book of information 2007-08

CONTENTS

Table No. Page No.

General Information

1 India at a glance 2 Postal Network at a glance

Mail Traffic

3 Mail Traffic at a Glance 4 Unregistered Postal Traffic5 Registered Postal Traffic6 Unregistered Traffic(Circle-wise)7 Registered Traffic(Circle-wise)8 Metro Data9 Inland Money Orders including Telegraphic Money Orders issued

10 Estimated Postal Traffic from India to Foreign Countries11 Estimated Postal Traffic from Foreign Countries to India12 Airmail(Domestic & Foreign) Traffic

Business Post Service

13 Premium Product Services - Traffic and Revenue14 International Speed Post Traffic(Outward)15 Inland Speed Post Service Centres16 Countries covered under International Speed Post Service

Financial Management

17 Revenue and Expenditure18 Freight Charges Paid for conveyance of Mails19 Review of Revenue Receipts20 Review of Expenditure21 Percentage of items of Expenditure to Revenue earned22 Percentage Break-up of Working Expenses23 Statement Showing the Average Cost & Average Revenue of various Postal Services24 Number and Value of Indian Postal Orders sold and Commission realised thereon

25

Financial Services

26 No. of Post Offices doing Savings Bank/Savings Certificate Work27 Agency Services - Savings Bank including Certificates28 Post Office Savings Bank Business (Number of Accounts)29 Details of Amount in Post Office Savings Bank Business 30 Saving Certificates (Number and Amount - Issued and Discharged)

Funds allocated under Plan Scheme to the North-Eastern Region including Assam and Sikkim during Tenth Plan

31 Number of Accounts of Savings Schemes(Circle-wise)32 Outstanding balance of Savings Schemes(Circle-wise)

33 Commission on account of Savings Bank & Savings Certificates(Circle-wise)34 Remuneration on account of Savings Bank35 Remuneration on account of Savings Certificates36 Philately37 Postal Life Insurance38 Rural Postal Life Insurance

Postal Network

39 Circle-wise distribution of Post Offices40 Circle-wise distribution of Post Offices (Classified Function-wise)41 Post Offices : Rural, Urban, Population served and area served42 Population served by a Post Office in Rural Area43 Population served by a Post Office in Urban Area44 Panchayat Sanchar Sewa Kendras and Mukhya Dak Ghar(Circle-wise)45 Letter Boxes, Post Boxes and Post Bags (Circle-wise)46 Postal and RMS Functional Units (Circle-wise)47 Administrative offices & Functional Units48 Postal Network of North-Eastern Region at a glance for last three years

Technology

49 Modernisation and Computerisation (Circle-wise)

Human Resources

50 Personnel - Position (Actual Strength)51 Actual Staff Strength Gazetted and Non-Gazetted52 Actual Staff Strength of Important Categories53 Non-Gazetted Actual Staff Statistics (Group-wise & Circle-Wise)54 Distribution of manpower in different categories of Post Offices55 Actual Staff Strength since 31.3.199056 Pay Scales of Various Categories of Gazetted & Non-Gazetted Staff57 No. of Gramin Dak Sewaks

Miscellaneous

58 Postal Rates (Inland)59 Postal Complaints60 No. of Complaints received, settled and pending(Circle-wise)61 No. of Complaints received, settled and pending(Article wise)62 Loss and Fraud Cases Registered63 Mail Motor Service64 Postal Buildings (Circle-wise)65 Staff Quarters (Circle wise)66 Number of Dispensaries, Card Holders and Beneficiaries(Circle-wise)

Time Series Data on Important Postal Statistics

TABLE 1

INDIA AT A GLANCE

1 Total Area of the Country ('000 Sq. Km.)* 3,287.24

2 Total Rural Area of the Country ('000 sq. km.)** 3,143.24

3 Total Urban Area of the Country ('000 sq. km.)** 53.18

4 Total Population of the Country in 2001 (in Lakh) 10,286.10

5 Total Rural Population (2001) (in Lakhs) 7,424.91

6 Total Urban Population (2001) (in Lakhs) 2,861.20

7 Percentage of Rural Population in 2001 72.18

8 Total Population of Males (2001 Census) (in Lakh) 5,321.57

9 Total Population of Females (2001 Census) (in Lakh) 4,964.54

10 Number of Females per 1,000 Males 933

11 Estimated Birth Rate of the country (per thousand) 25.40

12 Estimated Birth Rate in Rural Areas (per thousand) 27.10

13 Estimated Birth Rate in Urban Areas (per thousand) 20.30

14 Estimated Death Rate of the country (per thousand) 8.40

15 Estimated Death Rate in Rural Areas (per thousand) 9.10

16 Estimated Death Rate in Urban Areas (per thousand) 6.30

17 Number of Towns (2001 Census) 5,161

18 Number of Districts 602

19 Annual rate of population growth (1991-2001) 1.94%

20 Number of persons per sq. km. (2001 Census) 324

21

Total Literacy Rate (Person) (2001 Census) 64.84

Literacy Rate (Female) 53.67

Literacy Rate (Male) 75.26

Source : Census of India 2001

* Area figures includes unlawful occupation of Pakistan and China.

** Area of Sikkim 7,090 Sq.Km. and Arunachal Pradesh 83,750 Sq.Km. are not included in Rural and Urban figures given above.

TABLE 2

POSTAL NETWORK AT A GLANCE (As on 31-3-2008)

1 Total Number of Postal Circles 22

2 Total Number of Postal Regions 37

3 Total Number of Postal Divisions 442

4 Total Number of Circle Stamp Depots 19

5 Total Number of Postal Store Depots 46

6 Total Number of RMS Divisions 70

7 Total Number of Postal Training Centres 6

8 Total Number of Post Offices in the Country 155,035

9 Total Number of Post Offices in Rural Areas 139,173

10 Total Number of Post Offices in Urban Areas 15,862

11 Number of Head Post Offices 817

12 Number of Sub Post Offices 24,721

13 Number of ED Sub Post Offices 2,081

14 Number of ED Branch Post Offices 127,416

15 Number of Delivery Post Offices 146,509

16 Number of Post Offices with Telegraph facility 7,376

17 Number of Night Post Offices 163

18 Speed Post Centres in the Country 290

19 73

20 24

21 Population served by a Post Office* 7,174

22 Population served by a Post Office (in Rural Area)* 5,682

23 Population served by a Post Office (in Urban Area)* 20,262

24 Area served by a Post Office (Sq. Km.) 21.20

25 Average distance to be travelled for Postal facilities (in Km.) 2.59

26 Total Number of GPO 17

Total Number of Countries covered under International Speed Post (Merchandise & documents - both)

Number of Countries covered under International Speed Post (documents only)

*Projected Population as on 01.03.2006 on the basis of Population Projections by Technical Group constituted by National Commission on Population

TABLE 3

MAIL TRAFFIC AT A GLANCE

Items

Unregistered Mail

(I) Other than P & T Service

(ii) P & T Service

Total Unregistered Mail

Registered Mail

(I) Other than P & T Service

(ii) P & T Service

Total Registered Mail

Total Mail Traffic

TABLE 4

UNREGISTERED POSTAL TRAFFIC

Items

(A) Other than P & T Services

Letters

Postcards

Printed Postcard

Meghdoot Postcards

Competition Postcards

Letter Cards

Unregistered Parcels

Acknowledgements

Total (A)

(B) P & T Service

Letters

Postcards/Ackd.

Packets

Parcels

Total (B)

Grand Total (A + B)

Registered Newspapers (Single+Bundal)

Unregistered Packets ( Printed Book+ Periodicals +Book Pattren & S. Pack.)

TABLE 5

REGISTERED POSTAL TRAFFIC

Items

(A) Other than P & T Services

i. Insured Letters

ii. Insured Parcels

iii. V. P. Letters

iv. V. P. Parcels

v. Registered Letters

vi. Registered Parcels

vii. Regd. Book Pattern & Sample Packet

viii. Regd. Packet containing Printed Books

ix. Regd. Packets containing Periodicals

xi. V.P. Packet containing Printed Books

xii. V.P. Packet containing Periodicals

Total (A)

(B) P & T Service

i. Insured Letters

ii. Insured Parcels

iii. Registered Letters

iv. Registered Parcels

v. Registered Book Pattern & Sample Packet

Total (B)

Total Registered Mail(A + B)

x. V.P. Packet containing Book Pattern & Sample Packets

vi. Registered Packet containing Printed Books & Periodicals

TABLE 6

UNREGISTERED TRAFFIC (CIRCLE-WISE) 2007-08

Circles

Andhra Pradesh

Assam

Bihar

Chhatisgarh

Delhi

Gujarat

Haryana

Himachal Pradesh

Jammu & Kashmir

Jharkhand

Karnataka

Kerala

Madhya Pradesh

Maharashtra

North Eastern

Orissa

Punjab

Rajasthan

Tamil Nadu

Uttar Pradesh

Uttrakhand

West Bengal

Total

TABLE 7

REGISTERED TRAFFIC (CIRCLE-WISE) 2007-08

CirclesOther than P & T

TOTALP & T Service Service

Andhra Pradesh

Assam

Bihar

Chhatisgarh

Delhi

Gujarat

Haryana

Himachal Pradesh

Jammu & Kashmir

Jharkhand

Karnataka

Kerala

Madhya Pradesh

Maharashtra

North Eastern

Orissa

Punjab

Rajasthan

Tamil Nadu

Uttar Pradesh

Uttarakhand

West Bengal

TABLE 8

METRO DATA (2007-08)

CityNo. of Letter Boxes

Red Green Blue

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Delhi 137.83 2608791 2856 386 44 34 92

Mumbai 163.68 3680319 2079 218 50* 78 89

Kolkota 132.16 601880 1663 154 75 174 158

Chennai 64.24 1141100 1914 12 3 60 116

Bangalore 56.86 136892 1898 61 55 22 101

Hyderabad 55.33 1044047 2874 96 60 42 120

Red: General Mail Green:Local Mail Blue: Metro Mail

# Source : Census of India, 2001

Source : for col. 3 to 8: D-Section *Provisional

Population #(in lakhs)

Average Total Metro-Mail handled per

day

Number of POs

Segregat- ing Metro

Mail

Number of Delivery

POs

TABLE 9

Circles Numbers Value Commission

(in lakh) ( Rs.in lakh)Andhra Pradesh 33.65 32835.43 1145.91Assam 0.94 7717.39 380.98Bihar 8.57 6628.71 191.14Chhattisgarh 5.24 7354.61 302.70Delhi 18.89 26922.76 1056.30Gujarat 27.88 41930.33 1699.32Haryana 8.33 17170.97 641.63Himachal Pradesh 9.53 11974.49 578.82Jammu & Kashmir 3.00 6290.54 305.09Jharkhand 4.42 6192.00 234.14Karnataka 184.13 116164.05 5465.58Kerala 87.32 82176.67 3771.24Madhya Pradesh 23.26 15803.82 775.81Maharashtra 90.55 117627.13 5533.82North Eastern 9.54 7789.17 389.36Orissa 14.02 10802.83 371.20Punjab 17.86 26687.76 1093.89Rajasthan 43.83 43951.48 1873.15Tamil Nadu 212.53 135278.67 6440.50Uttar Pradesh 39.20 27022.55 1138.32Uttarakhand 8.18 14980.09 762.39West Bengal 45.35 34579.89 1728.96Base P.O. 14.24 38424.48 778.13Total 910.46 836305.82 36658.38

INLAND MONEY ORDERS DURING 2003-2004 TO 2007-08

Items

2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08

Number issued(in Lakh) 1101.47 1015.98 957.90 991.00 910.46 -17.34

687502.4 705216.51 718342.93 775670.57 836305.82 21.64

Commission(Rs.in Lakh) 31137.50 32031.40 32792.43 34791.64 36658.38 17.73

624.17 694.12 749.91 782.72 918.55 47.16

Source : Book - II Section

INLAND MONEY ORDERS INCLUDING TELEGRAPHIC MONEY ORDERS ISSUED DURING 2007-08

%age Decrease/ increase in

2007-08 over 2003-

04

Value of M.O. Issued (Rs.in lakh)

Average Value of Money Orders (In Rs.)

TABLE 10

POSTAL TRAFFIC FROM INDIA TO FOREIGN COUNTRIESALL COUNTRIES EXCLUDING NEPAL, BHUTAN & BANGLADESH

Articles

A.Unregistered Airmail Articles

LettersPost CardAerogrammeAll other ArticlesTotal(A)

B.Unregistered Surfacemail ArticlesLettersPost CardAerogrammeAll other ArticlesTotal(B)Total(A+B)

C.Registered Airmail ArticlesLettersPost CardAerogrammeAll other ArticlesTotal(C)

D.Registered Surfacemail ArticlesLettersPost CardAerogrammeAll other ArticlesTotal(D)Total(C+D)

TABLE 10 (continued)

POSTAL TRAFFIC FROM INDIA TO NEPAL, BHUTAN & BANGLADESH

Articles

A.Unregistered Airmail ArticlesLettersPost CardAerogrammeAll other ArticlesTotal(A)

B.Unregistered Surfacemail ArticlesLettersPost CardAerogrammeAll other ArticlesTotal(B)Total(A+B)

C.Registered Airmail ArticlesLettersPost CardAerogrammeAll other ArticlesTotal(C)

D.Registered Surfacemail ArticlesLettersPost CardAerogrammeAll other ArticlesTotal(D)Total(C+D)

TABLE 11

Estimated Postal Traffic from Foreign countries to India 2007-08

(In Thousand)

Articles 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08


2007-08 over 2003-04

A.Unregistered Airmail ArticlesLetters 64366 45426 39351 34554 41340 -35.77Post Card 934 964 1047 558 478 -48.82Aerogramme 1176 904 1141 1979 492 -58.16All other Articles 8161 8479 10872 9963 8884 8.86Total(A) 74637 55773 52411 47054 51194 -31.41

B.Unregistered Surfacemail ArticlesLetters 3304 6023 6359 7981 9322 182.16Post Card 164 112 181 119 297 80.72Aerogramme NA NA NA NA NA NAAll other Articles 1184 6723 6837 6254 6224 425.71Total(B) 4652 12858 13377 14354 15843 240.56Total(A+B) 79289 68631 65788 61408 67037 -15.45

C.Registered Airmail ArticlesLetters 4392 4962 4383 3860 4003 -8.87Post Card 210 264 216 240 221 5.29

Aerogramme 584 715 529 587 608 4.14

All other Articles 661 649 731 616 698 5.55

Total(C) 5847 6590 5859 5303 5530 -5.43

D.Registered Surfacemail Articles

Letters 518 613 881 633 613 18.23Post Card 77 82 81 109 85 9.79Aerogramme NA NA NA NA NA NAAll other Articles 127 159 380 327 333 161.74Total(D) 723 854 1343 1069 1031 42.57Total(C+D) 6571 7444 7202 6372 6561 -0.15

Source:Unregistered data - Estimated by enumeration; Registered data - Postal Circle

TABLE 10

POSTAL TRAFFIC FROM INDIA TO FOREIGN COUNTRIESALL COUNTRIES EXCLUDING NEPAL, BHUTAN & BANGLADESH


C.Registered Airmail Articles

TABLE 10 (continued)

POSTAL TRAFFIC FROM INDIA TO NEPAL, BHUTAN & BANGLADESH


C.Registered Airmail Articles

TABLE 12

AIR MAIL - (DOMESTIC & FOREIGN) TRAFFIC

Items

(a) Domestic

(b) Foreign

(in ward)

(outward)

(a). Outward Parcels handled

(b). Inwards Parcels handled

(c). Transit Parcels handled

(a). Indian Airlines

(b). Air India

(c). Foreign Airlines

(d). Private Airlines

Total Amount Paid

1. Total weight of Air-Mail carried(in Lakh Kg.)

2. No. of Foreign Parcels (in thousand)

3. Amount paid for carrying mail (Rs. in Lakh)

Table 13

Premium Products Services - Traffic (in lakh )

Services 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08

Speed Post 826.86 959.78 1085.93 1286.00 1772.59 114.38Express Post 67.27 65.81 55.74 56.00 63.94 -4.95Business Post 6536.18 7780.02 9911.36 12350.00 17902.14 173.89Satelite Post 15.06 NA NA N.A. N.A. 0.00Retail Post 464.08 814.94 1243.89 1523.00 6514.13 1303.67Media Post n.a n.a n.a n.a. n.a. 0.00Bill Mail NA 585.50 998.87 1523.00 4318.25 332.31e-Bill Post NA 18.25 24.86 25.00 67.73 172.45Greetings n.a n.a n.a n.a. n.a. 0.00Others n.a n.a n.a n.a. 470.22 0.00

TOTAL 7909.45 10224.3 13320.65 16763 31109 293.31

Premium Products Services - Revenue (Rs. in lakh )

Speed Post 29835.94 35417.21 40841.66 44914.51 57827.74 93.82Express Post 3145.00 3770.39 4576.40 4856.42 5352.71 70.20Business Post 36511.47 47305.95 61005.49 82698.00 107077.61 193.27Satelite Post 62.67 NA NA N.A. N.A. 0.00Retail Post 3365.09 5050.02 6510.79 10494.02 14995.60 345.62Media Post 574.76 636.09 2806.82 1270.53 1769.40 207.85Bill Mail NA 1935.03 3309.53 4917.63 13733.39 314.96e-Bill Post NA 92.74 125.97 128.13 470.88 273.80Greetings 39.52 41.91 21.86 8.77 48.90 23.73Others 1191.34 1083.75 1011.96 1466.00 2790.17 134.20

TOTAL 74725.79 95333.09 120210.48 150754.01 204066.40 173.09

Bill Mail Service and e-Bill Post Services were launched from June, 2004NA: Not Applicable, n.a.: Not AvailableSource: BD& M Directorate

TABLE 14INTERNATIONAL SPEED POST TRAFFIC(Outward)

FROM APRIL, 2007 TO MARCH, 2008Month Kolkata

April 50264 3108 11281 20427May 49046 3171 12242 19123June 55924 2852 13089 22913July 59909 3506 12317 23330August 65116 3736 12770 28921September 59843 2544 10496 22887October 59151 3579 11564 24510November 63576 3435 11740 24811December 69616 4545 15083 26016January 69961 5248 12771 25344February 88037 3211 14882 25033March 67920 3743 15907 26268TOTAL 758363 42678 154142 289583Source : DAA Section


2007-08 over 2003-

04

Mumbai

Chennai

Delhi

TABLE 15INLAND SPEED POST SERVICE CENTRES

Circles Cities having Speed Post Centers

Andhra Pradesh

Assam Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Silichar, Tezpur, Tinsukia

Bihar Ara, Beghusarai, Bhagalpur, Chhapra, Dharbhanga, Gaya, Hajipur, Madhubani, Motihari, Muzaffarpur,Patna

Chhattisgarh Bhillai, Bilaspur, Durg, Korba, Rajgarh, RaipurDelhi New DelhiGujarat Ahmedabad,Anand, Jamnagar, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara, Valsad

Haryana

Himachal Pradesh Dharmshala, Hamirpur, Mandi, Shimla, SolanJammu & Kashmir Jammu, SrinagarJharkhand Bokaro, Dhanbad, Jamshedpur, Ranchi

Karnataka

Kerala

Madhya Pradesh Bhopal, Chhindwara, Devas, Guna, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Khandwa, Sagar, Satna, Sehore, Ujjain

Maharashtra Aurangabad, Chandrapur, Goa, Jalgaon, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nasik, Pune, Thane, Vasco-De-Gama, Wardha

North Eastern Agartala, Aizwal, Dimapur, Imphal, Itanagar, Kohima, Shillong

Orissa Berhampur, Bubaneswar, Cuttack, Rourkela, Sambalpur

Punjab

Rajasthan Ajmer, Bikaner. Jairpur, Jodhpur, Kota, Pilani, Udaipur,

Anantapur,Bhimavaram,Chittor,Cuddapah, Eluru, Guntakal, Guntur, Hyderabad, Kakinada,Khammam Kurnool, Madanapalle,Nellore,Nizamabad,Ongole,Proddatur,Rajahmundry, Srikakulam,Tirupati ,Vijaywada, Vishakhapatanam, Vizianagaram, Warrangal

Ambala, Bhiwani, Faridabad, Gurgaon, Hisar, Jind, Kaithal, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Panchkula, Panipat, Riwari, Rohtak, Sirsa, Sonepat, Yamuna Nagar

Bagalkot, Bangalore, Belgaum, Bellary, Bidar, Bijapur, Chikmaglure, Chithradurga, Davanagere, Dharwad, Gadag, Gokak, Gulbarga, Hassan, Haveri, Hospet, Kolar, Koppal, Mangalore, Mysore, Raichur, Sirsi, Udupi

Allappuzha, Aluva, Kannur, Kochi, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram Pallakkad, Pathanamthitta, Tiruvalla, Trissur, Trivandrum

Amritsar, Batala, Bhatinda,Chandigarh, Ferozepur, Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur, Jagraon, Jalandhar, Kapurthala, Khanna, Ludhiana, Mohali, Pathankot, Patiala, Phagwara, Sangrur

Tamil Nadu

Uttar Pradesh

Uttarakhand Almora, Dehradun, Haldwani, Haridwar, Kashipur, Kotdwar, Lansdowne, Mussoorie, Nanital, New Tehri, Pauri, Rishikesh. Roorkee, Rudraprayag

West Bengal Asansol, Burdwan, Darjeeling, Durgapur, Gangtok, Howrah, Jalpaiguri. Kharagpur, Kolkata, Malda, Port-Blair, Siliguri

A.P.S. 1CBPO, 2CBPOTOTAL SPEED POST CENTRES : 290Source: BD& M Directorate

Annamalaingar, Abasamudram, Arakkonam, Arupukottai, Bodinayakanur, Chengalpattu,Chennai, Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Dindigul, Erode, Hosur, Kanchipuram, Karaikudi, Karoor, Kovilpatti, Kumbakonam, Madurai, Mayiladuthurai, Nagercoil, Namakkal, Periyakulam, Paramakudi, Pollachi, Pondicherry, Pudukottai, Rajapalayam, Ramnathapuram, Ranipet, Salem, Sivaganga, Tenkasi, Thucklay , Tindivanam, Udumalpet, Sivakashi, Thanjavur, Tiruchirapalli, Tirunellveli,Tirupur, Tiruvannamalai, Tuticorin, Udagamandalam, Vellore, Villupuram, Virudhunagar

Agra, Aligarh, Allahabad, Azamgarh, Bahraich, Ballai, Balrampur, Bareilly, Basti, Bijnore, Budaun, Deoria, Etah, Etawah, Ferozabad, Ghaziabad, Ghazipur, Gonda, Gorakhpur, Hardoi, Jaunpur, Jhansi, Kanpur,Kheri, Khurja, Lucknow, Mainpuri, Mathura,Mau,Meerut, Mirzapur, Mordabad, Muzafarnagar, Narora, Noida, Orai, Pratapgarh, Saharanpur, Shahjahanpur, Varanasi

Almora, Dehradun, Haldwani, Haridwar, Kashipur, Kotdwar, Lansdowne, Mussoorie, Nanital, New Tehri, Pauri, Rishikesh. Roorkee, Rudraprayag

TABLE 16COUNTRIES COVERED UNDER INTERNATIONAL SPEED POST SERVICE

Merchandise and Documents : As on 31.03.2008

1 Austria 38 Malawi2 Australia 39 Malaysia3 Bangladesh 40 Mauritius4 Barbados 41 Mongolia5 Bermuda 42 Morocco6 Bahrain 43 Namibia7 Belarus 44 Nauru8 Bhutan 45 Nepal9 Botswana 46 Netherlands

10 Brunei Darussalam 47 New Zealand11 Bulgaria 48 Norway12 Canada 49 Oman13 Cayman Island 50 Pakistan14 Cambodia 51 People's Republic of China15 Cuba 52 Philippines16 Cyprus 53 Poland17 Egypt 54 Portugal18 Estonia 55 Qatar19 Entrea 56 Republic of Korea20 Ethiopia 57 Romania21 Federal Republic of Germa 58 Russia22 Fiji 59 Senegal23 France 60 Singapore24 Georgia 61 Spain25 Ghana 62 Sudan26 Greece 63 Switzerland27 Hong Kong 64 Tanzania28 Hungry 65 Taiwan29 Iceland 66 Turkey30 Ireland 67 Thailand31 Israel 68 United Arab Emirates32 Italy 69 United Kingdom33 Japan 70 United States of America34 Jordan 71 Uganda35 Kenya 72 Ukraine36 Latvia 73 Vietnam37 Macau

Documents Only1 Argentina 13 Mexico2 Belgium 14 Niger3 Cape Verde 15 Nigeria4 Denmark 16 Panama5 El Salvador 17 Papua New Guinea6 Guyana 18 Rwanda7 Indonesia 19 Saudi Arabia8 Iran 20 Sri Lanka9 Iraq 21 Sweden

10 Kuwait 22 Tunisia11 Luxembourg 23 Yemen Arab Republic12 Maldives 24 Zaire

Source : DA Section

Table 17REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE

(Rs. in Crore)

ITEMS 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08

Revenue 4256.93 4431.85 5023.49 5322.44 5494.9 3.24

Expenditure(Net) 5632.15 5813.69 6233.37 6571.96 7006.34 6.61

Net Deficit 1375.22 1381.84 1209.88 1249.52 1511.44 20.96

Revenue (%age Break-up)Sale of Stamps 21.02 18.02 15.10 14.25 10.33 -27.51

27.15 29.26 29.26 31.57 35.76 13.27

7.47 7.38 6.65 6.65 6.82 2.56

Others 44.36 45.34 48.99 47.53 47.09 -0.93

TOTAL 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00

Expenditure (%age Break-up)

General Admn. 5.88 5.78 5.74 5.75 5.71 -0.70

Operation 66.64 65.11 64.73 64.13 63.64 -0.76

Agency Services 2.23 3.42 3.40 3.50 3.41 -2.57

Others 25.25 25.69 26.13 26.62 27.24 2.33

TOTAL 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 0.00

Table 18

FREIGHT CHARGES PAID FOR CONVEYANCE OF MAILS

(Rs. in Crore)

ITEMS

2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08

Railway Charges 132.73 81.43 68.97 172.48 150.68 -12.64

Airmail Charges 53.39 38.20 53.23 88.91 80.61 -9.34

Mail Motor Service 38.19 43.06 44.57 45.71 52.69 15.27

Others 242.32 235.70 204.49 121.40 113.88 -6.19Source : Table No. 17 & 18- Budget Section

%age Growth over 2006 -07 with 2007-08

Postage realised in CashCommission on M.Os. & IPOs.

%age Growth

over 2006-07 with 2007-08

TABLE 19REVIEW OF REVENUE RECEIPTS

Actuals revenue receipts under the important categories and Percentage increase/decrease over preceding year (Rs. In crore)

S.No. Category

2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 %age increase/ decrease

Amount Amount Amount Amount Amount

1 Sale of Stam 894.66 798.66 758.56 671.45 566.82 -10.73

21155.93 1297.11 1469.99 1680.47 1964.81 12.21

3-6.86 -5.51 -43.97 -43.95 -44.24 19.68

4

2112.78 2216.84 2696.38 2883.41 2886.74 4.93

5 Net Other Re 100.42 124.75 142.53 131.06 120.77 24.23

4256.93 4431.85 5023.49 5322.44 5494.90 4.11

SDR SDR SDR

1998 12750012 6380.05 9828167 4917.98 2921845 1462.07

1999 12622780 6815.80 9467698 5112.18 3155082 1703.62

2000 11752345 6904.88 8846064 5197.35 2906281 1707.53

2001 11641887 6894.27 9336651 5529.12 2305236 1365.15

2002 11253094 6734.83 9668060 5786.21 1585034 948.62

2003 9868714 6133.89 9937720 6176.78 -69006 -42.89

2004 9418375 6106.80 10109283 6554.78 -690908 -447.98

2005 8862005 5896.70 10629048 7072.48 -1767043 -1175.78

2006 10666143 7022.98 13719565 9033.47 -3053421 -2010.49

Source: DAA Section

2004-05 over 2003-04

Postage realised in cashNet receipts from other postal Admns.Receipts on account of Money Orders, Indian Postal Orders, etc.

Total Gross RevenueSource: Book Section FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNED ON ACCOUNT OF TERMINAL DUES FOR (LETTER

MAIL )Calander

Year (1st January to

31st December)

Foreign Exchange Receipt

Foreign Exchange payment

Net receipt (+)Net payment (-)

Rs. In lakhs

Rs. In lakhs

Rs. In lakhs

TABLE 19REVIEW OF REVENUE RECEIPTS

Actuals revenue receipts under the important categories and Percentage increase/decrease over preceding year (Rs. In crore)%age increase/ decrease

-5.02 -11.48 -15.58

13.33 14.32 16.92

-698.00 0.05 -0.66

21.63 6.94 0.12

14.25 -8.05 -7.85

13.35 5.95 3.24

2005-06 over 2004-05

2005-06 over 2004-05

2006-07 over 2005-06

TABLE 20

REVIEW OF EXPENDITURE

Actuals expenditure under the important categories and Percentage increase/decrease over preceding year

(Rs. in Crore)

S.No. Category

2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 %age increase/ decrease

Amount Amount Amount Amount Amount

14192.89 4390.40 4712.71 4803.70 5114.10 4.71 7.34 1.93 6.46

2 Accounts & Audit 128.58 140.93 147.04 153.87 156.86 9.60 4.34 4.64 1.94

3 Pensionery Charges 1107.02 1208.03 1351.02 1424.66 1608.84 9.12 11.84 5.45 12.93

4 Stamps, Postcards etc. 33.60 21.35 16.43 28.19 26.06 -36.46 -23.04 71.58 -7.56

5 35.54 33.88 33.96 54.81 53.13 -4.67 0.24 61.40 -3.07

6 Maintenance of Assets 49.08 46.31 41.68 48.12 51.93 -5.64 -10.00 15.45 7.92

7 Petty Works 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

8189.35 123.64 126.31 265.77 261.74 -34.70 2.16 110.41 -1.52

9 Total Expenditure 5736.06 5964.54 6429.15 6779.12 7272.66 3.98 7.79 5.44 7.28

10 Deduct Recoveries 103.91 150.85 195.78 207.16 266.32 45.17 29.78 5.81 28.56

11 Add Depreciation 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

12 Total Net Expenditur 5632.15 5813.69 6233.37 6571.96 7006.34 3.22 7.22 5.43 6.61

2004-05 over 2003-04

2005-06 over 2004-05

2006-07 over 2005-06

2007-08 over 2006-07

Pay & Allowances, Contingencies Interim Relief & Other Items

Stationery & Printing etc.

Conveyance of Mails-Payment of Railways & Airmail Carriers

Source : Book Section

TABLE 21

PERCENTAGE OF ITEMS OF EXPENDITURE TO REVENUE EARNED

S.No. Items of ExpenditurePercentage of Revenue

2005-06 2006-07 2007-08

1 Operative, Administrative, Staff Costs, etc. 93.8 90.2 93.1

2 Conveyance of Mails(Payment to Railways & Air Mail Carriers) 2.5 5.0 4.8

3 Stationery and Printing (including Stamps, Postcards, etc.) 1.0 1.6 1.4

4 Maintenance of assets 0.8 0.9 0.9

5 Petty Works 0.0 0.0 0.0

6 Pensionary Charges 26.9 26.8 29.3

7 Accounts & Audit Charges 2.9 2.9 2.9

8 Depreciation 0.0 0.0 0.0

9 Deduct - Credits to working expenses 3.9 3.9 4.9

10 Net Working Expenses 124.1 123.5 127.5

11 Surplus(+)/Deficit(-) -24.1 -23.5 -27.5

TOTAL 100.0 100.0 100.0

Source: Book Section

TABLE 22

PERCENTAGE BREAK-UP OF WORKING EXPENSES

S.No. Major Items of Working Expenses

2005-06 2006-07 2007-08

1 Operative, Administrative, Staff Costs, etc. 75.6 73.1 73.0

2 Conveyance of Mails(Payment to Railways & Air Mail Carriers) 2.0 4.1 3.7

3 Stationery and Printing (including Stamps, Postcards, etc.) 0.8 1.3 1.1

4 Maintenance of assets 0.7 0.7 0.8

5 Pensionary Charges 21.7 21.7 23.0

6 Accounts & Audit Charges 2.4 2.4 2.2

7 Depreciation 0.0 0.0 0.0

8 Deduct - Credits to working expenses -3.1 -3.2 -3.8

TOTAL 100.0 100.0 100.0

The table below shows the percentage which each major item of Working Expenses bears to the Total Working Expenses :-

Percentage to total Working Expenses


TABLE 23

(Figures in Paise)

Name of Service

2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07COST REVENUE COST REVENUE COST REVENUE COST REVENUE

( ACTUAL ) ( ACTUAL ) ( ACTUAL ) ( ACTUAL )

1 Postcard 689 50 659 50 710 50 697 50

2 Printed Postcard 692 600 661 600 709 600 699 600

3 Competition Postcard 480 1000 443 1000 460 1000 409 1000

4 Letter Card(Inland Letter) 702 250 649 250 696 250 658 250

5 Letter 796 1004 718 909 785 1020 765 1001

6 Regd. Newspaper-Single 934 39 842 39 858 43 806 99

7 Regd. Newspaper-Bundle 1589 79 1492 99 1097 74 1030 99

8 1135 727 858 834 858 684 798 661

9 Book Post-Printed Books 1906 437 1565 388 1467 372 1338 355

10 1807 944 1448 1273 1342 1383 1530 1722

11 Acknowledgement 618 300 600 300 648 300 597 300

12 Parcel 8094 5717 7077 5730 7682 7271 6058 6805

13 Registration 3290 1700 3355 1700 3360 1700 3441 1700

14 Speed Post 4454 3608 4204 3690 4059 3761 4437 3493

15 Value Payable Post 2109 407 2301 438 1988 434 2063 423

16 Insurance 4278 5321 4437 5031 4127 5009 4518 8460

17 Money Order 5320 2739 5616 2614 5759 2670 6363 3517

18 Tele-Money Order 6855 2939 7154 2814 7152 2870 0 0

19 Indian Postal Order 2142 218 2405 300 2246 315 2272 323

20 Foreign Mail 2371 3556 2501 4123 2821 4526 3318 3494

STATEMENT SHOWING THE AVERAGE COST AND AVERAGE REVENUE IN RESPECT OF VARIOUS POSTAL SERVICES

S. No.

Book, Post-Book, Pattern & S.Pkts.

Book Post-Other Periodicals

Source : Costing Section

TABLE 24

CIRCLES

Andhra Pradesh 726 23880 2301Assam 549 14759 1535Bihar 4915 59135 14809Chhatisgarh 406 10234 939Delhi 639 25439 2048Gujarat 781 14313 1771Haryana 660 17930 1618Himachal Pradesh 603 26865 2680Jammu & Kashmir 136 5189 524Jharkhand 901 15116 2886Karnataka 781 26353 2803Kerala 178 5983 596Madhya Pradesh 1699 44197 4790Maharashtra 1007 36859 4525North - East 221 7501 745Orissa 549 12711 1261Punjab 238 8746 869Rajasthan 2728 100292 12082Tamil Nadu 404 12715 1332Uttar Pradesh 5511 118527 12168Uttarakhand 152 4315 465West Bengal 758 26839 2380Base P.O. 35 1081 110TOTAL 24577 618979 75237

INDIAN POSTAL ORDERS DURING 2003-04 TO 2007-08 (in Lakh)

ITEMS 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08

No. of IPOs Sold 283.40 221.16 189.99 195.63 245.77 -13.28Value of IPOs Sold 5568.80 4767.15 5413.63 5388.21 6189.79 11.15Commission on IPOs 613.40 632.11 598.78 586.89 752.37 22.66

19.65 21.56 28.49 27.54 25.19 28.17


NUMBER AND VALUE OF INDIAN POSTAL ORDERS SOLD AND COMMISSION REALISED THEREON, 2007-08

Numbers (in 000)

Value (Rs. in

thousand)

Commission (Rs. in

thousand)

%age Decrease/ increase in 2007-08 over 2003-04

Average Value of IPOs (in Rs.)

Table 25

Rs. in Crores

Sl No Plan Scheme/ActivityAllocation of FundsActual Expenditure

1 Assess to the Postal Network 2.77 2.70

2 Mail Operations11.00 25.29

3 Banking and Money transfer operations0.10 0.11

4 Insurance Operations0.00 0.09

5 Philately Operations0.00 0.08

6 Estates Management1.80 1.09

7 Technology Upgradation and Modernisation 12.52 4.61

8 Human Resources Management3.10 0.47

9 Marketing Research & Product Development0.00 0.18

10 Quality Management 0.05 0.00

11 Misecelleneous 0.00 0.21Total 31.34 34.83

Source :- CP Division

Funds Allocated and utilised under Plan Scheme in the North Eastern Region including Assam and Sikkim during the Annual Plan 2007-08.

Table 26

No. of Post Offices doing Savings Bank/Saving Certifcate Work as on 31.03.2008

Circles

Post Offices doing Savings Bank and Savings Certificates WorkDepartmental Extra Departmental

Urban Areas Rural Areas Urban Areas Rural AreasSub-Office Sub-Office

Total TotalSingle

Andhra Pradesh 16149 92 598 133 286 1017 5 937 288 98 1323 2437 12 196 208 19 13485 13504Assam 4006 19 85 76 61 222 0 274 57 51 382 623 0 51 51 35 3297 3332Bihar * 9055 30 164 76 127 367 1 185 268 192 645 1043 18 17 35 81 7896 7977Chhattisgarh 3123 10 92 45 58 195 0 83 35 10 128 333 0 18 18 0 2772 2772Delhi 517 12 105 114 146 365 0 1 2 2 5 382 10 54 64 9 62 71Gujarat 8935 34 139 155 311 605 0 247 261 140 648 1287 0 127 127 32 7489 7521Haryana 2653 16 101 88 109 298 0 74 71 28 173 487 3 12 15 11 2140 2151Himachal Pradesh 2777 15 30 26 44 100 3 153 129 61 343 461 4 0 4 14 2298 2312Jammu & Kashmir * 1686 9 65 39 41 145 0 59 27 18 104 258 11 17 28 12 1388 1400Jharkhand 2879 13 81 58 69 208 0 134 73 19 226 447 7 17 24 21 2387 2408Karnataka 9828 59 397 175 353 925 0 529 229 47 805 1789 7 260 267 28 7744 7772Kerala 5064 45 139 161 197 497 6 279 411 254 944 1492 60 272 332 405 2835 3240Madhya Pradesh 8323 42 308 180 204 692 0 249 69 5 323 1057 33 93 126 33 7107 7140Maharashtra 12828 61 394 211 520 1125 0 484 268 274 1026 2212 14 104 118 103 10395 10498North - East * 2932 9 40 27 35 102 0 169 36 18 223 334 11 297 308 3 2287 2290Orissa 8162 35 315 93 111 519 0 371 169 98 638 1192 9 16 25 49 6896 6945Punjab 3567 22 115 155 186 456 0 166 137 26 329 807 1 11 12 8 2740 2748Rajasthan 9946 46 277 130 178 585 1 492 173 34 699 1331 6 36 42 46 8527 8573Tamil Nadu 12093 93 618 248 502 1368 0 607 456 255 1318 2779 31 357 388 173 8753 8926Uttar Pradesh 16663 71 682 443 462 1587 0 283 382 188 853 2511 109 115 224 263 13665 13928Uttarakhand 2702 13 86 32 49 167 0 78 68 60 206 386 4 13 17 72 2227 2299West Bengal 9058 47 420 231 316 967 0 247 287 206 740 1754 48 72 120 290 6894 7184

Total 152946 793 5251 2896 4365 12512 16 6101 3896 2084 12081 25402 398 2155 2553 1707 123284 124991

Source : Annual Administrative Report /Data from Postal Circles * Provisional

Total Number of PO

Total Depart-mentalHea

d POHead PO

Sub Office

Branch

Office

Sub Office

Branch

OfficeSingl

eDoubl

e

More than

2 hands

Total SO

Double

More

than 2

hands

Total SO

Table 27

AGENCY SERVICES - SAVINGS BANK INCLUDING CERTIFICATES

SB Schemes 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08

1 Savings Bank 54503462 13367.33 60321235 15300.78 61492639 16789.96 64342873 18564.87 69107518 19788.94

2 Recurring Deposit 60764698 33963.5 64475526 41293.12 64723609 50189.76 67027234 60230.04 66169851 65072.48

3 Time Deposit 5769321 24066.11 7892478 32060.73 8576579 36878.17 12429827 36712.46 11916977 29938.89

4 C.T.D. 1683962 -28.81 1683962 -25.3 1570122 42.39 1571559 21.53 728784 25.36

5 M.I.S.* 17884188 117541.42 23415567 155824.12 25490350 187154.93 25741037 194320.43 23783342 187054.08

6 P.P.F. 1708244 12265.72 1873726 14829.81 1981703 16871.29 2111082 19456.32 2157675 21357.36

7 Sr. Citizen NA NA 164257 8783.92 489931 15916.08 752260 22284.3 855311 22197.04

TOTAL ( 1 TO 7) 142313875 201175.27 159826751 268067.18 164324933 323842.58 173975872 351589.95 174719458 345434.15

8 N.S.C. VIII 50633.17 55151.38 58541.3 58912.99 57388.11

9 K.V.P. 122191.2 136541.89 146609.92 152770.28 150411.72

TOTAL (8 TO 9) 172824.37 191693.27 205151.22 211683.27 207799.83

GRAND TOTAL( 1 TO 9) 142313875 373999.64 159826751 459760.45 164324933 528993.80 173975872 563273.22 ### 553233.98

* MIS figure includes FD, NSS, 87 and NSS, 92 figures

N.A. Not Applicable Source : Book Section

S.No.

No. of Accounts/ Certificate

s

Outstanding

Balances (Rs. In Crore)

No. of Accounts/ Certificat

es

Outstanding



es

Outstanding Balances

(Rs. In Crore)


es

Outstanding Balances

(Rs. In Crore)


es

Outstanding


TABLE 28

POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANK BUSINESS(NO. OF ACCOUNTS) 2007-08

CIRCLES

Cash Transfer Cash Transfer

Andhra Pradesh 5783351 993152 13310 25070 5827 6758916

Assam 1240690 107804 870 288545 588 1060231

5932641 87996 1244 4290 1497 6016094

Chhatisgarh 504904 76772 9057 15479 7097 568157

Delhi 870530 43269 1560 12492 1608 901259

Gujarat 1891881 175791 7769 21839 171666 1881936

Haryana 1495316 109175 1181 15687 787 1589198

Himachal Pradesh 691490 93678 1194 15962 1165 769235

Jammu & Kashmir 557596 35847 313 9060 645 584051

Karnataka 2605617 437797 30867 85175 8181 2980925

Kerala 1907167 172810 4287 27191 2619 2054454

Madhya Pradesh 3105866 428797 36749 51006 14983 3505423

Maharashtra 3010715 348098 47318 42502 9265 3354364

North Eastern 451989 230395 30 172342 18 510054

Orissa 2490955 169841 2310 49148 3962 2609996

Punjab 1350490 159011 890 19413 1041 1489937

Rajasthan 2506868 280587 2006 52994 1215 2735252

Tamil Nadu 7543502 702782 32161 82806 12611 8183028

Uttar Pradesh 14028668 723631 3066 96219 2424 14656722

Uttarankhand 842489 214897 1133 13663 1067 1043789

West Bengal 5324475 953480 182 649649 144 5628344

Base P.O. 205673 28361 6657 6369 8169 226153

TOTAL 64342873 6573971 204154 1756901 256579 69107518


Opening Balance

No. of Accounts Opened by

No. of Accounts Closed by Closing

Balance of Accounts

Bihar (including Jharkhand)

TABLE 29

DETAILS OF AMOUNT IN POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANK BUSINESS 2007-08

(Rs. in Crore)

CIRCLE Credits Debits

Andhra Pradesh 882.66 3838.52 3840.65 880.53

Assam 295.99 489.63 469.4 316.22

Bihar 1293.64 1654.46 1568.38 1379.72

Chhatisgarh 201.09 427.69 387.16 241.62

Delhi 795.81 1379.13 1368.91 806.03

Gujarat 1129.58 2985.96 2917.33 1198.21

Haryana 462.85 1453.02 1424.74 491.13

Himachal Pradesh 368.20 922.38 892.73 397.85

Jammu & Kashmir 206.46 468.91 462.66 212.71

Jharkhand 2179.06 500.46 478.18 2201.34

Karnataka 143.83 2221.28 2152.8 212.31

Kerala 922.61 1703.51 1686.24 939.88

Madhya Pradesh 677.71 1711.88 1486.2 903.39

Maharashtra 418.48 3046.37 2970.85 494.00

North Eastern 1522.54 281.36 272.79 1531.11

Orissa 221.85 982.79 922.50 282.14

Punjab 555.69 2853.85 2797.71 611.83

Rajasthan 1055.30 2504.54 2453.57 1106.27

Tamil Nadu 693.79 4048.47 3950.17 792.09

Uttar Pradesh 1324.56 4153.24 4068.9 1408.90

Uttarakhand 56.84 603.84 559.29 101.39

West Bengal 2944.38 4724.26 4602.52 3066.12

Base P.O. 211.97 209.37 207.19 214.15

TOTAL 18564.89 43164.92 41940.87 19788.94

Opening Balance

Closing Balance

TABLE 30

SAVING CERTIFICATESNumber and Amount - Issued and Discharged : 2007-08

Circles

ISSUED DISCHARGED

Number Number

Andhra Pradesh 1217028 890.28 1681640 1056.70

Assam 639897 377.59 661921 392.14

Bihar 2754864 1493.30 3077797 1262.24

Chhatisgarh 240033 187.73 348441 253.73

Delhi 902783 705.95 1730332 1044.70

Gujarat 3089985 2247.23 4172465 2533.85

Haryana 505902 434.56 832253 653.42

Himachal Pradesh 263712 181.13 424208 236.92

Jammu & Kashmir 394526 331.20 404227 289.99

Jharkhand 728339 556.93 806798 608.69

Karnataka 1052295 613.62 2862677 876.34

Kerala 328594 199.11 427930 367.49

Madhya Pradesh 782947 473.18 1133577 784.16

Maharashtra 3325390 2269.34 4551724 2725.23

North Eastern 163090 112.71 222623 155.43

Orissa 864593 487.83 960608 483.65

Punjab 1711433 1091.01 2281529 1355.72

Rajasthan 963224 544.35 1741037 1079.80

Tamil Nadu 1103007 624.28 1652497 1229.08

Uttar Pradesh 7461718 3678.94 8462450 3910.46

Uttarakhand 509720 334.35 587011 348.54

West Bengal 14621009 3529.53 9682384 3521.24

Base P.O. 2622 1.78 26930 5.53

TOTAL 43626711 21365.93 48733059 25175.05


Amount (Rs. in Crore)

Amount (Rs. in Crore)

Table 31

Number of Accounts of Savings Schemes(Circlewise)

Circle S.B. R.D. T.D. F.D. C.T.D. P.P.F. M.I.S. N.S.S. 87N.S.S. 92Sr. Citizen Total

Andhra Pradesh 6758916 3696799 511115 423 33620 86668 1623468 20326 11784 18512 12761631

Assam 1060231 1059455 96961 0 4976 29051 168251 15 5122 3663 2427725

6016094 827500 279705 0 78945 66587 664644 33949 6897 29627977283

Chhatisgarh 568157 208393 21785 -311 -28826 11537 147995 -13691 -324 6694 921409

Delhi 901259 606809 157362 7 9859 195933 844198 41839 2181 95712 2855159

Gujarat 1881936 3664715 713295 0 5402 201569 2621365 42988 563 96793 9228626

Haryana 1589198 1330917 391431 0 83879 72411 575318 14060 521 22405 4080140

Himachal Pradesh 769235 1542044 273969 0 4807 11300 184585 2628 92 4644 2793304

Jammu & Kashmir 584051 1348256 298809 0 5480 7588 89835 12527 33 3494 2350073

Karnataka 2980925 3428655 528428 0 11659 59850 908924 33603 10065 37065 7999174

Kerala 2054454 5765564 218772 1730 5606 26682 1002615 9989 206 37390 9123008

Madhya Pradesh 3505423 7492863 355919 59 60120 65982 967039 12200 495 24455 12484555

Maharashtra 3354364 10376835 396642 1454 36901 385835 2292906 122820 5947 101445 17075149

North-East 510054 546670 42150 9 11976 10114 94136 1274 926 2584 1219893

Orissa 2609996 773104 120492 41 12923 10154 251101 2897 376 14161 3795245

Punjab 1489937 1173800 610406 39 14388 205596 926944 19472 1089 42030 4483701

Rajasthan 2735252 4428567 412487 1214 25919 193541 1316219 15215 1037 30289 9159740

Tamilnadu 8183028 7418267 705542 0 14297 253908 800114 22657 1182 94361 17493356

Uttar Pradesh 14656722 4487137 1362184 2070 335735 137709 1473619 41560 4350 53276 22554362

Uttarakhand 1043789 965565 3046203 0 0 17436 160342 6520 326 9542 5249723

West Bengal 5628344 4704853 1369209 81 1019 104382 6091422 1503 54543 153577 18108933

Base P.O. 226153 323083 4111 0 99 3842 19148 533 43 257 577269

TOTAL ### 66169851 ### 6816 728784 ### ### 444884 107454 855311 ###

Bihar (including Jharkhand)

Source: Book Section

Table 32

Outstanding balance of Savings Schemes(Circle-wise)( Rs. in Crore )

Circle S.B. R.D. T.D. F.D. C.T.D. P.P.F. M.I.S. N.S.S. 87N.S.S. 92Sr. CitizenTotal

Andhra Pradesh 880.53 5156.86 1220.84 0.44 0.28 527.85 11870.57 111.27 11.28 1249.95 21029.87

Assam 316.22 828.35 128.00 0 0.43 284.9 1571.72 17.3 -3 79.2 3223.12

Bihar 1379.73 1575.56 2180.35 -0.06 1.12 403.68 4501.05 949.12 229.66 226.6 11446.81

Chhatisgarh 252.51 1051.93 354.22 0 0.87 273.46 2034.45 50.76 -1.83 198.8 4215.17

Delhi 806.02 2231.17 1102.33 -1.25 -1.41 3139.25 9201.62 78.83 58.19 3174.79 19789.54

Gujarat 1198.20 4491.74 2495.90 -0.12 4.33 3063.10 17371.55 635.03 -132.89 1891.74 31018.58

Haryana 491.13 2316.85 1099.68 0 2.88 684.92 4005.17 76.68 1.84 573.54 9252.69

Himachal Pradesh 397.85 1369.23 612.95 0 0.51 149.41 1390.13 11.04 0.54 119.62 4051.28

Jammu & Kashmir 212.71 354.70 532.65 0 0.49 60.94 659.96 -0.37 14.98 88.05 1924.11

Jharkhand 166.11 397.74 462.32 0 1.71 8.57 3360.08 -15.4 -6.08 385.7 4760.75

Karnataka 991.08 3590.24 535.93 0.03 2.33 911.85 9083.37 94.11 138.76 1586.38 16934.08

Kerala 435.75 3882.57 970.43 0.01 -0.13 197.6 5069.73 61.45 4.24 534.61 11156.26

Madhya Pradesh 903.38 2735.62 331.12 0.9 7.17 490.49 4667.37 25.58 0.12 397.98 9559.73

Maharashtra 1598.07 8283.89 1611.73 0.01 0.74 3150.26 23601.77 1282.28 -19.49 3570.79 43080.05

North-East 230.42 533.18 156.10 0.01 0.10 53.67 778.10 6.55 3.04 51.25 1812.42

Orissa 615.98 1166.45 328.04 0.09 0.01 108.99 2577.44 25.19 -4.96 218.23 5035.46

Punjab 1111.44 2825.32 3095.89 0 -0.26 1847.94 6996.44 128.5 90.34 1008.55 17104.16

Rajasthan 744.76 6619.87 3615.15 0.01 1.2 2046.78 7349.66 122.83 23.4 739.08 21262.74

Tamilnadu 1422.86 4648.08 1292.85 -0.01 -0.84 1353.67 12812.42 286.91 32.57 1963.24 23811.75

Uttar Pradesh 3028.72 6815.31 3230.12 -1.87 -1.96 1461.21 13284.52 99.96 145.38 954.03 29015.42

Uttarakhand 245.64 826.23 503.79 0 -0.01 116.28 1590.1 -1.88 -9.22 218.47 3489.40

West Bengal 2300.81 3162.59 3441.11 26.19 5.76 998.49 38526.99 7.64 1.01 2956.8 51427.39

Base P.O. 59.02 209.00 637.39 0 0.04 24.05 84.94 7.09 2.2 9.64 1033.37

TOTAL 19788.94 65072.48 29938.89 24.38 25.36 21357.36 182389.15 4060.47 580.08 22197.04 345434.15


Table 33

Commission on account of Savings Bank and Savings Certificates for 2007-08

(Circle-Wise)(Rs. in Lakh)

Circles

Andhra Pradesh 20516 960

Assam 2863 432

Bihar 8557 1940

Chhattisgarh 1816 195

Delhi 3295 873

Gujarat 12972 2413

Haryana 4178 443

Himachal Pradesh 3423 229

Jammu & Kashmir 1062 265

Jharkhand 3739 511

Karnataka 11170 1298

Kerala 10122 249

Madhya Pradesh 13054 636

Maharashtra 22892 2611

North-East 1416 128

Orissa 5927 606

Punjab 5613 1327

Rajasthan 12185 896

Tamilnadu 20328 904

Uttar Pradesh 22631 5293

Uttarakhand 3270 364

West Bengal 21345 8068

Base 612 10

TOTAL 212986 30651


Savings Bank including PPF

Savings Certificates including IVP

Table 34

Remuneration(Commission) on account of Savings Banks

Year

(A1) (A2) (A4) (A5)

1999-2000 1161.87 80.36 933.68 34649.57 21135.44 55785.01 13514.132000-01 1240.14 88.4 1096.28 43469.39 23454.35 66923.74 20015.042001-02 1275.93 97.24 1240.71 51722.97 27298.78 79021.75 24424.192002-03 1491.45 100.26 1495.33 70133.17 34994.82 105127.99 35138.352003-04 1442.1 102.63 1480.03 94272.83 45582.24 139855.07 48690.592004-05 1614.96 106.97 1727.52 124064.55 59736.69 183801.24 64327.862005-06 1645.96 111.12 1828.99 130473.90 76740.03 207213.93 53733.872006-07 1755.16 114.46 2008.96 119882.57 92135.18 212017.75 27747.392007-08 1806.65 117.89 2129.86 107606.00 113762.00 221368.00 -6156.00

Commission Received

(Figures in %age)

Year

1999-2000 2.69 6.91 1.672000-01 2.52 5.48 1.642001-02 2.40 5.08 1.572002-03 2.13 4.26 1.422003-04 1.57 3.04 1.062004-05 1.39 2.69 0.942005-06 1.40 3.40 0.882006-07 1.68 7.24 0.952007-08 1.98 -34.60 0.96


No. of live Accounts (in Lakhs)

Rate of Remuneration (in Rs.)

Total Remuneration (Rs. in Crore)

Total Receipt i.e. Gross Collection (Rs. in Crore)

Total Payments (Rs. in Crore)

Total amount handled (Rs. in Crore)

Total Net Collection (Rs. in Crore))

(A3) = [(A1) x (A2)]/100

(A6) = [(A4) + (A5)]

(A7) = [(A4) - (A5)]

As Percentage of Gross Collection

As Percentage of Net Collection

As Percentage of Total Amount Handled

(B1) = [(A3)/(A4) x 100)]

(B2) = [(A3)/(A7) x 100)]

(B3) = [(A3)/(A6) x 100)]

Table 35

Remuneration(Commission) on account of Savings Certificates

Year

(C1) (C2) (C3) = [(C1) x (C2)]/100 (C4) (C5)

1999-2000 687.92 22.67 155.95 31124.25 13710.46 44834.71 17413.792000-01 822.01 24.94 205.01 32945.67 17151.11 50096.78 15794.562001-02 752.16 27.43 206.32 27972.36 16347.18 44319.54 11625.182002-03 698.57 28.30 197.70 33189.86 19435.45 52625.31 13754.41

2003-04 977.46*28.96

246.62 39166.23 28023.13 67189.36 11143.10**7.69

2004-05 1101.72*30.19

308.70 33717.67 16388.34 50106.01 17329.33**8.02

2005-061417.51 *31.36

422.22 39810.14 28013.79 67823.93 11796.35**8.332006-07 1171.06 *32.30 375.9 34534.73 25520.87 60055.60 9013.85

**8.582007-08 923.6 *33.27 306.51 21366 25175 46541 -3809

**8.84

Commission Received

Year

1999-2000 0.50 0.90 0.352000-01 0.62 1.30 0.412001-02 0.74 1.77 0.472002-03 0.60 1.44 0.382003-04 0.63 2.21 0.372004-05 0.92 1.78 0.622005-06 1.06 3.58 0.622006-07 1.09 4.17 0.632007-08 1.43 -8.05 0.66

* Rate for NSC & KVP** Rate for IVPSource : Book Section

No. of Certificates (in Lakh)

Rate of Remuneration (in Rs.)

Total Remuneration (Rs. in Crore)

Total Receipt i.e. Gross Collection (Rs. in Crore)

Total Payments (Rs. in Crore)

Total amount handled (Rs. in Crore)

Total Net Collection (Rs. in Crore)

(C6) = [(C4) + (C5)]

(C7) = [(C4) - (C5)]

As Percentage of Gross Collection

As Percentage of Net Collection

As Percentage of Total Amount Handled

(D1) = [(C3)/(C4) x 100)]

(D2) = [(C3)/(C7) x 100)]

(D3) = [(C3)/(C6) x 100)]

TABLE 36

PHILATELY

Items 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08No. of Philatelic Bureaux 66 67 67 68 68No. of Philatelic Counters 849 1035 1035 1103 1082

65 63 55 55 64

No. of First Day Covers released 38 45 46 46 32

Source: Philately Division

No. of Commemorative stamps released

TABLE 37

POSTAL LIFE INSURANCE

Items 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08

6619.80 7678.42 8933.59 10342.61 12081.71 16.81

2208683 2857797 3098248 3297825 35500847.65

15917.60 18747.21 22951.60 26753.17 31469.00 17.63

698.18 904.58 1079.80 1211.79 1480.34 22.16

42.36 65.85 75.59 100.77 137.71 36.66

6.07 7.31 7.03 8.34 9.30 11.51

New Business

276880 344403 364564 318058 355700 11.83

2846.66 3831.00 4533.20 4146.67 5020.62 21.08

102812 111236 124346 130375 141148 8.26

* Active Policies

SECTOR-WISE BROAD BREAK-UP OF NEW BUSINESS (SUM ASSURED)

(Rs. in Crore)

S.No. Items 2005-06 2006-07 2007-081 Civil Departments 2256.59 2423.06 2619.902 Defence 1541.70 1066.96 1583.633 Posts & Telecommunications 363.11 326.22 511.134 Railways 50.74 56.65 56.765 Banks 46.00 26.54 21.456 Public Sector/Undertakings

Central 128.77 124.23 129.58State 146.29 123.01 98.18

Total 4533.20 4146.67 5020.63

Source: PLI Directorate

%age Growth during 2007-08 over 2006-07

PLI Fund upto the year (Rs. in Crore)

No. of Policies* upto the year

Value of Business upto the year (Rs. in Crore)

Premium during the year (Rs. in Crore)

Expenses during the year (Rs. in Crore)

Expenses Ratio (%) to Premium Income

No. of Policies Issued during the year

Sum Assured during the year (Rs. in Crore)

Average sum Assured per Policy (in Rs.)

TABLE 38

RURAL POSTAL LIFE INSURANCE

Items 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08

756.48 1127.61 1624.77 2284.92 3003.78 31.46

2666485 3738798 4702776 5246673 6167928 17.56

12385.11 18520.93 25229.65 33865.66 41846.09 23.56

245.33 380.88 475.10 601.02 664.70 10.60

30.05 61.05 47.46 69.53 70.99 2.10

12.25 16.03 10.08 11.57 10.68 -7.69

New Business

1083152 1335847 1443818 1268826 1200582 -5.38

5949.98 7207.97 8822.87 11165.98 9644.30 -13.63

54932 53958 61107 88002 80330 -8.72

* Active Policies

Source: PLI Directorate

%age Growth during 2007-08 over 2006-07

RPLI Fund upto the year (Rs. in Crore)

No. of Policies* upto the year Value of Business upto the year (Rs. in Crore)Premium during the year (Rs. in Crore)Expenses during the year (Rs. in Crore)Expenses Ratio (%) to Premium Income

No. of Policies Issued during the year

Sum Assured during the year (Rs. in Crore)Average sum Assured per Policy (in Rs.)

TABLE 39

CIRCLE-WISE DISTRIBUTION OF POST OFFICES AS ON 31.03.2008

Circle Total No. Departmental Extra Departmental

of Post HPOs S.Os. Total S.Os. B.Os. Total

Offices Single Double More Total Deptt.

than 2 S.Os.

handsAndhra Pradesh* 16149 104 1587 395 351 2333 2437 31 13681 13712Assam 4007 19 359 133 112 604 623 35 3349 3384Bihar* 9057 31 432 260 320 1012 1043 99 7915 8014Chhatisgarh 3123 10 175 80 68 323 333 0 2790 2790Delhi 571 12 118 122 170 410 422 19 130 149Gujarat 8970 34 394 427 463 1284 1318 33 7619 7652Haryana 2653 16 179 155 137 471 487 14 2152 2166Himachal Pradesh 2777 18 183 155 105 443 461 18 2298 2316Jammu & Kashmir 1691 9 135 61 53 249 258 22 1411 1433Jharkhand 3091 13 201 131 103 435 448 28 2615 2643Karnataka 9826 59 919 391 419 1729 1788 35 8003 8038Kerala 5070 51 410 582 460 1452 1503 467 3100 3567Madhya Pradesh 8323 42 557 249 209 1015 1057 66 7200 7266Maharashtra 12853 61 846 494 823 2163 2224 121 10508 10629North - East 2934 9 225 51 50 326 335 14 2585 2599Orissa 8162 35 686 262 209 1157 1192 58 6912 6970Punjab 3911 22 272 301 214 787 809 9 3093 3102Rajasthan 10318 48 769 311 205 1285 1333 22 8963 8985Tamil Nadu 12115 93 1303 668 725 2696 2789 202 9124 9326Uttar Pradesh 17662 71 917 848 704 2469 2540 372 14750 15122Uttarakhand 2714 13 163 101 107 371 384 78 2252 2330West Bengal 9058 47 667 518 522 1707 1754 338 6966 7304

Total 155035 817 11497 6695 6529 24721 25538 2081 127416 129497

* Figures of Single, Double and More than 2 handed Departmental SOs are provisional

Source: Planning Division and Postal Circles

TABLE 40

CIRCLE-WISE DISTRIBUTION OF POST OFFICES(CLASSIFIED FUNCTION-WISE)

Circles P.Os. Making deliveries

4 3 2 1

Andhra Pradesh 0 34 15320 829 15320 0 0 37 15283

Assam 207 3 1918 108 3898 0 0 26 3872

Bihar* 398 6 8851 204 8851 0 1 30 8820

Chhatisgarh 66 1 333 87 3036 1 10 10 3015

Delhi 1 13 571 398 173 13 8 29 109

Gujarat 3 9 7392 338 8632 0 3 27 8602

Haryana 0 2 487 196 2457 0 0 0 2457

Himachal Pradesh 0 0 2735 42 2735 0 0 4 2731

Jammu & Kashmir 98 0 193 70 1621 0 0 0 1621

Jharkhand 0 2 448 92 3001 0 0 0 3001

Karnataka 1764 1 9086 740 9086 0 0 908 8178

Kerala 1683 6 5067 279 4791 0 0 43 4748

Madhya Pradesh 0 9 8323 372 7951 0 0 26 7925

Maharashtra 332 15 7228 699 12154 0 0 92 12062

North - East 0 2 312 60 2874 0 1 0 2873

Orissa 1513 6 8162 301 7861 0 0 43 7818

Punjab 81 9 1777 271 3640 0 0 1 3639

Rajasthan 244 7 10318 369 9949 0 0 25 9924

Tamilnadu 0 15 9620 1165 10950 0 45 64 10841

Uttar Pradesh* 474 13 4860 1143 16523 1 6 18 16498

Uttarakhand 40 0 1536 115 2599 0 0 6 2593

West Bengal 472 10 1132 651 8407 20 45 60 8282

Total 7376 163 105669 8529 146509 35 119 1449 144892*Figures of delivery and without delivery post offices are provisionalSource: Postal Circles

Combined P & T Offices

Night Post

Offices

P.Os. with full range of services

P.Os. without delivery

Delivery Post

Officestimes a

daytimes a

daytimes a

daytime a

day

TABLE 41

POST OFFICE : RURAL, URBAN, POPULATION SERVED & AREA SERVED DURING 2007-08

Circles

Area Post Offices Population Area

(in '000 Urban Rural Total served by served

sq. km.) a P.O. by a

Post

Office

(sq. km.)

Andhra Pradesh 275.0 807.13 1287 14862 16149 4998 17.0

Assam 78.4 286.65 298 3709 4007 7154 19.6

Bihar 100.2 907.52 432 8625 9057 10020 11.1

Chhatisgarh 135.3 225.94 223 2900 3123 7235 43.3

Delhi 1.4 160.21 490 81 571 28058 2.5

Gujarat 196.6 554.62 732 8238 8970 6183 21.9

Haryana 44.2 233.14 324 2329 2653 8788 16.7

Himachal Pradesh 55.7 64.55 119 2658 2777 2324 20.1

Jammu & Kashmir 222.2 109.41 227 1464 1691 6470 131.4

Jharkhand 73.8 292.99 272 2819 3091 9479 23.9

Karnataka 192.0 562.58 1257 8569 9826 5725 19.5

Kerala 39.0 333.37 911 4159 5070 6575 7.7

Madhya Pradesh 308.2 663.90 860 7463 8323 7977 37.0

Maharashtra 311.4 1062.96 1338 11515 12853 8270 24.2

North-East 176.4 124.19 202 2732 2934 4233 60.1

Orissa 156.0 388.87 579 7583 8162 4764 19.1

Punjab 50.4 271.62 493 3418 3911 6945 12.9

Rajasthan 342.2 622.76 674 9644 10318 6036 33.2

Tamil Nadu 130.5 662.33 1846 10269 12115 5467 10.8

Uttar Pradesh 230.9 1832.82 1946 15716 17662 10377 13.1

Uttarakhand 63.5 92.19 218 2496 2714 3397 23.4

West Bengal 104.0 862.11 1134 7924 9058 9518 11.5Total 3287.3 11121.86 15862 139173 155035 7174 21.2

Source of Post offices:- Planning Division

Projected Population

as on 01.03.2006 (in Lakh)

Source of the Projected Population :

Report of the Technical Group and Population Projections constituted by the National Commission on Population.

(sq. km.)

TABLE 42

Population served by a Post Office in Rural Area

Circles

*No. of PopulationRural POs served by

(as on a Post Office31.03.2008) in Rural Area

Andhra Pradesh 585.09 14862 3937

Assam 246.82 3709 6655

Bihar 812.32 8625 9418

Chhatisgarh 177.25 2900 6112

Delhi 8.95 81 11049

Gujarat 339.50 8238 4121

Haryana 160.33 2329 6884

Himachal Pradesh 57.83 2658 2176

Jammu & Kashmir 81.18 1464 5545

Jharkhand 226.30 2819 8028

Karnataka 362.46 8569 4230

Kerala 247.44 4159 5950

Madhya Pradesh 484.21 7463 6488

Maharashtra 590.32 11515 5127

North-East 95.50 2732 3496

Orissa 327.21 7583 4315

Punjab 167.33 3418 4896

Rajasthan 475.51 9644 4931

Tamil Nadu 334.25 10269 3255

Uttar Pradesh 1441.36 15716 9173

Uttarakhand 67.31 2496 2697

West Bengal 619.39 7924 7817

Total 7907.86 139173 5682

* Source: Planning Division

Projected Rural

Population (in Lakh)

As on 01.03.2006



TABLE 43

Population served by a Post Office in Urban Area

Circles

*No. of PopulationUrban POs served by

(as on a Post Office31.03.2008) in Urban Area

Andhra Pradesh 222.04 1287 17253

Assam 39.83 298 13366

Bihar 95.20 432 22037

Chhatisgarh 48.69 223 21834

Delhi 151.26 490 30869

Gujarat 215.12 732 29388

Haryana 72.81 324 22472

Himachal Pradesh 6.72 119 5647

Jammu & Kashmir 28.23 227 12436

Jharkhand 66.69 272 24518

Karnataka 200.12 1257 15920

Kerala 85.93 911 9432

Madhya Pradesh 179.69 860 20894

Maharashtra 472.64 1338 35324

North-East 28.69 202 14203

Orissa 61.66 579 10649

Punjab 104.29 493 21154

Rajasthan 147.25 674 21847

Tamil Nadu 328.08 1846 17772

Uttar Pradesh 391.46 1946 20116

Uttarakhand 24.88 218 11413

West Bengal 242.72 1134 21404

Total 3214.00 15862 20262

*Source: Planning Division

Projected Urban

Population As on

01.03.2006 ( in

lakh )



Table 44

as on 31.03.2008

S.No. Circle No. of PSSKsMukhya Dak Ghar (MDG)Urban Rural Total

1 Andhra Pradesh 147 6 1 7

2 Assam 233 20 0 20

3 Bihar 1282 19 0 19

4 Chhatisgarh 218 10 0 10

5 Delhi 0 0 0 0

6 Gujarat 22 44 0 44

7 Haryana 239 10 0 10

8 Himachal Pradesh 144 0 0 0

9 Jammu & Kashmir 40 11 0 11

10 Jharkhand 261 12 0 12

11 Karnataka 16 42 0 42

12 Kerala 0 40 51 91

13 Madhya Pradesh 265 22 0 22

14 Maharashtra 524 51 4 55

15 North-East 136 16 0 16

16 Orissa 207 34 1 35

17 Punjab 11 6 0 6

18 Rajasthan 268 12 0 12

19 Tamilnadu 120 24 1 25

20 Uttar Pradesh 1194 8 0 8

21 Uttarakhand 128 27 2 29

22 West Bengal 13 36 2 38

TOTAL 5468 450 62 512

Source: Planning Division

Panchayat Sanchar Sewa Kendras and Mukhya Dak Ghar (MDG) (Circle-wise)

TABLE 45

LETTER BOXES, POST BOXES AND POST BAGS (CIRCLE-WISE)AS ON 31.03.2008

CirclesLetter Boxes

Urban Rural Total

Andhra Pradesh 9470 41678 51148 1835 307 68

Assam 1686 16800 18486 790 10 0

Bihar 2831 22129 24960 904 84 281

Chhatisgarh 1081 15985 17066 373 20 35

Delhi 3138 206 3344 1386 58 24

Gujarat 5501 22700 28201 6394 292 1

Haryana 1939 7002 8941 1409 4 102


Jammu & Kashmir 658 7084 7742 1722 66 0

Jharkhand 1311 11855 13166 541 190 0

Karnataka 7057 25717 32774 702 304 0

Kerala 5227 14485 19712 6911 927 197

Madhya Pradesh 5148 36860 42008 1213 150 7

Maharashtra 10766 43582 54348 11599 502 54

North - East 774 5678 6452 2405 86 16

Orissa 2508 24256 26764 1006 98 0

Punjab 3026 12287 15313 1486 12 0

Rajasthan 4630 24569 29199 2135 47 2

Tamil Nadu 10764 33121 43885 7614 937 856

Uttar Pradesh 12053 74580 86633 2270 239 27

Uttarakhand 1642 11365 13007 697 49 0

West Bengal 5928 34337 40265 4465 182 31

Total 97901 493153 591054 58236 4588 1703

Source: Planning Division/Postal Circles

Post Boxes

rented by public

Post Bags rented by

public

Post Boxes cum

Bags rented by

public

TABLE 46

POSTAL AND RMS FUNCTIONAL UNITS (CIRCLE-WISE) AS ON 31.03.2008

Circles

Postal RMS Postal Circle RMS RMS

Divisions Divisions Store Stamp Sorting Record

Depots Depots Offices Offices

Andhra Pradesh 44 6 4 1 24 25

Assam 9 2 1 1 11 9

Bihar 22 5 2 1 18 19

Chhatisgarh 5 1 1 0 6 7

Delhi 6 3 1 1 11 3

Gujarat 26 3 3 1 31 20

Haryana 9 2 1 0 12 13


Jammu & Kashmir 6 1 1 1 2 2

Jharkhand 7 2 1 0 10 10

Karnataka 31 3 3 1 26 29

Kerala 24 3 3 1 25 22

Madhya Pradesh 20 3 1 1 16 14

Maharashtra 41 8 4 2 43 35

North Eastern 7 0 1 0 0 0

Orissa 18 3 2 1 20 22

Punjab 13 2 1 1 9 9

Rajasthan 24 3 3 1 18 19

Tamil Nadu 42 6 5 2 48 38

Uttar Pradesh 44 7 4 2 41 42

Uttarkhand 7 0 1 0 0 0

West Bengal 28 6 2 1 37 24

Total 442 70 46 19 416 368

Source :- PE-I Section and D-Section of Postal Directorate.

TABLE 47

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES & FUNCTIONAL UNITS

Offices & UnitsAs on As on As on As on As on

31.03.2004 31.03.2005 31.03.2006 31.03.2007 31.03.2008

Postal Circles 22 22 22 22 22

Postal Regions 37 37 37 37 37

Postal Divisions 441 441 441 442 442

RMS Divisions 70 70 69 69 70

Postal Store Depots 46 46 46 46 46

Circle Stamp Depots 19 19 19 19 19

Postal Staff College 1 1 1 1 1

Postal Training Centres 6 6 6 6 6

P & T Dispensaries 63 56 52 52 52

Sorting Offices 465 460 487 489 416

Record Offices 437 436 438 404 368

Source :- PE-I Section and D-Section of Postal Directorate.

Table 48

Postal Network of North-Eastern Region at a Glance for the last three years

YearHead Office Sub Offices Extra Deptt. SOExtra Deptt. BO

Urban Rural Urban Rural Urban Rural Urban Rural

Assam

2005-06 19 0 222 382 0 35 57 3291

2006-07 19 0 222 382 0 35 57 3291

2007-08 19 0 222 382 0 35 57 3292

2005-06 1 0 17 31 0 0 0 251

2006-07 1 0 17 31 0 0 0 251

2007-08 1 0 17 31 0 0 0 251

Manipur

2005-06 1 0 11 42 0 0 0 644

2006-07 1 0 11 42 0 0 0 643

2007-08 1 0 11 42 0 0 0 643

Meghalaya

2005-06 2 0 25 35 0 0 1 423

2006-07 2 0 25 35 0 0 1 423

2007-08 2 0 26 35 0 0 2 423

Mizoram

2005-06 1 0 23 17 2 3 32 327

2006-07 1 0 23 17 2 3 32 327

2007-08 1 0 23 17 2 3 32 327

Nagaland

2005-06 1 0 15 27 0 0 10 275

2006-07 1 0 15 27 0 0 10 275

2007-08 1 0 15 27 0 0 10 275

Tripura

2005-06 3 0 29 53 2 7 24 598

2006-07 3 0 29 53 2 7 24 598

2007-08 3 0 29 53 2 7 24 598

Sikkim

2005-06 1 0 12 10 0 4 0 183

2006-07 1 0 11 10 0 4 0 183

2007-08 1 0 12 10 0 0 0 186

TOTAL

2005-06 29 0 354 597 4 49 124 5992

2006-07 29 0 353 597 4 49 124 5991

2007-08 29 0 355 597 4 45 125 5995

Source: Planning Division

Name of the State

Arunachal Pradesh

TABLE 49

MODERNISATION AND COMPUTERISATION (CIRCLE-WISE) AS ON 31.03.2008

Circles

Andhra Pradesh 165 523 0

Assam 94 624 0

Bihar 120 295 0

Chhatisgarh 49 99 0

Delhi 128 288 0

Gujarat 157 890 0

Haryana 59 191 0

Himachal Pradesh 72 166 0

Jammu & Kashmir 39 116 0

Jharkhand 35 133 0

Karnataka 127 565 0

Kerala 112 667 0

Madhya Pradesh 126 331 0

Maharashtra 241 1040 1

North Eastern 85 295 0

Orissa 101 301 0

Punjab 99 269 0

Rajasthan 103 305 0

Tamil Nadu 182 1002 1

Uttar Pradesh 222 916 0

Uttarakhand 44 145 0

West Bengal 144 778 0

A.P.S. 0 0 0

TOTAL 2504 9939 2

Source: Technology Division

No. of Post Offices Modernised (Improving

Ergonomics)

Number of Post Offices Computerized

High Speed Automated mail Processing System

TABLE 50

PERSONNEL-ACTUAL STRENGTH AS ON 31.03.2008(including those on deputation and training outside the Department)

INDIAN POSTAL SERVICE

Secretary (Posts), D.G. Posts & Chairman, Postal Services Board 1

Member, Postal Services Board 3

Principal Chief Postmaster General 2

Senior Deputy Director General/Chief Postmaster General 20

Senior Administrative Grade 62

Junior Administrative Grade 132

Senior Time Scale 51

Junior Time Scale 134

Postal Service Group "B" 767

Assistant Suprintendent Group "B" 1695

P & T ACCOUNTS AND FINANCE SERVICE

Senior Administrative Grade 6

Junior Administrative Grade 24

Senior Time Scale 25

Junior Time Scale 29

Senior Accounts Officer/Accounts Officer (Group 'B') 257

Asstt. Accounts Officer (Group 'B') 617

CENTRAL SECRETARIAT SERVICE

Director/Senior Principal Private Secretary 5

Principal Private Secretary 3

Assistant Director General (Senior Time Scale) 17

Others(Section Officer/Private Secretaries/Desk Officer/Junior Analyst 76

Chief Engineer 2

Group "A" 46

Group "B" 130

Other General Central Services 159Total 4263

Source: Postal Circles/Directorate

TABLE 51STAFF : ACTUAL STRENGTH

(INCLUDING THOSE ON DEPUTATION & TRAINING)GAZETTED

DEPARTMENTAL As on 31.03.2007 As on 31.03.2008Group

TotalGroup

TotalA B A BIndian Postal Service 453 0 453 405 0 405Postal Service 0 782 782 0 767 767Assistant Suprintendent 0 1826 1826 0 1695 1695P & T Accts & Fin. Service 84 871 955 84 874 958Central Sectt. Service 26 75 101 25 76 101Civil Wing 52 142 194 48 130 178Other General Central Service 122 63 185 93 66 159

TOTAL 737 3759 4496 655 3608 4263 Group 'B' Non Gazetted 3284 3153

NON-GAZETTEDAs on 31.03.2007 As on 31.03.2008Group

TotalGroup

TotalC D C D Departmental

249 133 382 249 129 378

151622 24011 175633 152193 23028 17522117504 12990 30494 17275 12644 29919

1578 341 1919 1535 307 1842

2159 1714 3873 2009 1649 3658TOTAL 173112 39189 212301 173261 37757 211018

Gramin Dak Sewaks* 280802 276155TOTAL (Non-Gazetted)(GroupC+D+GDS) 493103 487173*Group C & D figures are not available separately

Women Employees

As on Group A Group B Group C Total

31.03.2007 143 95 198 25762 4024 240 3046231.03.2008 120 126 226 26139 3770 249 30630

Source: Staff Sections of Directorate/Postal Circles

1. Postal Directorate

2. Post Offices including Circle Office, Accounts, Stamp Depot,

Canteen Staff. 3. Railway Mail Service4. Mail Motor Service5. Others( RLO, Disp., Store, Trg.,

Civil, PLI, Press)

Group B (Non-

Gazetted)

Group D Excl.

Sweeper

Group D Sweeper

TABLE 52

Category wise Non-Gazetted actual staff as on 31.3.2008

Group "B"(Non-Gazetted) Nos.

Inspector of Post OfficesA.Complaints 265B. Planning/RC 53C. Speed Post 35D. Business Development 14E. RMS 113F.Others 9992. Office Superintendent 363. HSG-I 11764. Steno. Grade-I 895. Manager HSG-I 33

6. Jr. Accounts Officer 168

7. Others 22Directorate 150Total 3153

Group "C"

1 .HSG-II 10772. LSG 56953. Potal Asstt. (Entry) 447834. Postal Asstt. TBOP 291615. Postal Asstt. (BCR) 134556. Sports Coach 77. Mail Oversear 29558. Cash Oversear 7399. Head Postmen 59410. Sorting Postmen 245611. Oversear Postmen 42412. Postmen (Entry) 2694513. Postmen TBOP 1271614. Postmen BCR 361815. Sorting Compiler 5816. Platform Inspectors 717. Head Mail Guard 19318. Mail Guard 103519. Sorting Assistant (Entry) 600820. Sorting Assistant (TBOP) 535121. Sorting Assistant (BCR) 341722. PO & RMS Accountant 129123. PO & RMS Assistant Accountant 18824. Assistant Manager 2925. Store Officer 1926. Technical Supervisor 2127. Inspector of MMS & Head Clerk 3

28. Stenographer 51429. Clerk including LSG/Office Asstt. 21430. Driver Special Grade 6531. Driver Grade III 43432. Driver Grade-II 33133. Driver Grade-I 34734. Office Superintendent 335. Head Clerk 2936. Junior Engineer 10537. Draftsman 1038. Driver 14039. Architectural Asstt. 940. Sr. Accountant 405541. Junior Accountant 64142. LDC 95743. Sorters 10044. Lab Technician 4945. Medical Storekeeper 4546. Office Assistant 59947. Pharmacist 7948. Nurse (Staff+Auxiliary) 3649. Nursing Orderly 4150. Nursing Midwife 1151. Others 195352. Directorate 24953. Total 173261

Group D

Group "D" Nos.1. Packer (Entry) 34922. Packer (TBOP) 18163. Packer (BCR) 5624. Mail Peon 17255. Letter Box Peon (Entry) 7506. Letter Box Peon (TBOP) 1867. Letter Box Peon ( BCR) 728. Messenger 1459. Orderly 27010. Daftry (Entry) 16911. Daftry (TBOP) 4812. Daftry( BCR) 3113. Peon (Entry) 52014. Peon (TBOP) 18515. Peon (BCR) 12616. Sweeper 68517. Farash 15418. Watermen 30519. Chowkidar 930

20. Jamadar 44321. Mailmen (Entry) 481822. Mailmen TBOP 407823. Mailmen (BCR) 221424. Van Peon (Attendent) 35225. Attendent in Rest House 6626. Semi skilled Tradesmen 3627. Clelaner 13328. Office Peon 33129. Gatemen 7130. Sewermen 1031. Female Attendent 5032. Group D (Entry) 646733. Group D (TBOP) 353434. Group D ( BCR) 128435. Others Group D 157036. Directorate 12937. Total 37757

Source: Postal Circles

TABLE 52

TABLE 53

NON-GAZETTED ACTUAL STAFF STATISTCS AS ON 31.03.2008

(Group-wise & Circle-wise)

Circle

Group

Total

Gramin

B C DDak

Sewaks

Andhra Pradesh 197 11931 2117 14245 26311 40556

Assam 83 3547 982 4612 8593 13205

Bihar 210 5703 2402 8315 14795 23110

Chhatisgarh 48 1793 344 2185 5504 7689

Delhi 120 6853 2335 9308 328 9636

Gujarat 126 11778 2346 14250 15324 29574

Haryana 58 3180 765 4003 4180 8183


Jammu & Kashmir 28 1336 380 1744 2698 4442

Jharkhand 48 2407 595 3050 6099 9149

Karnataka 223 11347 1596 13166 14519 27685

Kerala 152 9252 1307 10711 11829 22540

Madhya Pradesh 127 6297 1331 7755 14262 22017

Maharashtra 259 24105 5271 29635 20751 50386

North Eastern 34 1577 410 2021 7078 9099

Orissa 122 5306 911 6339 16425 22764

Punjab 84 5325 1183 6592 6037 12629

Rajasthan 176 6699 1721 8596 14643 23239

Tamil nadu 323 18662 3141 22126 23251 45377

Uttar Pradesh 295 15796 3974 20065 32389 52454

Uttarakhand 50 2033 350 2433 6153 8586

West Bengal 197 16065 3772 20034 18660 38694

Directorate 150 249 129 528 0 528

Total 3153 173261 37757 214171 276155 490326


Grand Total

TABLE 54

Distribution of Manpower in different Categories of Post Offices As on 31.03.2008

CircleHead Offices Sub Office TOTAL Grand

Gr.'A' Gr.'B' Gr.'B'(NG) Gr.'C' Gr.'D' Gr. 'A' Gr.'B' Gr.'B'(NG) Gr.'C' Gr.'D' Gr.'A' Gr.'B' Gr.'B'(NG) Gr.'C' Gr.'D' TotalAndhra Pradesh 1 12 54 721 595 0 0 13 5788 664 1 12 67 6509 1259 7848Assam 2 8 5 935 181 0 0 1 1593 302 2 8 6 2528 483 3027Bihar 1 10 46 1255 370 0 0 14 1610 554 1 10 60 2865 924 3860Chhatisgarh 0 6 24 498 71 0 0 2 810 124 0 6 26 1308 195 1535Delhi 2 14 36 2141 512 0 5 32 3049 648 2 19 68 5190 1160 6439Gujarat 3 29 41 3229 467 0 0 17 6903 959 3 29 58 10132 1426 11648Haryana 0 3 13 1134 154 0 0 1 1539 255 0 3 14 2673 409 3099Himachal Pradesh 0 1 21 594 102 0 0 1 1109 177 0 1 22 1703 279 2005Jammu & Kashmir 0 2 10 366 81 0 0 0 657 160 0 2 10 1023 241 1276Jharkhand 0 12 11 772 80 0 0 7 1258 251 0 12 18 2030 331 2391Karnataka 1 14 40 2850 389 0 0 17 6274 453 1 14 57 9124 842 10038Kerala 0 4 54 2024 251 0 0 7 5282 338 0 4 61 7306 589 7960Madhya Pradesh 0 7 45 2261 374 0 0 9 3001 412 0 7 54 5262 786 6109Maharashtra 5 38 68 6753 1335 1 10 32 13793 1870 6 48 100 20546 3205 23905North Eastern 1 4 8 494 92 0 2 1 930 178 1 6 9 1424 270 1710Orissa 2 26 56 1394 182 0 0 10 2926 357 2 26 66 4320 539 4953Punjab 0 8 18 1384 219 0 2 18 2993 564 0 10 36 4377 783 5206Rajasthan 0 6 71 2199 335 0 0 3 2845 475 0 6 74 5044 810 5934Tamilnadu 6 33 102 5525 709 0 0 27 9661 913 6 33 129 15186 1622 16976Uttar Pradesh 2 47 92 5002 812 0 0 5 7711 1274 2 47 97 12713 2086 14945Uttarakhand 0 4 10 688 95 0 0 7 1158 227 0 4 17 1846 322 2189West Bengal 2 56 64 4428 714 0 16 36 8328 1519 2 72 100 12756 2233 15163

Total 28 344 889 46647 8120 1 35 260 89218 12674 29 379 1149 135865 20794 158216

N.G. : Non-Gazetted

Source: Staff Sections of the Directorate/Postal Circles

TABLE 55

ACTUAL STAFF STRENGTH SINCE 31.03.1990

YearGazetted Non Gazetted

Deptt.Extra Grand

"A" "B" Total B* "C" "D" Total Deptt. Total

31.03.1990 641 1958 2599 228183 56040 284223 286822 298246 585068

31.03.1991 679 1927 2606 233043 57576 290619 293225 298743 591968

31.03.1992 663 1817 2480 232491 56556 289047 291527 304568 596095

31.03.1993 638 1841 2479 231994 55562 287556 290035 306027 596062

31.03.1994 608 1916 2524 230959 56714 287673 290197 307466 597663

31.03.1995 592 2000 2592 229542 56418 285960 288552 308623 597175

31.03.1996 609 1921 2530 229857 56111 285968 288498 309825 598323

31.03.1997 607 1860 2467 227369 56542 283911 286378 308307 594685

31.03.1998 611 1934 2545 235312 56122 291434 293979 310278 604257

31.03.1999 785 1884 2669 234119 56284 290403 293072 309915 602987

31.03.2000 791 1873 2664 235434 56203 291637 294301 309649 603950

31.03.2001 813 1925 2738 228579 52292 280871 283609 310269 593878

31.03.2002 815 1922 2737 220448 49773 270221 272958 306736 579694

31.03.2003 807 1888 2695 212021 48036 260057 262752 303170 565922

31.03.2004 751 2019 2770 201421 46523 247944 250714 298571 549285

31.03.2005 705 2015 2720 200302 43656 243958 246678 293656 540334

31.03.2006 780 3609 4389 3496 184069 42233 229798 234187 286004 52019131.03.2007 737 3759 4496 3284 173112 39189 215585 220081 280802 500883

31.03.2008 655 3608 4263 3153 173261 37757 214171 218434 276155 494589* Group 'B' Non Gazatted from 1990 to 2005 are included in group "C'

Source: Staff Sections of the Directorate/Postal Circles

Table No. 56

Pay Scales of Officers/Staff working in the Department of Posts

Post

(in Rupees) Pay Band Grade Pay Pay Band No

(In Rupees) (In Rupees)Gazetted Group “A”

1 Secretary 26000 Fixed 80000 Fixed -----2 24050–650-26000 75500-80000 ----4 22400-525-24500 37400-67000 12000 45 18400-500-22400 37400-67000 10000 46 14300-400-18300 37400-67000 8700 4

7 12000-375-16500 15600-39100 7600 3

8 Sr. Supdt. of POs/ADG (STS)/PPS/Exe. Engineer/Dy Architect 10000-325-15200 15600-39100 6600 3

9 Sr. Supdt. of POs/ADG (JTS)/ACAO/Architect 8000-275-13500 15600-39100 5400 3Gazetted Group “B”

10 Sr. AO 8000-275-13500 15600-39100 5400 3

11 Accounts Officers 7500-250-12000 9300-34800 5400 2

12 Section Officer/PS in Dte. 7500-250-12000 9300-34800 2

313 Postal Superintendent/Sr. Postmaster 7500-250-12000 9300-34800

Sr. Private Secretary in subordinate offices/Dy Manager MMS 2

14 AAO Group “B”/French Translator 7500-250-12000 9300-34800 4800 2

15 Assistant Superintendent of Posts/AE (Civil/Electrical)/AD (Rectt.) 6500-200-10500 9300-34800 4600 2

16 PS in subordinate offices/Supdt. Sorting 6500-200-10500 9300-34800 4200Non-Gazetted Staff: - (Group “B”)

1 JAO 6500-200-10500 9300-34800 4800 2

2 Asstt. Manager (MMS) 5500-175-9000 9300-34800 4600 2

3 6500-200-10500 9300-34800 4600 2

4 Assistant (CSS), Steno Gr. `C` (CSSS), Librarian, 6500-200-10500 9300-34800 4200 2

S No.

Pay Scale during 5th CPC

Pay scale granted by Govt during 6th CPC

HAG+ Member Postal Services Board HAG CPMG/Sr. DDG/CGM SAG JS&FA/PMG/DDG/GM (Fin) /Chief EngineerJAG in NFSG Director/DA (P) /Director MV/Director (OL)/Superintending. Engineer

JAG Director/DA (P)/Sr. PPS/Superintending Engineer/Sr. Architect

4800 & 5400 after 4 years

4800 & 5400 after 4 years

Postmaster/Head Record Officer/Manager RLO/Head Sorting Assistant in HSG-I

5 5500-175-9000 9300-34800 4200 2

6 Steno Gr. I in subordinate offices 5500-175-9000 9300-34800 4200 2

Inspector of Posts, Librarian, Office Supdt. (Postal/Civil/Electrical), Statistical Assistant, Sr. Accountant

7 Steno Gr. II in subordinate offices 5000-150-8000 9300-34800 4200 2

Post

(in Rupees) Pay Band Grade Pay Pay Band No

(In Rupees) (In Rupees)

Non-Gazetted Staff: - (Group “C”)

1 5000-150-8000 9300-34800 4200 2

2 4500-125-7000 5200-20200 2800 1

Postal Machine Assistant Grade-I, Reader 4000-100-6000 5200-20200 2400 1Caretaker, 4000-100-6000 5200-20200 2400 1

3 (a) Driver Special Grade 5000-150-8000 9300-34800 4200 2(b) Driver Grade-I 4500-125-7000 5200-20200 2800 1(c) Driver Grade-II 4000-100-6000 5200-20200 2400 1(d) Driver Grade-III 3050-75-3950-80-4590 5200-20200 1900 1

4

4000-100-6000 5200-20200 2400 1

5 3050-75-3950-80-4590 5200-20200 1900 1

6 Highly Skilled Artisans Grade-III, II& I 3050-75-3950-80-4590 1900 1

S No.



HSG-II Accountant, Manager RLO, Supervisor Foreign Post, HSG-II SPM/ Dy. PM/ Asstt. PM/ Asstt. Presidency PM, Record Clerk, Sub Record Officer, Head Sorting Assistant, Assistant Manager/ Dy. Manager/Manager PSD/Head Asstt. PSD, Nasik/BCRPA/Head Clerk (Postal/Electrical Div.)/Steno. Gr.-II

LSG Dy. PM, Asstt. PM, Dy. Sub PM, Asstt SPM, SPM, Public Relation Inspector, LSG Supervisor, LSG Record Officer, Sub Record Officer, LSG Asstt., Head Sorting Asstt., Supervisor Gr. I & II, Head Asstt PSD Nasik, Dy. Asstt. Manager, LSG Charge Hand Technical, TBOP PA, Jr Accountant

Postal Assistant, Sorting Assistant, PO & RMS Accountant (Special Pay Rs.180 per Month), Time scale SPM, Platform Inspector (Time scale), Stenographer Grade-III, Time scale clerk, Cashier, Storekeeper, UDC

Postal Machine Asstt Gr.-II, LDC, Lift Operator, Bindery Assistant/Dispatch Rider

6

(70%Posts)

5200-20200 2400 1

2800 1

7 (i) Postman /Mail Guard Entry (i) 3200-85-4900 2000 1(ii) Postman /Mail Guard TBOP (ii)4000-100-6000 2400 1 Postm (iii) Postman /Mail Guard BCR (iii)4500-125-7000 5200-20200 2800 1

8 Caretaker-cum- Khansama 2750-70-3800-75-4000 5200-20200 1800 1

S No. Post

(in Rupees) Pay Band Grade Pay

(In Rupees) (In Rupees) Semi Skilled Group D

15200-20200 1800 1

Tin & Copper Smith(Semi-skilled)GROUP D Letter Box Peon, Chowkidar, Water Carrier, Sweeper, Scavenger , Farash , Mail 5200-20200 1800

1 Peon,Mailman,Van Peon,Attendant in Rest,HouseCleaner,Form supplier, 1

Gardener,Mail

Upholster, Tyreman, Tin & Copper Smith, C Smith, Carpenter (MMS), Jointer, Blacksmth, Painter, Motor Vehicle Elean Welder, Motor Mechanic(Vehicle)

4000-100-6000 (20% Posts)

4500-125-7000 (10% Posts)



Pay Band No

Carpenter,Machine man,Binder,Painter,Stamp Vender,Jamadar, Motor Vehicle,Mechanic

2650-65-3300-70-4000

Motor Vehicle Electrician,Carpenter.Painter,Jointer,Tyreman,Upholster,Blacksmith

2550-55-2660-60-3200

TABLE 57

NUMBER OF GRAMIN DAK SEWAKS AS ON 31.03.2008

CIRCLE

Total

Andhra Pradesh 29 12611 344 4538 1690 4400 75 41 63 3 3 2514 26311

Assam 35 3172 77 2622 343 1828 0 39 19 3 0 455 8593

Bihar 87 6713 71 4180 473 1556 592 123 17 22 0 961 14795

Chhatisgarh 0 2225 25 1697 142 1317 0 39 0 0 0 59 5504

Delhi 14 95 70 80 44 19 2 0 4 0 0 0 328

Gujarat 34 7194 96 4910 751 1750 0 44 33 1 32 479 15324

Haryana 14 2024 61 903 202 963 0 1 0 0 0 12 4180

Himachal Pradesh 17 2155 17 2679 289 1135 0 2 2 2 0 28 6326

Jammu & Kashmir 21 1284 14 580 83 346 308 4 1 0 0 57 2698

Jharkhand 28 2315 37 2010 149 1297 168 3 0 10 0 82 6099

Karnataka 40 7589 270 4042 1840 87 0 47 49 10 0 545 14519

Kerala 463 3044 232 5707 1295 1083 0 3 2 0 0 0 11829

Madhya Pradesh 60 6115 36 2860 498 4117 150 0 36 0 1 389 14262

Maharashtra 120 9850 250 7303 1273 1742 1 52 6 3 1 150 20751

North Eastern 51 2455 17 2127 198 1935 15 2 12 2 2 262 7078

Orissa 63 5953 296 5201 918 3368 257 25 11 3 0 330 16425

Punjab 9 2833 104 1533 308 573 504 18 5 4 0 146 6037

Rajasthan 23 8163 78 2500 464 3214 0 26 14 1 0 160 14643

Tamil Nadu 191 8596 464 9219 2365 1760 7 31 16 2 0 600 23251

Uttar Pradesh 312 12636 376 10536 1309 4020 1447 46 233 0 0 1474 32389

Uttarakhand 74 2083 0 2578 204 1214 0 0 0 0 0 0 6153

West Bengal 281 5712 233 6152 1046 4030 186 63 20 40 6 891 18660

TOTAL 1966 114817 3168 83957 15884 41754 3712 609 543 106 45 9594 ###

Sub-Postmaster

Branch Postmaster

Stamp Vendor

Delivery Agents

Packers

Mail Carrier

Runner

Messenger

L.B. Peon

Chowkidar

Sweeper

All Other G.D. Sewaks

TABLE 58

POSTAL RATES (INLAND)(Rates Operative w.e.f. 01.06.2002 and Supplementary Postal Services w.e.f. 01.02.2002)

Name of Postal Article Postage1 Post Card

Ordinary Card 50 PaisePrinted Card Rs. 6/-

2 Competition Postcard Rs. 10/-3 Letter Card Rs. 2.504 Unregistered Envelope

For a weight not exceeding 20 grams Rs. 5/-For every additional 20 grams or fraction thereof Rs. 5/-

5 Book Pattern and Sample PacketsFor the first 50 grams Rs. 4/-For every additional 50 grams or fraction thereof Rs. 3/-

6 Book Packets Containing Printed BooksUpto 100 grams Re. 1/-For every additional 100 grams or part thereof Re. 1/-

7 Book Packet containing Periodicals(i) Value of Periodical from Rs.1/- to Rs. 20/- Upto 100 grams Rs. 2/- For every additional 100 grams or part thereof Rs. 3/-(ii) Value of Periodical from Rs.21/- to Rs. 50/- Upto 100 grams Rs. 4/- For every additional 100 grams or part thereof Rs. 5/-(iii) Value of Periodical from Rs.51/- and above Upto 100 grams Rs. 8/- For every additional 100 grams or part thereof Rs. 9/-

8 ParcelsFor a weight not exceeding 500 grams Rs. 19/-For every additional 500 grams or fraction thereof Rs. 16/-

9 For Registered NewsPaperI. Single Copy For a weight not exceeding 50 grams 25 Paise For a weight exceeding 50 grams but not exceeding 100 grams 50 Paise For every additional 100 grams or part thereof, exceeding 100 grams 20 Paise

For a weight not exceeding 100 grams 50 Paise For every additional 100 grams or part thereof, exceeding 100 grams 20 Paise

10 RegistrationFee for registration Rs. 17/-Concessional registration fee for V.P.P. containing Printed Books Rs. 2.50

11 AcknowledgementsFee for each acknowledgement Rs. 3/-

12 Money OrdersFor every sum of Rs. 20/- or fraction thereof Re. 1/-

13 Indian Postal OrdersCommission on each IPOUpto Rs. 10/- Re. 1/-Upto Rs. 20/- Rs. 2/-Upto Rs. 30/- Rs. 3/-Upto Rs. 40/- Rs. 4/-

II. In case of more than one copy of the same issue of a registered newspaper being carried in the same packet

13

Upto Rs. 50/- Rs. 5/-Upto Rs. 100/- Rs. 10/-

14 InsuranceInsurance Fee upto Rs. 200/- Rs. 10/-For every additional Rs. 100/- or fraction thereof in excess of Rs. 200/- Rs. 6/-

15 V.P. FeeUpto Rs. 20/- Rs. 2/-between Rs. 20/- to Rs. 50/- Rs. 3/-Above Rs. 50/- Rs. 5/-

16 V.P. Inquiry Fee Rs. 1/-17 Postal identity cards(valid for a period of 3 years) Rs. 9/-18 Business reply permit fee (handling charges per article) Re. 1/-19 Warehousing Charges on VP articles for detention beyond 7 days

For Parcels(per day) Rs. 3/-For other articles(per day) Rs. 2/-

20 Certificate of PostingFor 3 articles or less Rs. 3/-

21 Airmail FeeI. For Packets (other than letters, postcards & parcels) upto 50 grams Rs. 2/- For every additional 50 grams or fraction thereof Re. 1/-II. Parcels for first 50 grams Rs. 2/- For every additional 50 grams Re. 1/-

22 Late Feei. Late Fee Charge for unregistered articles (per article) Rs. 2/-ii. Late Fee Charge for registered articles (per article) Rs. 3/-iii. Special Additional Late Fee Charge (per article) Rs. 3/-

23 Rs. 2/-

24 Rs. 2/-

25 Fee for recall of Postal articles (per article) Rs. 6/-26 Rent for Boxes/Bags

(a). Post Boxes or Bags if taken separately(i). If rented for full financial year Rs. 150/-

Rs. 50/-

(b). Post Box and Bag combined together with the same or different number(i). If rented for full financial year Rs. 250/-

Rs. 80/-

27 Money Order Form 25 Paise

Source: Costing & Rates Section

Fee for obtaining copy of original receipt signed by addressee (for regd. per article)Supplementary charge for issue of a foreign money order telegraphed under Rule 172 of Indian Post Office Rules (per foreign money order)

(ii). For three calender months or part thereof, if rented for a period of less than a full financial year

(ii). For three calender months or part thereof, if rented for a period of less than a full financial year

(Rates Operative w.e.f. 01.06.2002 and Supplementary Postal Services w.e.f. 01.02.2002)

TABLE 59

POSTAL COMPLAINTS( in Thousand)

Items 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08

No. of Complaints received 747.0 936.6 958.6 795.2 822.8

Details of Complaints

1Unregistered Mails

8.6 6.8 7.6 6.6 7.6

2Speed Post articles

88.4 108.6 120.4 106.7 118.1

3 190.7 216.3 209.3 218.4 254.5

4 11.4 12.8 17.6 12.2 15.3

5VPL/VPPs

24.6 31.6 45.6 40.1 27.6

6 15.6 14.9 16.3 18.8 42.5

7T.M.Os.

13.3 13.9 13.7 10.1 1.5

8M.Os.

342.9 477.9 455.8 323.4 281.7

9SB & CC

16.6 21.4 35.3 21.8 21.2

10 5.0 3.5 3.2 2.8 2.8

11Miscellaneous

29.9 28.9 33.8 34.3 50.0

TOTAL 747.0 936.6 958.6 795.2 822.8

Source : PG Section

Registered and Insured letters

Registered and Insured Parcels

Foreign Mails(Inward + Outward)

Management of Office/Staff

Table 60

No. of Complaints received, settled and pending(Circle-wise) during 2006-07

Circle Received Total Settled Pending

Andhra Pradesh 1778 43439 45217 44175 1042 1040 2 0 0Assam 650 17283 17933 17299 634 474 159 1 0Bihar 4110 28969 33079 29127 3952 2754 969 229 0Chhatisgarh 569 8287 8856 8650 206 206 0 0 0Delhi 7068 102520 109588 102477 7111 6784 321 6 0Gujarat 1954 49855 51809 50361 1448 1423 25 0 0Haryana 563 17323 17886 17430 456 441 7 8 0Himachal Pradesh 216 4130 4346 4235 111 110 1 0 0Jammu & Kashmir 618 3791 4409 4127 282 218 44 14 6Jharkhand 631 4534 5165 4779 386 316 70 0 0Karnataka 3912 71922 75834 73615 2219 1954 120 105 40Kerala 1679 24360 26039 24636 1403 1350 34 18 1Madhya Pradesh 970 32356 33326 32013 1313 1313 0 0 0Maharashtra 10744 111467 122211 117199 5012 4328 640 44 0North-East 343 9722 10065 9114 951 828 65 58 0Orissa 1563 11486 13049 12289 760 676 74 10 0Punjab 2081 27181 29262 28085 1177 1141 36 0 0Rajasthan 1307 23425 24732 23875 857 857 0 0 0Tamilnadu 3296 111420 114716 112453 2263 2257 3 0 3Uttar Pradesh 3582 57005 60587 56029 4558 4310 248 0 0Uttarankhand 334 8868 9202 9010 192 192 0 0 0West Bengal 7962 52775 60737 55460 5277 4016 1091 140 30Base P.O. 503 4091 4594 4247 347 295 51 1 0

TOTAL 56433 826209 882642 840685 41957 37283 3960 634 80

Source : PG Section

Opening Balance

Below 3 months

3 - 6 months

6 - 12 months

Over 12 months

Table 61

No. of Complaints Received, Settled and Pending (Article-wise) during 2007-08

CircleRegd. and Insured Letters Regd. and Insured Parcels

Received Total Settled Pending Received Total Settled Pending

Andhra Pradesh 701 19697 20398 19961 437 19 816 835 820 15Assam 189 3850 4039 3852 187 9 175 184 168 16Bihar 1902 8046 9948 8467 1481 15 1824 1839 1664 175Chhatisgarh 115 2190 2305 2278 27 8 90 98 93 5Delhi 1070 11716 12786 12036 750 114 4621 4735 3790 945Gujarat 668 21672 22340 21802 538 20 505 525 514 11Haryana 156 2023 2179 2095 84 20 100 120 114 6Himachal Pradesh 80 1156 1236 1199 37 5 72 77 73 4Jammu & Kashmir 197 771 968 875 93 6 39 45 33 12Jharkhand 166 743 909 848 61 4 62 66 42 24Karnataka 915 25560 26475 25736 739 62 1037 1099 1054 45Kerala 478 9462 9940 9577 363 68 476 544 489 55Madhya Pradesh 357 11653 12010 11256 754 13 255 268 267 1Maharashtra 2975 43649 46624 44781 1843 156 1529 1685 1451 234North-East 13 1595 1608 1511 97 25 319 344 326 18Orissa 513 3589 4102 3879 223 22 191 213 201 12Punjab 435 4499 4934 4718 216 32 699 731 699 32Rajasthan 554 9192 9746 9397 349 36 448 484 461 23Tamilnadu 1289 42538 43827 43090 737 33 922 955 916 39Uttar Pradesh 952 11692 12644 11864 780 62 488 550 511 39Uttarankhand 85 1575 1660 1627 33 7 125 132 125 7West Bengal 2359 16764 19123 17531 1592 67 421 488 417 71Base P.O. 120 824 944 851 93 6 39 45 36 9TOTAL 16289 254456 270745 259231 11514 809 15253 16062 14264 1798

Source : PG Section

Opening Balance

Opening Balance

Table 61 (continued)

No. of Complaints Received, Settled and Pending (Articles-wise) during 2007-08

CircleV.P.P. / V.P.L. Money Order

Received Total Settled Pending Received Total Settled Pending

Andhra Pradesh 21 360 381 373 8 878 16576 17454 17026 428Assam 49 256 305 291 14 341 7218 7559 7302 257Bihar 6 181 187 118 69 1019 11820 12839 11495 1344Chhatisgarh 24 235 259 255 4 182 3224 3406 3300 106Delhi 2366 10810 13176 12425 751 2677 23546 26223 25048 1175Gujarat 43 331 374 363 11 798 18198 18996 18534 462Haryana 24 142 166 162 4 260 8543 8803 8612 191Himachal Pradesh 6 51 57 56 1 88 1829 1917 1885 32Jammu & Kashmir 65 122 187 160 27 278 1868 2146 2028 118Jharkhand 2 11 13 7 6 205 2541 2746 2637 109Karnataka 43 517 560 538 22 1033 23623 24656 24242 414Kerala 46 320 366 340 26 366 5870 6236 5958 278Madhya Pradesh 20 347 367 350 17 383 12822 13205 13014 191Maharashtra 2868 6117 8985 8492 493 2471 39404 41875 40650 1225North-East 5 726 731 620 111 257 4345 4602 4447 155Orissa 13 177 190 188 2 660 4359 5019 4762 257Punjab 70 813 883 848 35 1019 13936 14955 14367 588Rajasthan 50 745 795 751 44 426 7101 7527 7297 230Tamilnadu 109 1565 1674 1590 84 1031 28293 29324 28598 726Uttar Pradesh 383 3052 3435 2460 975 1135 21878 23013 21953 1060Uttarakhandl 5 170 175 171 4 122 4582 4704 4642 62West Bengal 392 558 950 714 236 2778 17404 20182 18447 1735Base P.O. 0 0 0 0 0 329 2680 3009 2847 162TOTAL 6610 27606 34216 31272 2944 18736 281660 300396 289091 11305

Source : PG Section

Opening Balance

Opening Balance

TABLE 62

LOSS & FRAUD CASES REGISTERED

Items 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08

Regd. & VP 45 36 45 57 34

Insured Letters & Parcels 55 67 83 81 142

Money Orders 264 241 190 225 172

SB/CTD/RD/TD 558 583 613 666 645

NSC 60 56 25 46 27

Cash Stamps 302 291 265 270 241

Miscellaneous 603 550 523 412 344

TOTAL 1887 1824 1744 1757 1605

Source: Investigation Section TABLE 63

MAIL MOTOR SERVICE

ITEMS 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08

259.80 255.21 269.07 290.00 285.00

4816.90 5067.54 5510.08 5827.00 6193.00

Total Number of Vehicles1149 1149 1207 1223 1223

Source : MV Section

Total Annual Kilometerage (in Lakhs)

Total Annual Expenditure (Rs. in Lakhs)

TABLE 64

POSTAL BUILDINGS (CIRCLE-WISE) AS ON 31.03.2008

CirclePostal Buildings* R.M.S. Units* Other Units*

Deptt. Rented Rent-fre Deptt. Rented Rent-fre Deptt. RentedRent-free

Andhra Pradesh 304 2164 84 12 48 0 14 111 0

Assam 158 455 0 8 29 0 3 13 0

Bihar 179 790 99 46 51 1 14 71 0

Chhatisgarh 37 278 19 0 8 0 1 2 0

Delhi 113 213 39 3 6 0 15 0 0

Gujarat 233 1064 28 1 26 0 16 17 0

Haryana 76 356 52 8 6 0 4 2 0

Himachal Pradesh 74 368 22 1 6 0 5 2 0

Jammu & Kashmir 33 200 21 1 0 0 0 4 0

Jharkhand 69 329 52 0 16 0 0 4 0

Karnataka 369 1395 69 5 26 0 29 8 0

Kerala 247 1214 40 6 28 0 10 11 0

Madhya Pradesh 194 761 101 10 14 0 19 4 0

Maharashtra 348 1849 139 22 49 0 21 23 9

North Eastern 88 194 51 0 0 0 11 4 0

Orissa 142 956 108 3 32 0 15 32 0

Punjab 135 571 101 2 11 0 8 6 0

Rajasthan 291 941 106 13 31 0 5 14 0

Tamil Nadu 273 2405 65 17 32 0 11 13 0

Uttar Pradesh 287 2033 186 16 69 10 31 16 0

Uttarakhand 50 297 36 0 0 0 4 9 0

West Bengal 267 1532 0 25 0 0 34 43 0

TOTAL 3967 20365 1418 199 488 11 270 409 9

N.B.(ii) Administrative Offices have been shown under "Other Units".

Source: Building Section *Provisional

(i). Offices functioning from more than one building have been treated as One Unit

TABLE 65

STAFF QUARTERS AVAILABLE AS ON 31.03.2008*

Circle Type of Quarters

I II III IV V VI VII/VIIIOther Total Deptt. rented

1 Andhra Pradesh 335 767 145 8 11 0 0 0 1266 254 0

2 Assam 225 250 74 11 2 1 0 0 563 144 0

3 Bihar 325 515 147 31 6 1 0 67 1092 67 0

4 Chhatisgarh 94 111 30 7 3 0 0 0 245 26 155

5 Delhi 384 822 260 23 4 0 1 0 1494 70 0

6 Gujarat 515 525 152 48 7 1 0 163 1411 163 404

7 Haryana 148 187 46 12 4 0 0 0 397 62 459

8 Himachal Pradesh 189 216 82 12 1 0 0 0 500 66 191

9 Jammu & Kashmir 25 67 53 10 1 0 0 12 168 12 13

10 Jharkhand 164 253 63 5 1 0 0 0 486 65 213

11 Karnataka 444 719 170 37 8 0 0 0 1378 301 670

12 Kerala 203 329 60 10 4 2 5 0 613 147 129

13 Madhya Pradesh 256 458 177 30 6 0 0 129 1056 129 214

14 Maharashtra 844 954 395 42 6 3 0 0 2244 239 675

15 North East 137 157 52 6 6 0 0 0 358 72 110

16 Orissa 249 515 257 26 6 1 0 116 1170 116 530

17 Punjab 260 315 126 24 6 0 0 103 834 103 39

18 Rajasthan 487 653 405 42 6 1 0 0 1594 193 230

19 Tamil Nadu 477 630 115 31 7 2 0 180 1442 180 1032

20 Uttar Pradesh 652 790 124 37 10 3 6 0 1622 218 369

21 Uttarakhand 92 203 16 3 0 0 0 47 361 47 169

22 West Bengal 506 819 121 15 1 0 0 57 1519 57 0

TOTAL 7011 10255 3070 470 106 15 12 874 21813 2731 5602number of post attached Deptt.quarters

Source: Building Section * Provisional

S. No.

Licence free post attached quarters

Note: Total includes Licence free

Table 66

Circle

Andhra Pradesh 5 3454 10875

Assam 4 3205 12269

Bihar 4 1984 9696

Chhatisgarh 2 2671 9727

Gujarat 4 5617 13976

Haryana 1 1007 3171

Jammu & Kashmir 1 693 2276

Jharkhand 2 1182 5684

Madhya Pradesh 1 2028 9285

Maharashtra 2 2137 6780

North-East 1 460 1779

Orissa 3 2527 10568

Punjab 2 1511 4767

Rajasthan 5 4989 20328

Tamilnadu 2 1599 4166

Uttar Pradesh 10 14601 56890

Uttarakhand 1 1012 4445

West Bengal 2 1341 4478

TOTAL 52 52018 191160

Source : Medical Section

Number of Dispensaries, Card Holders and Beneficiaries - Circlewise as on 31-03-2008

No. of Dispensaries

No. of Card Holders

No. of Beneficiaries

2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-080

10000

20000

30000

40000

50000

60000

70000

80000

90000

100000

110000

120000

130000

140000

150000

160000

1392

25

1391

20

1390

74

1390

46

1391

73

16444 16396 16259 16158 15862

NUMBER OF POST OFFICES

URBAN RURAL

YEARS

NUMBERS

`

2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-080

10000

20000

30000

40000

50000

60000

70000

80000

90000

100000

110000

120000

130000

140000

150000

160000

1392

25

1391

20

1390

74

1390

46

1391

73

16444 16396 16259 16158 15862


URBAN RURAL

YEARS

NUMBERS

2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-080

100000

200000

300000

400000

500000

600000

700000

800000

425693443185

502349532244

549490563215

581369

623337

657196

700634

REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE (Rs. in Lakhs)

REVENUE EXPENDITUREYEARS

AM

OU

NT

2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-080

100000

200000

300000

400000

500000

600000

700000

800000

425693443185

502349532244

549490563215

581369

623337

657196

700634


REVENUE EXPENDITUREYEARSA

MO

UN

T

2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-080

100000

200000

300000

400000

500000

600000

700000

800000

425693443185

502349532244

549490563215

581369

623337

657196

700634


REVENUE EXPENDITUREYEARS

AM

OU

NT

2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-070

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

700 702

649

696

658

242 250 250 250 250

AVERAGE COST & REVENUE PER LETTER CARD

COST REVENUEYEAR

PA

ISE

2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-070

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

706689

659

710697

50 50 50 50 50

AVERAGE COST & REVENUE PER POST CARD

COST

REVENUE

YEAR

PA

ISE

2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-080

200

400

600

800

1000

12008

49

10

35

10

35

11

03

10

82

NUMBER OF PHILATELIC COUNTERS

YEARS

NU

MB

ER

S

2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-080

200

400

600

800

1000

1200

84

9

10

35

10

35

11

03

10

82

NUMBER OF PHILATELIC COUNTERS

YEARS

NU

MB

ER

S

2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-080

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

3000

3500

4000

2208

.7

2857

.8

3098

.2

3297

.8

3550

POSTAL LIFE INSURANCE

No. of Policies (in Thousands)

Years

Nu

mb

er

2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08500

550

600

650

700

750

800

850

900

950

1000

747

937

959

795

823

POSTAL COMPLAINTS

No. of Complaints(in '000)YEAR

NU

MB

ER

2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-080

50

100

150

200

250

300

283.

4

221.

2

190.

0

195.

6

245.

8

INDIAN POSTAL ORDERS SOLD (in Lakhs)

YEAR

NU

MB

ER

2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-080.0

200.0

400.0

600.0

800.0

1000.0

1200.0

1101

.5

1016

.0

957.

9

991.

0

910.

5

INLAND MONEY ORDERS ( in Lakh)

YEAR

NU

MB

ER

Delhi Mumbai Kolkata Chennai Bangalore Hyderabad0

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

3000

3500

4000

METRO MAIL HANDLED PER DAY

2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06

Years

Nu

mb

ers(

in T

ho

usa

nd

)

2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-080

10000

20000

30000

40000

50000

60000

0.00%175.00%350.00%525.00%700.00%875.00%1050.00%1225.00%1400.00%1575.00%1750.00%1925.00%2100.00%2275.00%2450.00%2625.00%2800.00%2975.00%3150.00%3325.00%3500.00%3675.00%

4256944318

5023553224

54949

74739533

1202115075

20407

0.1756 0.2151 0.2393 0.2832

37.1400

India Post Overall Vs. Premium Products Revenue

Total Revenue

Revenue BD

Percentage of BD

Year

Ru

pee

s in

Mil

lio

n

Pe

rce

nta

ge

Speed Post Business Post Exprpess Post Retail Post 0

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

3000

3500

4000

4500

5000

5500

6000

6500

7000

7500

8000

8500

9000

9500

10000

TRAFFIC OF IMPORTANT PREMIUM PRODUCTS (in Lakh )

2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06

Years

TR

AF

FIC

(in

Lak

h)

Speed Post Business Post Exprpess Post Retail Post 0.00

100.00

200.00

300.00

400.00

500.00

600.00

700.00

800.00

REVENUE OF IMPORTANT PREMIUM PRODUCTS (Rupees in Crore )

2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06Years

Rev

enu

e (R

up

ees

in C

rore

)

4084.2

457.63

2.19

6100.5

280.68651.07

444.77

Product-wise Revenue Segmentation of Business Development Activities (2005-06) (Rs. in Million)

Speed Post

Express Post

Greeting Post

Business Post

Media Post

Retail Post

Other Business Services

Chart-1 NUMBER OF POST OFFICES

YEAR RURAL URBAN2003-04 139225 164442004-05 139120 163962005-06 139074 162592006-07 139046 161582007-08 139173 15862

Chart-2 REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE(Rs. in Lakhs)

YEAR REVENUE EXPENDITURE2003-04 425693 5632152004-05 443185 5813692005-06 502349 6233372006-07 532244 6571962007-08 549490 700634

Chart-3YEAR INDIAN POSTAL ORDERS SOLD (IN Lakhs)2003-04 283.42004-05 221.22005-06 190.02006-07 195.62007-08 245.8

Chart-4YEAR INLAND MONEY ORDERS(In lakh)2003-04 1101.52004-05 1016.02005-06 957.92006-07 991.02007-08 910.5

Chart-5 Letter CardYEAR COST REVENUE2002-03 700 2422003-04 702 2502004-05 649 2502005-06 696 2502006-07 658 250

Chart-6 Post CardYEAR COST REVENUE2002-03 706 502003-04 689 502004-05 659 502005-06 710 502006-07 697 50

Chart72003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08

No. of Philatelic Count 849 1035 1035 1103 1082

Chart-8 POSTAL LIFE INSURANCE2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08

2208.7 2857.8 3098.2 3297.8 3550

Chart-9 POSTAL COMPLAINTS

2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08

No. of Policies (in Thousands)

No. of Complaints(in '0 747 937 959 795 823

GRAPH - 8

METRO MAIL HANDLED PER DAY(Figure in '000 Numbers)

Delhi Mumbai Kolkata Chennai BangalorHyderabad2001-02 3063 3857 1186 1256 1385 6632002-03 1456 3040 1149 1275 546 7742003-04 1234 2933 800 1305 530 10072004-05 1240 3267 823 1110 613 10072005-06 1405 3052 664 1026 724 722

GRAPH - 10TRAFFIC OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PRODUCTS

2001-02 528.06 3672.14 42.78 17.132002-03 634.07 4957.82 57.62 115.232003-04 826.86 6536.18 67.27 464.082004-05 959.78 7080.02 65.81 814.942005-06 1086.00 9911.00 56.00 1244.00

GRAPH - 10REVENUE OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PRODUCTS

2001-02 196.27 166.28 19.31 2.162002-03 243.01 276.86 26.10 7.872003-04 298.36 365.11 31.45 33.652004-05 354.17 473.06 37.70 50.502005-06 408.42 610.05 45.76 65.11

GRAPH - 11

INDIA POST OVERALL Vs. PREMIUM PRODUCTS REVENUE

(Rs. in Millions)Total Rev RevenuePercentage of BD

2003-04 42569 7473 0.17562004-05 44318 9533 0.21512005-06 50235 12021 0.23932006-07 53224 15075 0.28322007-08 54949 20407 37.1400

GRAPH - 1

Product-wise Revenue Segmentation of Business Development Activities 2005-06

(Rs. in million)Speed Post 4084.20Express Post 457.63Greeting Post 2.19Business Post 6100.50Media Post 280.68Retail Post 651.07Other Business Service 444.77TOTAL 12021.04

Speed Post

Business Post

Exprpess Post

Retail Post

Speed Post

Business Post

Exprpess Post

Retail Post

NUMBER OF SAVINGS BANK ACCOUNTS

YEAR 1954-55 1959-60 1964-65 1970-71 1974-75 1979-80 1984-85 1989-90 1994-95 1999-00 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08No .of A/c 5384147 8446149 12097584 20582989 27795860 28923858 41339798 47570215 47511088 59066453 61492639 64342873 69107518

Source: Annual Repots/ Book of Information/ Statistical Digest

1954-55 1959-60 1964-65 1970-71 1974-75 1979-80 1984-85 1989-90 1994-95 1999-00 2005-06 2006-07 2007-080

10000000

20000000

30000000

40000000

50000000

60000000

70000000

53

84

14

7

84

46

14

9

12

09

75

84

20

58

29

89

27

79

58

60

28

92

38

58

41

33

97

98

47

57

02

15

47

51

10

88

59

06

64

53

61

49

26

39

64

34

28

73

69

10

75

18

NUMBER OF SAVINGS BANK ACCOUNTS

No .of A/c

Year

Nu

mb

er

REGISTERED AND UNREGISTERED TRAFFIC(in Lakhs)

YEAR 1989-90 1994-95 1999-00 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08

Registered Traffic 2914.4 3223.4 2759.4 2085.6 2173.1 1998.4Unregistered Traffic 142163.6 132854.5 155057.0 64921.6 64598.7 61913.1


1989-90 1994-95 1999-00 2005-06 2006-07 2007-080.0

20000.0

40000.0

60000.0

80000.0

100000.0

120000.0

140000.0

160000.0

2914.4 3223.4 2759.4 2085.6 2173.1 1998.4

142163.6

132854.5

155057.0

64921.6 64598.7 61913.1

REGISTERED AND UNREGISTERED TRAFFIC(in Lakhs)

Registered Traffic Unregistered Traffic

Year

Tra

ffic

(in

La

kh

s)

NUMBER OF MONEY ORDERS(in Lakhs)

YEAR 1989-90 1994-95 1999-00 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08No. of Money Orders 1109.0 1018.7 1137.3 957.9 991.0 910.5


1989-90 1994-95 1999-00 2005-06 2006-07 2007-080.0

200.0

400.0

600.0

800.0

1000.0

1200.0

11

09

.0

10

18

.7

11

37

.3

95

7.9

99

1.0

91

0.5

NUMBER OF MONEY ORDERS

No. of Money Orders(in Lakhs)Years

Nu

mb

er(

in L

ak

hs

)


YEAR 1954-55 1959-60 1964-65 1970-71 1974-75 1979-80 1984-85 1989-90 1994-95 1999-00 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08Rural 30239 41860 55577 66445 105713 122839 129589 130987 136082 138149 139074 139046 139173Urban 5466 6234 7148 8145 11509 14160 15286 16249 16710 16402 16259 16158 15862Number of post offic 35705 48094 62725 74590 117222 136999 144875 147236 152792 154551 155333 155204 155035


1954-55 1959-60 1964-65 1970-71 1974-75 1979-80 1984-85 1989-90 1994-95 1999-00 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08-10000

10000

30000

50000

70000

90000

110000

130000

150000

170000

30

23

9

4186

0

5557

7

6644

5 1057

13

1228

39

1295

89

1309

87

1360

82

1381

49

1390

74

1390

46

1391

73

5466

6234

7148

8145

11509

1416015286 16249

16710 16402 16259 16158 15862

Urban RuralYears

Nu

mb

er

REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE(Rupees in lakhs)

Year 1984-85 1989-90 1994-95 1999-00 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08

Revenue 44441 70259 117041 202012 502349 532244 549490Expenditure 56866 96558 152222 361594 623337 657196 700634


1984-85 1989-90 1994-95 1999-00 2005-06 2006-07 2007-080

100000

200000

300000

400000

500000

600000

700000

800000

4444170259

117041

202012

502349

532244549490

56866

96558

152222

361594

623337

657196

700634

Revenue

Expenditure

Year

Ru

pe

es

in

La

kh

s

POSTAL LIFE INSURANCE (NUMBER OF POLICIES)

YEAR 1954-55 1959-60 1964-65 1970-71 1974-75 1979-80 1984-85 1989-90 1994-95 1999-00 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08

129225 155222 177508 234249 340446 731734 1156497 1620643 2092921 2451587 3098248 3297825 3550084


No. of Postal Life Insurance Policies

1954-55 1959-60 1964-65 1970-71 1974-75 1979-80 1984-85 1989-90 1994-95 1999-00 2005-06 2006-07 2007-080

500000

1000000

1500000

2000000

2500000

3000000

3500000

4000000

1292

25

1552

22

1775

08

2342

49

3404

46 7317

34 1156

497 16

2064

3 2092

921

2451

587

3098

248

3297

825

3550

084

No. of Postal Life Insurance PoliciesYear

1954-55 1959-60 1964-65 1970-71 1974-75 1979-80 1984-85 1989-90 1994-95 1999-00 2005-06 2006-07 2007-080

500000

1000000

1500000

2000000

2500000

3000000

3500000

4000000

1292

25

1552

22

1775

08

2342

49

3404

46 7317

34 1156

497 16

2064

3 2092

921

2451

587

3098

248

3297

825

3550

084

No. of Postal Life Insurance PoliciesYear