55 22
Karnataka 1706 1171 210 48
Kerala 247 405 138 54
Madhya Pradesh 914 745 160 35
Maharashtra 931 4077 301 81
North East 274 123 34 9
Odisha 1091 415 135 40
Punjab 149 271 89 16
Rajasthan 1073 666 169 40
Tamilnadu 2403 2242 204 131
Telangana 430 698 79 68
Uttar Pradesh 2377 1571 346 47
Uttarakhand 371 232 50 9
West Bengal 1741 1479 215 66
Total 20024 18915 3066 901
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