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 Traffic
5 Registered Postal Traffic
6 Unregistered Traffic(Circle-wise)
7 Registered Traffic(Circle-wise)
8 Metro Data
9 Inland Money Orders including Telegraphic Money Orders issued
10 Estimated Postal Traffic from India to Foreign Countries
11 Estimated Postal Traffic from Foreign Countries to India
12 Airmail(Domestic & Foreign) Traffic
Business Post Service
13 Premium Product Services - Traffic and Revenue

14 International Speed Post Traffic(Outward)
15 Inland Speed Post Service Centres
16 Countries covered under International Speed Post Service
Financial Management
17 Revenue and Expenditure

18 Freight Charges Paid for conveyance of Mails
19 Review of Revenue Receipts
20 Review of Expenditure
21 Percentage of items of Expenditure to Revenue earned
22 Percentage Break-up of Working Expenses
23 Statement Showing the Average Cost & Average Revenue of various Postal Services
24 Number and Value of Indian Postal Orders sold and Commission realised thereon
25 Funds allocated under Plan Scheme to the North-Eastern Region including
Assam and Sikkim during Tenth Plan
Financial Services
26 No. of Post Offices doing Savings Bank/Savings Certificate Work

27 Agency Services - Savings Bank including Certificates
28 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)
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 Bank
35 Remuneration on account of Savings Certificates
36 Philately
37 Postal Life Insurance
38 Rural Postal Life Insurance
Postal Network
39 Circle-wise distribution of Post Offices

40 Circle-wise distribution of Post Offices (Classified Function-wise)
41 Post Offices : Rural, Urban, Population served and area served
42 Population served by a Post Office in Rural Area
43 Population served by a Post Office in Urban Area
44 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 Units
48 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-Gazetted
52 Actual Staff Strength of Important Categories
53 Non-Gazetted Actual Staff Statistics (Group-wise & Circle-Wise)
54 Distribution of manpower in different categories of Post Offices
55 Actual Staff Strength since 31.3.1990
56 Pay Scales of Various Categories of Gazetted & Non-Gazetted Staff
57 No. of Gramin Dak Sewaks
Miscellaneous
58 Postal Rates (Inland)

59 Postal Complaints
60 No. of Complaints received, settled and pending(Circle-wise)
61 No. of Complaints received, settled and pending(Article wise)
62 Loss and Fraud Cases Registered
63 Mail Motor Service
64 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
Total Literacy Rate (Person) (2001 Census) 64.84
21 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
Total Number of Countries covered under International Speed Post

19 73
(Merchandise & documents - both)
Number of Countries covered under International Speed Post (documents

20 24
only)
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
*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
Registered Newspapers
(Single+Bundal)
Unregistered Packets ( Printed

Book+ Periodicals +Book Pattren
& S. Pack.)
Unregistered Parcels
Acknowledgements
Total (A)
(B) P & T Service
Letters
Postcards/Ackd.
Packets
Parcels
Total (B)
Grand Total (A + B)
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

x. V.P. Packet containing Book Pattern &
Sample Packets
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
vi. Registered Packet containing Printed Books

& Periodicals
Total (B)
Total Registered Mail(A + B)

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
Other than P&T

Circles TOTAL
P & 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)
Number of
Population Average Total
No. of Letter Boxes POs Number of
Metro-Mail
City Segregat- Delivery
handled per
ing Metro POs
#(in lakhs) day
Red Green Blue Mail
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

TABLE 9
INLAND MONEY ORDERS INCLUDING TELEGRAPHIC MONEY ORDERS ISSUED

DURING 2007-08
Circles Numbers Value Commission

(in lakh) ( Rs.in lakh)
Andhra Pradesh 33.65 32835.43 1145.91
Assam 0.94 7717.39 380.98
Bihar 8.57 6628.71 191.14
Chhattisgarh 5.24 7354.61 302.70
Delhi 18.89 26922.76 1056.30
Gujarat 27.88 41930.33 1699.32
Haryana 8.33 17170.97 641.63
Himachal Pradesh 9.53 11974.49 578.82
Jammu & Kashmir 3.00 6290.54 305.09
Jharkhand 4.42 6192.00 234.14
Karnataka 184.13 116164.05 5465.58
Kerala 87.32 82176.67 3771.24
Madhya Pradesh 23.26 15803.82 775.81
Maharashtra 90.55 117627.13 5533.82
North Eastern 9.54 7789.17 389.36
Orissa 14.02 10802.83 371.20
Punjab 17.86 26687.76 1093.89
Rajasthan 43.83 43951.48 1873.15
Tamil Nadu 212.53 135278.67 6440.50
Uttar Pradesh 39.20 27022.55 1138.32
Uttarakhand 8.18 14980.09 762.39
West Bengal 45.35 34579.89 1728.96
Base P.O. 14.24 38424.48 778.13
Total 910.46 836305.82 36658.38
INLAND MONEY ORDERS DURING 2003-2004 TO 2007-08
Items %age
Decrease/
increase in
2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2007-08
over 2003-
04
Number issued(in Lakh) 1101.47 1015.98 957.90 991.00 910.46 -17.34
Value of M.O. Issued (Rs.in

687502.4 705216.51 718342.93 775670.57 836305.82 21.64
lakh)
Commission(Rs.in Lakh) 31137.50 32031.40 32792.43 34791.64 36658.38 17.73
Average Value of Money
624.17 694.12 749.91 782.72 918.55 47.16
Orders (In Rs.)
Source : Book - II Section

TABLE 10
POSTAL TRAFFIC FROM INDIA TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES

ALL COUNTRIES EXCLUDING NEPAL, BHUTAN & BANGLADESH
Articles
A.Unregistered Airmail Articles

Letters
Post Card
Aerogramme
All other Articles
Total(A)
B.Unregistered Surfacemail Articles

Letters
Post Card
Aerogramme
All other Articles
Total(B)
Total(A+B)
C.Registered Airmail Articles

Letters
Post Card
Aerogramme
All other Articles
Total(C)
D.Registered Surfacemail Articles

Letters
Post Card
Aerogramme
All other Articles
Total(D)
Total(C+D)
TABLE 10 (continued)
POSTAL TRAFFIC FROM INDIA TO NEPAL, BHUTAN & BANGLADESH

Articles

Letters
Post Card
Aerogramme
All other Articles
Total(A)

Letters
Post Card
Aerogramme
All other Articles
Total(B)
Total(A+B)

Letters
Post Card
Aerogramme
All other Articles
Total(C)

Letters
Post Card
Aerogramme
All other Articles
Total(D)
Total(C+D)
TABLE 11
Estimated Postal Traffic from Foreign countries to India 2007-08
(In Thousand)
%age
Decrease/
Articles 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 increase in
2007-08 over
2003-04
Letters 64366 45426 39351 34554 41340 -35.77
Post Card 934 964 1047 558 478 -48.82
Aerogramme 1176 904 1141 1979 492 -58.16
All other Articles 8161 8479 10872 9963 8884 8.86
Total(A) 74637 55773 52411 47054 51194 -31.41

Letters 3304 6023 6359 7981 9322 182.16
Post Card 164 112 181 119 297 80.72
Aerogramme NA NA NA NA NA NA
Total(B) 4652 12858 13377 14354 15843 240.56
Total(A+B) 79289 68631 65788 61408 67037 -15.45

Letters 4392 4962 4383 3860 4003 -8.87
Post Card 210 264 216 240 221 5.29
Aerogramme 584 715 529 587 608 4.14

Total(C) 5847 6590 5859 5303 5530 -5.43

Letters 518 613 881 633 613 18.23
Post Card 77 82 81 109 85 9.79
Aerogramme NA NA NA NA NA NA
Total(D) 723 854 1343 1069 1031 42.57
Total(C+D) 6571 7444 7202 6372 6561 -0.15
Source:Unregistered data - Estimated by enumeration; Registered data - Postal Circle

TABLE 10
OM INDIA TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES

DING NEPAL, BHUTAN & BANGLADESH
LE 10 (continued)
NDIA TO NEPAL, BHUTAN & BANGLADESH

TABLE 12
AIR MAIL - (DOMESTIC & FOREIGN) TRAFFIC
Items
1. Total weight of Air-Mail carried(in Lakh Kg.)
(a) Domestic
(b) Foreign
(in ward)
(outward)
2. No. of Foreign Parcels (in thousand)
(a). Outward Parcels handled
(b). Inwards Parcels handled
(c). Transit Parcels handled
3. Amount paid for carrying mail (Rs. in Lakh)
(a). Indian Airlines
(b). Air India
(c). Foreign Airlines
(d). Private Airlines
Total Amount Paid

Table 13
Premium Products Services - Traffic

(in lakh )
%age
Decrease/
increase in
Services 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08
2007-08
over 2003-
04
Speed Post 826.86 959.78 1085.93 1286.00 1772.59 114.38
Express Post 67.27 65.81 55.74 56.00 63.94 -4.95
Business Post 6536.18 7780.02 9911.36 12350.00 17902.14 173.89
Satelite Post 15.06 NA NA N.A. N.A. 0.00
Retail Post 464.08 814.94 1243.89 1523.00 6514.13 1303.67
Media Post n.a n.a n.a n.a. n.a. 0.00
Bill Mail NA 585.50 998.87 1523.00 4318.25 332.31
e-Bill Post NA 18.25 24.86 25.00 67.73 172.45
Greetings n.a n.a n.a n.a. n.a. 0.00
Others 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 93.82
Express Post 3145.00 3770.39 4576.40 4856.42 5352.71 70.20
Business Post 36511.47 47305.95 61005.49 82698.00 107077.61 193.27
Satelite Post 62.67 NA NA N.A. N.A. 0.00
Retail Post 3365.09 5050.02 6510.79 10494.02 14995.60 345.62
Media Post 574.76 636.09 2806.82 1270.53 1769.40 207.85
Bill Mail NA 1935.03 3309.53 4917.63 13733.39 314.96
e-Bill Post NA 92.74 125.97 128.13 470.88 273.80
Greetings 39.52 41.91 21.86 8.77 48.90 23.73
Others 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, 2004
NA: Not Applicable, n.a.: Not Available
Source: BD& M Directorate
TABLE 14
INTERNATIONAL SPEED POST TRAFFIC(Outward)
FROM APRIL, 2007 TOChennai
MARCH, 2008
Mumbai Delhi
Month Kolkata
April 50264 3108 11281 20427
May 49046 3171 12242 19123
June 55924 2852 13089 22913
July 59909 3506 12317 23330
August 65116 3736 12770 28921
September 59843 2544 10496 22887
October 59151 3579 11564 24510
November 63576 3435 11740 24811
December 69616 4545 15083 26016
January 69961 5248 12771 25344
February 88037 3211 14882 25033
March 67920 3743 15907 26268
TOTAL 758363 42678 154142 289583
Source : DAA Section
TABLE 15
INLAND SPEED POST SERVICE CENTRES
Circles Cities having Speed Post Centers
Anantapur,Bhimavaram,Chittor,Cuddapah, Eluru, Guntakal, Guntur, Hyderabad, Kakinada,Khammam Kurnool,

Andhra Pradesh Madanapalle,Nellore,Nizamabad,Ongole,Proddatur,Rajahmundry, Srikakulam,Tirupati ,Vijaywada, Vishakhapatanam,
Vizianagaram, Warrangal
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, Raipur

Delhi New Delhi
Gujarat Ahmedabad,Anand, Jamnagar, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara, Valsad
Ambala, Bhiwani, Faridabad, Gurgaon, Hisar, Jind, Kaithal, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Panchkula, Panipat, Riwari, Rohtak,
Haryana
Sirsa, Sonepat, Yamuna Nagar
Himachal Pradesh Dharmshala, Hamirpur, Mandi, Shimla, Solan

Jammu & Kashmir Jammu, Srinagar
Jharkhand Bokaro, Dhanbad, Jamshedpur, Ranchi
Bagalkot, Bangalore, Belgaum, Bellary, Bidar, Bijapur, Chikmaglure, Chithradurga, Davanagere, Dharwad, Gadag,
Karnataka
Gokak, Gulbarga, Hassan, Haveri, Hospet, Kolar, Koppal, Mangalore, Mysore, Raichur, Sirsi, Udupi
Allappuzha, Aluva, Kannur, Kochi, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram Pallakkad, Pathanamthitta, Tiruvalla,
Kerala
Trissur, Trivandrum
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
Amritsar, Batala, Bhatinda,Chandigarh, Ferozepur, Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur, Jagraon, Jalandhar, Kapurthala, Khanna,
Punjab
Ludhiana, Mohali, Pathankot, Patiala, Phagwara, Sangrur
Rajasthan Ajmer, Bikaner. Jairpur, Jodhpur, Kota, Pilani, Udaipur,

Annamalaingar, Abasamudram, Arakkonam, Arupukottai, Bodinayakanur, Chengalpattu,Chennai, Coimbatore,
Cuddalore, Dindigul, Erode, Hosur, Kanchipuram, Karaikudi, Karoor, Kovilpatti, Kumbakonam, Madurai,
Tamil Nadu 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,
Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Mainpuri, Mathura,Mau,Meerut, Mirzapur, Mordabad, Muzafarnagar, Narora, Noida, Orai, Pratapgarh,
Saharanpur, Shahjahanpur, Varanasi
Uttarakhand Almora, Dehradun, Haldwani, Haridwar, Kashipur, Kotdwar, Lansdowne, Mussoorie, Nanital, New Tehri, Pauri, Rishikesh. Roork
West Bengal Asansol, Burdwan, Darjeeling, Durgapur, Gangtok, Howrah, Jalpaiguri. Kharagpur, Kolkata, Malda, Port-Blair, Siliguri
A.P.S. 1CBPO, 2CBPO

TOTAL SPEED POST CENTRES : 290
Source: BD& M Directorate
war, Kashipur, Kotdwar, Lansdowne, Mussoorie, Nanital, New Tehri, Pauri, Rishikesh. Roorkee, Rudraprayag
TABLE 16
COUNTRIES COVERED UNDER INTERNATIONAL SPEED POST SERVICE
Merchandise and Documents : As on 31.03.2008
1 Austria 38 Malawi
2 Australia 39 Malaysia
3 Bangladesh 40 Mauritius
4 Barbados 41 Mongolia
5 Bermuda 42 Morocco
6 Bahrain 43 Namibia
7 Belarus 44 Nauru
8 Bhutan 45 Nepal
9 Botswana 46 Netherlands
10 Brunei Darussalam 47 New Zealand
11 Bulgaria 48 Norway
12 Canada 49 Oman
13 Cayman Island 50 Pakistan
14 Cambodia 51 People's Republic of China
15 Cuba 52 Philippines
16 Cyprus 53 Poland
17 Egypt 54 Portugal
18 Estonia 55 Qatar
19 Entrea 56 Republic of Korea
20 Ethiopia 57 Romania
21 Federal Republic of Germany 58 Russia
22 Fiji 59 Senegal
23 France 60 Singapore
24 Georgia 61 Spain
25 Ghana 62 Sudan
26 Greece 63 Switzerland
27 Hong Kong 64 Tanzania
28 Hungry 65 Taiwan
29 Iceland 66 Turkey
30 Ireland 67 Thailand
31 Israel 68 United Arab Emirates
32 Italy 69 United Kingdom
33 Japan 70 United States of America
34 Jordan 71 Uganda
35 Kenya 72 Ukraine
36 Latvia 73 Vietnam
37 Macau
Documents Only
1 Argentina 13 Mexico
2 Belgium 14 Niger
3 Cape Verde 15 Nigeria
4 Denmark 16 Panama
5 El Salvador 17 Papua New Guinea
6 Guyana 18 Rwanda
7 Indonesia 19 Saudi Arabia
8 Iran 20 Sri Lanka
9 Iraq 21 Sweden
10 Kuwait 22 Tunisia
11 Luxembourg 23 Yemen Arab Republic
12 Maldives 24 Zaire
Source : DA Section
Table 17
REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE
(Rs. in Crore)
%age
Growth
ITEMS 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 over 2006
-07 with
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
Postage realised in
27.15 29.26 29.26 31.57 35.76 13.27
Cash
Commission on
7.47 7.38 6.65 6.65 6.82 2.56
M.Os. & IPOs.
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 %age
Growth
2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 over 2006-
07 with
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 Charges
38.19 43.06 44.57 45.71 52.69 15.27
Others 242.32 235.70 204.49 121.40 113.88 -6.19
Source : Table No. 17 & 18- Budget Section
TABLE 19
REVIEW OF REVENUE RECEIPTS
Actuals revenue receipts under the important categories and Percentage increase/decrease over precedi
2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 %age increa
2004-05
S.No. Category
Amount Amount Amount Amount Amount over
2003-04
1 Sale of Stamps 894.66 798.66 758.56 671.45 566.82 -10.73
2 Postage
realised in 1155.93 1297.11 1469.99 1680.47 1964.81 12.21
Net
cash receipts
3 from other
Receipts on -6.86 -5.51 -43.97 -43.95 -44.24 19.68
postal
account
Admns. of
4
Money
Orders, 2112.78 2216.84 2696.38 2883.41 2886.74 4.93
Indian
Postal
5 Net Other
Orders, Receipts100.42
etc. 124.75 142.53 131.06 120.77 24.23
Total Gross
Revenue
4256.93 4431.85 5023.49 5322.44 5494.90 4.11
Source: Book Section
FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNED ON ACCOUNT OF TERMINAL DUES FOR (LETTER
MAIL )
Calander Foreign Exchange Foreign Exchange Net receipt (+)Net
Year (1st Receipt payment payment (-)
January to
31st Rs. In Rs. In Rs. In
SDR SDR SDR
December) lakhs lakhs lakhs
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

se over preceding year (Rs. In crore)
%age increase/ decrease
2005-06 2005-06 2006-07
over over over
2004-05 2004-05 2005-06
-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

TABLE 20
REVIEW OF EXPENDITURE
Actuals expenditure under the important categories and Percentage increase/decrease over preceding year
(Rs. in Crore)
2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 %age increase/ decrease
2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08
S.No. Category
Amount Amount Amount Amount Amount over over over over
2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07
1 Pay & Allowances,

Contingencies Interim 4192.89 4390.40 4712.71 4803.70 5114.10 4.71 7.34 1.93 6.46
Relief & Other Items
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
Stationery & Printing
5 35.54 33.88 33.96 54.81 53.13 -4.67 0.24 61.40 -3.07
etc.
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
8 Conveyance of Mails-
Payment of Railways & 189.35 123.64 126.31 265.77 261.74 -34.70 2.16 110.41 -1.52
Airmail Carriers
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 Expenditure 5632.15 5813.69 6233.37 6571.96 7006.34 3.22 7.22 5.43 6.61
Source : Book Section

TABLE 21
PERCENTAGE OF ITEMS OF EXPENDITURE TO REVENUE EARNED
Percentage of Revenue
S.No. Items of Expenditure
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
100.0 100.0 100.0
TOTAL
TABLE 22
PERCENTAGE BREAK-UP OF WORKING EXPENSES
The table below shows the percentage which each major item of Working Expenses bears
to the Total Working Expenses :-
Percentage to total
S.No. Major Items of Working Expenses Working Expenses
2005-06 2006-07 2007-08
1 Operative, Administrative, Staff Costs, etc. 75.6 73.1 73.0
2 2.0 4.1 3.7
Conveyance of Mails(Payment to Railways & Air Mail Carriers)
3 0.8 1.3 1.1
Stationery and Printing (including Stamps, Postcards, etc.)
4 0.7 0.7 0.8
Maintenance of assets
5 21.7 21.7 23.0
Pensionary Charges
6 2.4 2.4 2.2
Accounts & Audit Charges
7 0.0 0.0 0.0
Depreciation
8 -3.1 -3.2 -3.8
Deduct - Credits to working expenses
100.0 100.0 100.0
TOTAL

TABLE 23
STATEMENT SHOWING THE AVERAGE COST AND AVERAGE REVENUE IN RESPECT OF VARIOUS POSTAL
SERVICES
(Figures in Paise)
2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07
S. COST REVENUE COST REVENUE COST REVENUE COST
No. Name of Service ( ACTUAL ) ( ACTUAL ) ( ACTUAL ) ( ACTUAL )
1 Postcard 689 50 659 50 710 50 697
2 Printed Postcard 692 600 661 600 709 600 699
3 Competition Postcard 480 1000 443 1000 460 1000 409
4 Letter Card(Inland Letter) 702 250 649 250 696 250 658
5 Letter 796 1004 718 909 785 1020 765
6 Regd. Newspaper-Single 934 39 842 39 858 43 806
7 Regd. Newspaper-Bundle 1589 79 1492 99 1097 74 1030
Book, Post-Book, Pattern

8 1135 727 858 834 858 684 798
& S.Pkts.
9 Book Post-Printed Books 1906 437 1565 388 1467 372 1338
Book Post-Other
10 1807 944 1448 1273 1342 1383 1530
Periodicals
11 Acknowledgement 618 300 600 300 648 300 597
12 Parcel 8094 5717 7077 5730 7682 7271 6058
13 Registration 3290 1700 3355 1700 3360 1700 3441
14 Speed Post 4454 3608 4204 3690 4059 3761 4437
15 Value Payable Post 2109 407 2301 438 1988 434 2063
16 Insurance 4278 5321 4437 5031 4127 5009 4518
17 Money Order 5320 2739 5616 2614 5759 2670 6363
18 Tele-Money Order 6855 2939 7154 2814 7152 2870 0
19 Indian Postal Order 2142 218 2405 300 2246 315 2272
20 Foreign Mail 2371 3556 2501 4123 2821 4526 3318
Source : Costing Section

TABLE 23
COST AND AVERAGE REVENUE IN RESPECT OF VARIOUS POSTAL

SERVICES
2006-07
REVENUE
( ACTUAL )
50
600
1000
250
1001
99
99
661
355
1722
300
6805
1700
3493
423
8460
3517
323
3494
TABLE 24
NUMBER AND VALUE OF INDIAN POSTAL ORDERS SOLD AND

COMMISSION REALISED THEREON, 2007-08
Value Commissio
Numbers
CIRCLES (Rs. in n (Rs. in
(in 000)
thousand) thousand)
Andhra Pradesh 726 23880 2301
Assam 549 14759 1535
Bihar 4915 59135 14809
Chhatisgarh 406 10234 939
Delhi 639 25439 2048
Gujarat 781 14313 1771
Haryana 660 17930 1618
Himachal Pradesh 603 26865 2680
Jammu & Kashmir 136 5189 524
Jharkhand 901 15116 2886
Karnataka 781 26353 2803
Kerala 178 5983 596
Madhya Pradesh 1699 44197 4790
Maharashtra 1007 36859 4525
North - East 221 7501 745
Orissa 549 12711 1261
Punjab 238 8746 869
Rajasthan 2728 100292 12082
Tamil Nadu 404 12715 1332
Uttar Pradesh 5511 118527 12168
Uttarakhand 152 4315 465
West Bengal 758 26839 2380
Base P.O. 35 1081 110
TOTAL 24577 618979 75237
INDIAN POSTAL ORDERS DURING 2003-04 TO 2007-08

(in Lakh)
%age
Decreas
e/
ITEMS 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 increase
in 2007-
08 over
2003-04
No. of IPOs Sold 283.40 221.16 189.99 195.63 245.77 -13.28
Value of IPOs Sold 5568.80 4767.15 5413.63 5388.21 6189.79 11.15
Commission on IPOs 613.40 632.11 598.78 586.89 752.37 22.66
Average Value of 19.65 21.56 28.49 27.54 25.19 28.17
IPOs (in Rs.)

Table 25
Funds Allocated and utilised under Plan Scheme in the North Eastern Region including
Assam and Sikkim during the Annual Plan 2007-08.
Rs. in Crores
Allocation of FundsActual Expenditure

Sl No Plan Scheme/Activity
1 Assess to the Postal Network 2.77 2.70

2 Mail Operations
11.00 25.29
3 Banking and Money transfer operations

0.10 0.11
4 Insurance Operations
0.00 0.09
5 Philately Operations
0.00 0.08
6 Estates Management
1.80 1.09
7 Technology Upgradation and Modernisation

12.52 4.61
8 Human Resources Management

3.10 0.47
9 Marketing Research & Product Development

0.00 0.18
10 Quality Management
0.05 0.00
11 Misecelleneous 0.00 0.21

Total 31.34 34.83
Source :- CP Division
Table 26
No. of Post Offices doing Savings Bank/Saving Certifcate Work as on 31.03.2008
Post Offices doing Savings Bank and Savings Certificates Work

Departmental Extra Departmental
Total Urban Areas Rural Areas Total Urban Areas Rural Areas
Circles Numbe Sub-Office Sub-Office
More Depart-
r of PO Head Head than mental Sub Branc Sub Branch
Singl Doubl More Total Doubl Total h Total Total
PO than 2 PO Single 2 Office Office Office
e e SO e SO Office
hands hand
Andhra Pradesh 16149 92 598 133 286 1017 5 937 288 s98 1323 2437 12 196 208 19 13485 13504
Assam 4006 19 85 76 61 222 0 274 57 51 382 623 0 51 51 35 3297 3332
Bihar * 9055 30 164 76 127 367 1 185 268 192 645 1043 18 17 35 81 7896 7977
Chhattisgarh 3123 10 92 45 58 195 0 83 35 10 128 333 0 18 18 0 2772 2772
Delhi 517 12 105 114 146 365 0 1 2 2 5 382 10 54 64 9 62 71
Gujarat 8935 34 139 155 311 605 0 247 261 140 648 1287 0 127 127 32 7489 7521
Haryana 2653 16 101 88 109 298 0 74 71 28 173 487 3 12 15 11 2140 2151
Himachal Pradesh 2777 15 30 26 44 100 3 153 129 61 343 461 4 0 4 14 2298 2312
Jammu & Kashmir * 1686 9 65 39 41 145 0 59 27 18 104 258 11 17 28 12 1388 1400
Jharkhand 2879 13 81 58 69 208 0 134 73 19 226 447 7 17 24 21 2387 2408
Karnataka 9828 59 397 175 353 925 0 529 229 47 805 1789 7 260 267 28 7744 7772
Kerala 5064 45 139 161 197 497 6 279 411 254 944 1492 60 272 332 405 2835 3240
Madhya Pradesh 8323 42 308 180 204 692 0 249 69 5 323 1057 33 93 126 33 7107 7140
Maharashtra 12828 61 394 211 520 1125 0 484 268 274 1026 2212 14 104 118 103 10395 10498
North - East * 2932 9 40 27 35 102 0 169 36 18 223 334 11 297 308 3 2287 2290
Orissa 8162 35 315 93 111 519 0 371 169 98 638 1192 9 16 25 49 6896 6945
Punjab 3567 22 115 155 186 456 0 166 137 26 329 807 1 11 12 8 2740 2748
Rajasthan 9946 46 277 130 178 585 1 492 173 34 699 1331 6 36 42 46 8527 8573
Tamil Nadu 12093 93 618 248 502 1368 0 607 456 255 1318 2779 31 357 388 173 8753 8926
Uttar Pradesh 16663 71 682 443 462 1587 0 283 382 188 853 2511 109 115 224 263 13665 13928
Uttarakhand 2702 13 86 32 49 167 0 78 68 60 206 386 4 13 17 72 2227 2299
West 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
Table 27
AGENCY SERVICES - SAVINGS BANK INCLUDING CERTIFICATES
S.No SB Schemes
2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08
.
No. of Outstandin No. of Outstandin No. of Outstandin No. of Outstandin No. of Outstandin
Accounts/ g Balances Accounts/ g Balances Accounts/ g Balances Accounts/ g Balances Accounts g Balances
Certificate (Rs. In Certificate (Rs. In Certificate (Rs. In Certificate (Rs. In / (Rs. In
s Crore) s Crore) s Crore) s Crore) Certificat Crore)
es
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 174719458 553233.98
* MIS figure includes FD, NSS, 87 and NSS, 92 figures
N.A. Not Applicable

TABLE 28
POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANK BUSINESS(NO. OF ACCOUNTS) 2007-08
No. of Accounts No. of Accounts

Opened by Closed by Closing
Opening
CIRCLES Balance of
Balance
Accounts
Cash Transfer Cash Transfer
Andhra Pradesh 5783351 993152 13310 25070 5827 6758916
Assam 1240690 107804 870 288545 588 1060231
Bihar
5932641 87996 1244 4290 1497 6016094
(including Jharkhand)
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

TABLE 29
DETAILS OF AMOUNT IN POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANK BUSINESS 2007-08
(Rs. in Crore)
Opening Closing
CIRCLE Credits Debits
Balance Balance
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

TABLE 30
SAVING CERTIFICATES
Number and Amount - Issued and Discharged : 2007-08
ISSUED DISCHARGED
Circles Amount Amount
Number (Rs. in Number (Rs. in
Crore) Crore)
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

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
Bihar
(including 7977283
6016094 827500 279705 0 78945 66587 664644 33949 6897 2962
Jharkhand)
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 ### 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 ###
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)
Savings Bank Savings Certificates including

Circles
including PPF IVP
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

Table 34
Remuneration(Commission) on account of Savings Banks
Total
Receipt i.e. Total Total Net
No. of live Rate of Total Total amount
Gross Payments Collection
Accounts (in Remuneration Remuneration handled
Collection (Rs. in (Rs. in
Year Lakhs) (in Rs.) (Rs. in Crore) (Rs. in Crore)
(Rs. in Crore) Crore))
Crore)
(A3) = [(A1) x (A6) = (A7) =
(A1) (A2) (A4) (A5)
(A2)]/100 [(A4) + (A5)] [(A4) - (A5)]
1999-2000 1161.87 80.36 933.68 34649.57 21135.44 55785.01 13514.13
2000-01 1240.14 88.4 1096.28 43469.39 23454.35 66923.74 20015.04
2001-02 1275.93 97.24 1240.71 51722.97 27298.78 79021.75 24424.19
2002-03 1491.45 100.26 1495.33 70133.17 34994.82 105127.99 35138.35
2003-04 1442.1 102.63 1480.03 94272.83 45582.24 139855.07 48690.59
2004-05 1614.96 106.97 1727.52 124064.55 59736.69 183801.24 64327.86
2005-06 1645.96 111.12 1828.99 130473.90 76740.03 207213.93 53733.87
2006-07 1755.16 114.46 2008.96 119882.57 92135.18 212017.75 27747.39
2007-08 1806.65 117.89 2129.86 107606.00 113762.00 221368.00 -6156.00
Commission Received
(Figures in %age)
As Percentage of
As Percentage of As Percentage of Total Amount
Year Gross Collection Net Collection Handled
(B3) =
(B1) = [(A3)/ (B2) = [(A3)/(A7)
[(A3)/(A6) x
(A4) x 100)] x 100)]
100)]
1999-2000 2.69 6.91 1.67
2000-01 2.52 5.48 1.64
2001-02 2.40 5.08 1.57
2002-03 2.13 4.26 1.42
2003-04 1.57 3.04 1.06
2004-05 1.39 2.69 0.94
2005-06 1.40 3.40 0.88
2006-07 1.68 7.24 0.95
2007-08 1.98 -34.60 0.96

Table 35
Remuneration(Commission) on account of Savings Certificates
Total
Receipt i.e. Total Total amount Total Net
Rate of
No. of Certificates Total Remuneration Gross Payments handled Collection
Remuneration (in
(in Lakh) (Rs. in Crore) Collection (Rs. in (Rs. in (Rs. in
Year Rs.)
(Rs. in Crore) Crore) Crore)
Crore)
(C3) = [(C1) x (C6) = [(C4) (C7) = [(C4) -
(C1) (C2) (C4) (C5)
(C2)]/100 + (C5)] (C5)]
1999-2000 687.92 22.67 155.95 31124.25 13710.46 44834.71 17413.79
2000-01 822.01 24.94 205.01 32945.67 17151.11 50096.78 15794.56
2001-02 752.16 27.43 206.32 27972.36 16347.18 44319.54 11625.18
2002-03 698.57 28.30 197.70 33189.86 19435.45 52625.31 13754.41
*28.96
2003-04 246.62 39166.23 28023.13 67189.36 11143.10
977.46 **7.69
*30.19
2004-05 308.70 33717.67 16388.34 50106.01 17329.33
1101.72 **8.02
1417.51 *31.36
2005-06 422.22 39810.14 28013.79 67823.93 11796.35
**8.33
2006-07 1171.06 *32.30 375.9 34534.73 25520.87 60055.60 9013.85
**8.58
2007-08 923.6 *33.27 306.51 21366 25175 46541 -3809
**8.84
Commission Received
As Percentage of As Percentage of As Percentage of Total
Gross Collection Net Collection Amount Handled
Year
(D1) = [(C3)/(C4) (D2) = [(C3)/(C7) (D3) = [(C3)/(C6) x
x 100)] x 100)] 100)]
1999-2000 0.50 0.90 0.35
2000-01 0.62 1.30 0.41
2001-02 0.74 1.77 0.47
2002-03 0.60 1.44 0.38
2003-04 0.63 2.21 0.37
2004-05 0.92 1.78 0.62
2005-06 1.06 3.58 0.62
2006-07 1.09 4.17 0.63
2007-08 1.43 -8.05 0.66
* Rate for NSC & KVP

** Rate for IVP
TABLE 36
PHILATELY
Items 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08

No. of Philatelic Bureaux 66 67 67 68 68
No. of Philatelic Counters 849 1035 1035 1103 1082
No. of Commemorative stamps
released 65 63 55 55 64
No. of First Day Covers released 38 45 46 46 32
Source: Philately Division

TABLE 37
POSTAL LIFE INSURANCE
%age Growth
during 2007-
Items 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 08 over 2006-
07
PLI Fund upto the year
6619.80 7678.42 8933.59 10342.61 12081.71 16.81
(Rs. in Crore)
No. of Policies* upto

7.65
the year 2208683 2857797 3098248 3297825 3550084
Value of Business upto
the year (Rs. in 15917.60 18747.21 22951.60 26753.17 31469.00 17.63
Crore)
Premium during the
698.18 904.58 1079.80 1211.79 1480.34 22.16
year (Rs. in Crore)
Expenses during the
42.36 65.85 75.59 100.77 137.71 36.66
year (Rs. in Crore)
Expenses Ratio (%) to
6.07 7.31 7.03 8.34 9.30 11.51
Premium Income
New Business
No. of Policies Issued 276880 344403 364564 318058 355700 11.83
during the year
Sum Assured during

the year 2846.66 3831.00 4533.20 4146.67 5020.62 21.08
(Rs. in Crore)
Average sum Assured 102812 111236 124346 130375 141148 8.26

per Policy (in Rs.)
* Active Policies
SECTOR-WISE BROAD BREAK-UP OF NEW BUSINESS (SUM ASSURED)
(Rs. in Crore)
S.No. Items 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08
1 Civil Departments 2256.59 2423.06 2619.90
2 Defence 1541.70 1066.96 1583.63
3 Posts & Telecommunications 363.11 326.22 511.13
4 Railways 50.74 56.65 56.76
5 Banks 46.00 26.54 21.45
6 Public Sector/Undertakings
Central 128.77 124.23 129.58
State 146.29 123.01 98.18
Total 4533.20 4146.67 5020.63
Source: PLI Directorate

TABLE 38
RURAL POSTAL LIFE INSURANCE
%age Growth
during 2007-
Items 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08
08 over 2006-
07
RPLI Fund upto the
756.48 1127.61 1624.77 2284.92 3003.78 31.46
year (Rs. in Crore)
No. of Policies* upto
17.56
the year 2666485 3738798 4702776 5246673 6167928
Value of Business upto
the year (Rs. in 12385.11 18520.93 25229.65 33865.66 41846.09 23.56
Crore)
Premium during the
245.33 380.88 475.10 601.02 664.70 10.60
year (Rs. in Crore)
Expenses during the
30.05 61.05 47.46 69.53 70.99 2.10
year (Rs. in Crore)
Expenses Ratio (%) to
12.25 16.03 10.08 11.57 10.68 -7.69
Premium Income
New Business
No. of Policies Issued
-5.38
during the year 1083152 1335847 1443818 1268826 1200582
Sum Assured during
the year 5949.98 7207.97 8822.87 11165.98 9644.30 -13.63
(Rs. in Crore)
Average sum Assured
54932 53958 61107 88002 80330 -8.72
per Policy (in Rs.)
* Active Policies
Source: PLI Directorate

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.
hands
Andhra Pradesh* 16149 104 1587 395 351 2333 2437 31 13681 13712
Assam 4007 19 359 133 112 604 623 35 3349 3384
Bihar* 9057 31 432 260 320 1012 1043 99 7915 8014
Chhatisgarh 3123 10 175 80 68 323 333 0 2790 2790
Delhi 571 12 118 122 170 410 422 19 130 149
Gujarat 8970 34 394 427 463 1284 1318 33 7619 7652
Haryana 2653 16 179 155 137 471 487 14 2152 2166
Himachal Pradesh 2777 18 183 155 105 443 461 18 2298 2316
Jammu & Kashmir 1691 9 135 61 53 249 258 22 1411 1433
Jharkhand 3091 13 201 131 103 435 448 28 2615 2643
Karnataka 9826 59 919 391 419 1729 1788 35 8003 8038
Kerala 5070 51 410 582 460 1452 1503 467 3100 3567
Madhya Pradesh 8323 42 557 249 209 1015 1057 66 7200 7266
Maharashtra 12853 61 846 494 823 2163 2224 121 10508 10629
North - East 2934 9 225 51 50 326 335 14 2585 2599
Orissa 8162 35 686 262 209 1157 1192 58 6912 6970
Punjab 3911 22 272 301 214 787 809 9 3093 3102
Rajasthan 10318 48 769 311 205 1285 1333 22 8963 8985
Tamil Nadu 12115 93 1303 668 725 2696 2789 202 9124 9326
Uttar Pradesh 17662 71 917 848 704 2469 2540 372 14750 15122
Uttarakhand 2714 13 163 101 107 371 384 78 2252 2330
West 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 Combined Night P.Os. with P.Os. Delivery P.Os. Making deliveries
P&T Post full range without Post 4 3 2 1
Offices Offices of delivery Offices
times a times a times a time a
services
day day day day
0 34 15320 829 15320 0 0 37 15283
Andhra Pradesh
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

0 0 2735 42 2735 0 0 4 2731
Himachal Pradesh
98 0 193 70 1621 0 0 0 1621
Jammu & Kashmir
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

0 9 8323 372 7951 0 0 26 7925
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra 332 15 7228 699 12154 0 0 92 12062

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

474 13 4860 1143 16523 1 6 18 16498
Uttar Pradesh*
Uttarakhand 40 0 1536 115 2599 0 0 6 2593

472 10 1132 651 8407 20 45 60 8282
West Bengal
Total 7376 163 105669 8529 146509 35 119 1449 144892

*Figures of delivery and without delivery post offices are provisional
Source: Postal Circles
TABLE 41
POST OFFICE : RURAL, URBAN, POPULATION SERVED &

AREA SERVED DURING 2007-08
Area Post Offices Population Area

Projected
(in '000 Population Urban Rural Total served by served
sq. km.) as on a P.O. by a
Circles
01.03.200 Post
6 (in Office
Lakh)
(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 11.5

Total 3287.3 11121.86 15862 139173 155035 7174 21.2
Source of the
Projected Report of the Technical Group and Population Projections
Population constituted by the National Commission on Population.
:
Source of Post offices:- Planning Division
(sq. km.)
TABLE 42
Population served by a Post Office in Rural Area
Projected *No. of Population

Rural Rural POs served by
Population (as on a Post Office
Circles (in Lakh) 31.03.2008) in Rural Area
As on
01.03.2006
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 of the Report of the Technical Group and Population

Projected Population Projections constituted by the National
: Commission on Population.
* Source: Planning Division

TABLE 43
Population served by a Post Office in Urban Area
Projected *No. of Population

Urban
Urban POs served by
Population
Circles (as on a Post Office
As on
31.03.2008) in Urban Area
01.03.2006
( in
lakh )
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 of the Report of the Technical Group and Population
Projected Population : Projections constituted by the National Commission
on Population.
*Source: Planning Division
Table 44
Panchayat Sanchar Sewa Kendras and Mukhya Dak Ghar (MDG) (Circle-
wise)
as on 31.03.2008
Mukhya Dak Ghar (MDG)

S.No. Circle No. of PSSKs
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

TABLE 45
LETTER BOXES, POST BOXES AND POST BAGS (CIRCLE-WISE)

AS ON 31.03.2008
Post Boxes
Letter Boxes Post Boxes Post Bags
cum Bags
Circles rented by rented by
rented by
public public
public
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

TABLE 46
POSTAL AND RMS FUNCTIONAL UNITS (CIRCLE-WISE) AS ON 31.03.2008
Postal RMS Postal Circle RMS RMS

Circles 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
As on As on As on As on As on
Offices & Units
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
Name of the Head Office Sub Offices Extra Deptt. SOExtra Deptt. BO
Year
State Urban Rural Urban Rural Urban Rural Urban Rural
2005-06 19 0 222 382 0 35 57 3291

Assam 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
Arunachal
Pradesh 2006-07 1 0 17 31 0 0 0 251
2007-08 1 0 17 31 0 0 0 251
2005-06 1 0 11 42 0 0 0 644
Manipur 2006-07 1 0 11 42 0 0 0 643
2007-08 1 0 11 42 0 0 0 643
2005-06 2 0 25 35 0 0 1 423
Meghalaya 2006-07 2 0 25 35 0 0 1 423
2007-08 2 0 26 35 0 0 2 423
2005-06 1 0 23 17 2 3 32 327
Mizoram 2006-07 1 0 23 17 2 3 32 327
2007-08 1 0 23 17 2 3 32 327
2005-06 1 0 15 27 0 0 10 275
Nagaland 2006-07 1 0 15 27 0 0 10 275
2007-08 1 0 15 27 0 0 10 275
2005-06 3 0 29 53 2 7 24 598
Tripura 2006-07 3 0 29 53 2 7 24 598
2007-08 3 0 29 53 2 7 24 598
2005-06 1 0 12 10 0 4 0 183
Sikkim 2006-07 1 0 11 10 0 4 0 183
2007-08 1 0 12 10 0 0 0 186
2005-06 29 0 354 597 4 49 124 5992

TOTAL 2006-07 29 0 353 597 4 49 124 5991
2007-08 29 0 355 597 4 45 125 5995
Source: Planning Division

TABLE 49
MODERNISATION AND COMPUTERISATION (CIRCLE-WISE) AS ON 31.03.2008
Circles No. of Post Offices Number of Post Offices High Speed Automated mail
Modernised Computerized Processing System
(Improving
Ergonomics)
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
Jharkhand 35 133 0
Karnataka 127 565 0
Kerala 112 667 0
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
West Bengal 144 778 0
A.P.S. 0 0 0
TOTAL 2504 9939 2
Source: Technology Division

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 159

Total 4263
Source: Postal Circles/Directorate

TABLE 51
STAFF : ACTUAL STRENGTH
(INCLUDING THOSE ON DEPUTATION & TRAINING)
GAZETTED
DEPARTMENTAL As on 31.03.2007 As on 31.03.2008
Group Group
A B Total A B Total
Indian Postal Service 453 0 453 405 0 405
Postal Service 0 782 782 0 767 767
Assistant Suprintendent 0 1826 1826 0 1695 1695
P & T Accts & Fin. Service 84 871 955 84 874 958
Central Sectt. Service 26 75 101 25 76 101
Civil Wing 52 142 194 48 130 178
Other General Central Service 122 63 185 93 66 159
TOTAL 737 3759 4496 655 3608 4263
Group 'B' Non Gazetted 3284 3153
NON-GAZETTED
As on 31.03.2007 As on 31.03.2008
Group Group
C D Total C D Total
Departmental
1. Postal Directorate 249 133 382 249 129 378
2. Post Offices including Circle
Office, Accounts, Stamp Depot,
Canteen Staff. 151622 24011 175633 152193 23028 175221
3. Railway Mail Service 17504 12990 30494 17275 12644 29919
4. Mail Motor Service 1578 341 1919 1535 307 1842
5. Others( RLO, Disp., Store, Trg.,
Civil, PLI, Press) 2159 1714 3873 2009 1649 3658
TOTAL 173112 39189 212301 173261 37757 211018
Gramin Dak Sewaks* 280802 276155
TOTAL (Non-Gazetted)(GroupC+D+GDS) 493103 487173
*Group C & D figures are not available separately
Women Employees
As on Group A Group B Group B Group C Group D Group D Total

(Non- Excl. Sweeper
Gazetted) Sweeper
31.03.2007 143 95 198 25762 4024 240 30462

31.03.2008 120 126 226 26139 3770 249 30630
Source: Staff Sections of Directorate/Postal Circles

TABLE 52
Category wise Non-Gazetted actual staff as on 31.3.2008
Group "B"(Non-Gazetted) Nos.
Inspector of Post Offices

A.Complaints 265
B. Planning/RC 53
C. Speed Post 35
D. Business Development 14
E. RMS 113
F.Others 999
2. Office Superintendent 36
3. HSG-I 1176
4. Steno. Grade-I 89
5. Manager HSG-I 33
6. Jr. Accounts Officer 168
7. Others 22
Directorate 150
Total 3153
Group "C"
1 .HSG-II 1077
2. LSG 5695
3. Potal Asstt. (Entry) 44783
4. Postal Asstt. TBOP 29161
5. Postal Asstt. (BCR) 13455
6. Sports Coach 7
7. Mail Oversear 2955
8. Cash Oversear 739
9. Head Postmen 594
10. Sorting Postmen 2456
11. Oversear Postmen 424
12. Postmen (Entry) 26945
13. Postmen TBOP 12716
14. Postmen BCR 3618
15. Sorting Compiler 58
16. Platform Inspectors 7
17. Head Mail Guard 193
18. Mail Guard 1035
19. Sorting Assistant (Entry) 6008
20. Sorting Assistant (TBOP) 5351
21. Sorting Assistant (BCR) 3417
22. PO & RMS Accountant 1291
23. PO & RMS Assistant Accountant 188
24. Assistant Manager 29
25. Store Officer 19
26. Technical Supervisor 21
27. Inspector of MMS & Head Clerk 3
28. Stenographer 514
29. Clerk including LSG/Office Asstt. 214
30. Driver Special Grade 65
31. Driver Grade III 434
32. Driver Grade-II 331
33. Driver Grade-I 347
34. Office Superintendent 3
35. Head Clerk 29
36. Junior Engineer 105
37. Draftsman 10
38. Driver 140
39. Architectural Asstt. 9
40. Sr. Accountant 4055
41. Junior Accountant 641
42. LDC 957
43. Sorters 100
44. Lab Technician 49
45. Medical Storekeeper 45
46. Office Assistant 599
47. Pharmacist 79
48. Nurse (Staff+Auxiliary) 36
49. Nursing Orderly 41
50. Nursing Midwife 11
51. Others 1953
52. Directorate 249
53. Total 173261
Group D
Group "D" Nos.

1. Packer (Entry) 3492
2. Packer (TBOP) 1816
3. Packer (BCR) 562
4. Mail Peon 1725
5. Letter Box Peon (Entry) 750
6. Letter Box Peon (TBOP) 186
7. Letter Box Peon ( BCR) 72
8. Messenger 145
9. Orderly 270
10. Daftry (Entry) 169
11. Daftry (TBOP) 48
12. Daftry( BCR) 31
13. Peon (Entry) 520
14. Peon (TBOP) 185
15. Peon (BCR) 126
16. Sweeper 685
17. Farash 154
18. Watermen 305
19. Chowkidar 930
20. Jamadar 443
21. Mailmen (Entry) 4818
22. Mailmen TBOP 4078
23. Mailmen (BCR) 2214
24. Van Peon (Attendent) 352
25. Attendent in Rest House 66
26. Semi skilled Tradesmen 36
27. Clelaner 133
28. Office Peon 331
29. Gatemen 71
30. Sewermen 10
31. Female Attendent 50
32. Group D (Entry) 6467
33. Group D (TBOP) 3534
34. Group D ( BCR) 1284
35. Others Group D 1570
36. Directorate 129
37. Total 37757

TABLE 53
NON-GAZETTED ACTUAL STAFF STATISTCS AS ON 31.03.2008
(Group-wise & Circle-wise)
Group Gramin
Grand
Circle Total Dak
B C D Total
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

TABLE 54
Distribution of Manpower in different Categories of Post Offices As on 31.03.2008
Head Offices Sub Office TOTAL Grand

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

Year Deptt.
"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 520191
31.03.2007 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
S Post Pay Scale during 5th Pay scale granted by Govt during 6th CPC
No. CPC
(in Rupees) Pay Band Grade Pay Pay Band No
(In Rupees) (In Rupees)
Gazetted Group “A”
1 Secretary 26000 Fixed 80000 Fixed -----
2 HAG+ Member Postal Services Board 24050–650-26000 75500-80000 ----
4 HAG CPMG/Sr. DDG/CGM 22400-525-24500 37400-67000 12000 4
5 SAG JS&FA/PMG/DDG/GM (Fin) /Chief Engineer 18400-500-22400 37400-67000 10000 4
6 JAG in NFSG Director/DA (P) /Director MV/Director 14300-400-18300 37400-67000 8700 4
(OL)/Superintending. Engineer
7 JAG Director/DA (P)/Sr. PPS/Superintending Engineer/Sr. Architect 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 3
Gazetted 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 4800 & 5400 2
after 4 years
3
13 Postal Superintendent/Sr. Postmaster 7500-250-12000 9300-34800 4800 & 5400
after 4 years
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 4200

Non-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 Postmaster/Head Record Officer/Manager RLO/Head Sorting Assistant 6500-200-10500 9300-34800 4600 2
in HSG-I
4 Assistant (CSS), Steno Gr. `C` (CSSS), Librarian, 6500-200-10500 9300-34800 4200 2
5 Inspector of Posts, Librarian, Office Supdt. (Postal/Civil/Electrical), 5500-175-9000 9300-34800 4200 2
Statistical Assistant, Sr. Accountant
6 Steno Gr. I in subordinate offices 5500-175-9000 9300-34800 4200 2
7 Steno Gr. II in subordinate offices 5000-150-8000 9300-34800 4200 2
S Post Pay Scale during 5th Pay scale granted by Govt during 6th CPC
No. CPC
(in Rupees) Pay Band Grade Pay Pay Band No

Non-Gazetted Staff: - (Group “C”)
1 HSG-II Accountant, Manager RLO, Supervisor Foreign Post, HSG-II 5000-150-8000 9300-34800 4200 2
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
2 LSG Dy. PM, Asstt. PM, Dy. Sub PM, Asstt SPM, SPM, Public Relation 4500-125-7000 5200-20200 2800 1
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 Machine Assistant Grade-I, Reader 4000-100-6000 5200-20200 2400 1

Caretaker, 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 Postal Assistant, Sorting Assistant, PO & RMS Accountant (Special Pay

Rs.180 per Month), Time scale SPM, Platform Inspector (Time scale), 4000-100-6000 5200-20200 2400 1
Stenographer Grade-III, Time scale clerk, Cashier, Storekeeper, UDC
5 Postal Machine Asstt Gr.-II, LDC, Lift Operator, Bindery 3050-75-3950-80-4590 5200-20200 1900 1
Assistant/Dispatch Rider
6 Highly Skilled Artisans Grade-III, II& I 3050-75-3950-80-4590 1900 1
6
Upholster, Tyreman, Tin & Copper Smith, C Smith, Carpenter (70%Posts)

(MMS), Jointer, Blacksmth, Painter, Motor Vehicle Elean Welder,
Motor Mechanic(Vehicle)
4000-100-6000 (20% 5200-20200 2400 1
Posts)
4500-125-7000 (10% 2800 1
Posts)
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 Pay Scale Pay scale granted by Govt during 6th CPC
during 5th
CPC
(in Rupees) Pay Band Grade Pay Pay

Band No
Semi Skilled Group D
1
Carpenter,Machine man,Binder,Painter,Stamp Vender,Jamadar, 2650-65-3300- 5200-20200 1800 1
Motor Vehicle,Mechanic 70-4000
Motor Vehicle
Electrician,Carpenter.Painter,Jointer,Tyreman,Upholster,Blacksmith
Tin & Copper Smith(Semi-skilled)

GROUP D
Letter Box Peon, Chowkidar, Water Carrier, Sweeper, Scavenger , Farash , Mail 2550-55-2660- 5200-20200 1800
1 Peon,Mailman,Van Peon,Attendant in Rest,HouseCleaner,Form supplier, 60-3200 1
Gardener,Mail
TABLE 57
NUMBER OF GRAMIN DAK SEWAKS AS ON 31.03.2008
Sub- Branch Stamp Delivery Packer Mail Runner Messenge L.B. Chowkida Sweepe All Total
Postmaste Postmast Vendo Agents s Carrier r Peon r r Other
CIRCLE
r er r G.D.
Sewaks
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 ###
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 Postage

1 Post Card
Ordinary Card 50 Paise
Printed Card Rs. 6/-
2 Competition Postcard Rs. 10/-
3 Letter Card Rs. 2.50
4 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 Packets
For the first 50 grams Rs. 4/-
6 Book Packets Containing Printed Books
Upto 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/-
(iii) Value of Periodical from Rs.51/- and above
8 Parcels
For a weight not exceeding 500 grams Rs. 19/-
9 For Registered NewsPaper
I. 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
II. In case of more than one copy of the same issue of a registered newspaper being carried
in the same packet
For a weight not exceeding 100 grams 50 Paise
For every additional 100 grams or part thereof, exceeding 100 grams 20 Paise
10 Registration
Fee for registration Rs. 17/-
Concessional registration fee for V.P.P. containing Printed Books Rs. 2.50
11 Acknowledgements
Fee for each acknowledgement Rs. 3/-
12 Money Orders
For every sum of Rs. 20/- or fraction thereof Re. 1/-
13 Indian Postal Orders
Commission on each IPO
Upto Rs. 10/- Re. 1/-
Upto Rs. 20/- Rs. 2/-
Upto Rs. 30/- Rs. 3/-
Upto Rs. 40/- Rs. 4/-
Upto Rs. 50/- Rs. 5/-
Upto Rs. 100/- Rs. 10/-
14 Insurance
Insurance Fee upto Rs. 200/- Rs. 10/-
For every additional Rs. 100/- or fraction thereof in excess of Rs. 200/- Rs. 6/-
15 V.P. Fee
Upto 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 Posting
For 3 articles or less Rs. 3/-
21 Airmail Fee
I. 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 Fee
i. 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 Fee for obtaining copy of original receipt signed by addressee Rs. 2/-
(for regd. per article)
24 Supplementary charge for issue of a foreign money order Rs. 2/-
telegraphed under Rule 172 of Indian Post Office Rules (per
foreign money order)
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/-
(ii). For three calender months or part thereof, if rented for a period of Rs. 50/-
less than a full financial year
(b). Post Box and Bag combined together with the same or different number
(i). If rented for full financial year Rs. 250/-
(ii). For three calender months or part thereof, if rented for a period of Rs. 80/-
less than a full financial year
27 Money Order Form 25 Paise
Source: Costing & Rates Section

d 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
Unregistered Mails
1 8.6 6.8 7.6 6.6 7.6
Speed Post articles

2 88.4 108.6 120.4 106.7 118.1
Registered and Insured
3 letters 190.7 216.3 209.3 218.4 254.5
Registered and Insured
4 Parcels 11.4 12.8 17.6 12.2 15.3
VPL/VPPs
5 24.6 31.6 45.6 40.1 27.6
Foreign Mails(Inward +
6 Outward) 15.6 14.9 16.3 18.8 42.5
T.M.Os.
7 13.3 13.9 13.7 10.1 1.5
M.Os.
8 342.9 477.9 455.8 323.4 281.7
SB & CC
9 16.6 21.4 35.3 21.8 21.2
Management of Office/Staff
10 5.0 3.5 3.2 2.8 2.8
Miscellaneous
11 29.9 28.9 33.8 34.3 50.0
TOTAL 747.0 936.6 958.6 795.2 822.8
Source : PG Section
Table 60
No. of Complaints received, settled and pending(Circle-wise) during 2006-07
Opening Below 3 3-6 6 - 12 Over 12

Circle Received Total Settled Pending
Balance months months months months
Andhra Pradesh 1778 43439 45217 44175 1042 1040 2 0 0
Assam 650 17283 17933 17299 634 474 159 1 0
Bihar 4110 28969 33079 29127 3952 2754 969 229 0
Chhatisgarh 569 8287 8856 8650 206 206 0 0 0
Delhi 7068 102520 109588 102477 7111 6784 321 6 0
Gujarat 1954 49855 51809 50361 1448 1423 25 0 0
Haryana 563 17323 17886 17430 456 441 7 8 0
Himachal Pradesh 216 4130 4346 4235 111 110 1 0 0
Jammu & Kashmir 618 3791 4409 4127 282 218 44 14 6
Jharkhand 631 4534 5165 4779 386 316 70 0 0
Karnataka 3912 71922 75834 73615 2219 1954 120 105 40
Kerala 1679 24360 26039 24636 1403 1350 34 18 1
Madhya Pradesh 970 32356 33326 32013 1313 1313 0 0 0
Maharashtra 10744 111467 122211 117199 5012 4328 640 44 0
North-East 343 9722 10065 9114 951 828 65 58 0
Orissa 1563 11486 13049 12289 760 676 74 10 0
Punjab 2081 27181 29262 28085 1177 1141 36 0 0
Rajasthan 1307 23425 24732 23875 857 857 0 0 0
Tamilnadu 3296 111420 114716 112453 2263 2257 3 0 3
Uttar Pradesh 3582 57005 60587 56029 4558 4310 248 0 0
Uttarankhand 334 8868 9202 9010 192 192 0 0 0
West Bengal 7962 52775 60737 55460 5277 4016 1091 140 30
Base P.O. 503 4091 4594 4247 347 295 51 1 0
TOTAL 56433 826209 882642 840685 41957 37283 3960 634 80
Source : PG Section
Table 61
No. of Complaints Received, Settled and Pending (Article-wise) during 2007-08
Regd. and Insured Letters Regd. and Insured Parcels

Circle Opening Opening
Received Total Settled Pending Received Total Settled Pending
Balance Balance
Andhra Pradesh 701 19697 20398 19961 437 19 816 835 820 15
Assam 189 3850 4039 3852 187 9 175 184 168 16
Bihar 1902 8046 9948 8467 1481 15 1824 1839 1664 175
Chhatisgarh 115 2190 2305 2278 27 8 90 98 93 5
Delhi 1070 11716 12786 12036 750 114 4621 4735 3790 945
Gujarat 668 21672 22340 21802 538 20 505 525 514 11
Haryana 156 2023 2179 2095 84 20 100 120 114 6
Jammu & Kashmir 197 771 968 875 93 6 39 45 33 12
Jharkhand 166 743 909 848 61 4 62 66 42 24
Karnataka 915 25560 26475 25736 739 62 1037 1099 1054 45
Kerala 478 9462 9940 9577 363 68 476 544 489 55
Madhya Pradesh 357 11653 12010 11256 754 13 255 268 267 1
Maharashtra 2975 43649 46624 44781 1843 156 1529 1685 1451 234
North-East 13 1595 1608 1511 97 25 319 344 326 18
Orissa 513 3589 4102 3879 223 22 191 213 201 12
Punjab 435 4499 4934 4718 216 32 699 731 699 32
Rajasthan 554 9192 9746 9397 349 36 448 484 461 23
Tamilnadu 1289 42538 43827 43090 737 33 922 955 916 39
Uttar Pradesh 952 11692 12644 11864 780 62 488 550 511 39
Uttarankhand 85 1575 1660 1627 33 7 125 132 125 7
West Bengal 2359 16764 19123 17531 1592 67 421 488 417 71
Base P.O. 120 824 944 851 93 6 39 45 36 9
TOTAL 16289 254456 270745 259231 11514 809 15253 16062 14264 1798
Source : PG Section
Table 61 (continued)
No. of Complaints Received, Settled and Pending (Articles-wise) during 2007-08
V.P.P. / V.P.L. Money Order

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

Total Annual Kilometerage 259.80 255.21 269.07 290.00 285.00
(in Lakhs)
Total Annual Expenditure 4816.90 5067.54 5510.08 5827.00 6193.00

(Rs. in Lakhs)
1149 1149 1207 1223 1223
Total Number of Vehicles
Source : MV Section
TABLE 64
POSTAL BUILDINGS (CIRCLE-WISE) AS ON 31.03.2008
Postal Buildings* R.M.S. Units* Other Units*

Circle Deptt. Rented Rent-freeDeptt. Rented Rent-freeDeptt. Rented Rent-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. (i). Offices functioning from more than one building have been treated as One
Unit
(ii) Administrative Offices have been shown under "Other Units".
Source: Building Section *Provisional

TABLE 65
STAFF QUARTERS AVAILABLE AS ON 31.03.2008*
S. Circle Type of Quarters Licence free post

No. attached quarters
I II III IV V VI VII/VIIIOther Total Deptt.
1 Andhra Pradesh 335 767 145 8 11 0 0 0 1266 254
2 Assam 225 250 74 11 2 1 0 0 563 144
3 Bihar 325 515 147 31 6 1 0 67 1092 67
4 Chhatisgarh 94 111 30 7 3 0 0 0 245 26
5 Delhi 384 822 260 23 4 0 1 0 1494 70
6 Gujarat 515 525 152 48 7 1 0 163 1411 163
7 Haryana 148 187 46 12 4 0 0 0 397 62
8 Himachal Pradesh 189 216 82 12 1 0 0 0 500 66
9 Jammu & Kashmir 25 67 53 10 1 0 0 12 168 12
10 Jharkhand 164 253 63 5 1 0 0 0 486 65
11 Karnataka 444 719 170 37 8 0 0 0 1378 301
12 Kerala 203 329 60 10 4 2 5 0 613 147
13 Madhya Pradesh 256 458 177 30 6 0 0 129 1056 129
14 Maharashtra 844 954 395 42 6 3 0 0 2244 239
15 North East 137 157 52 6 6 0 0 0 358 72
16 Orissa 249 515 257 26 6 1 0 116 1170 116
17 Punjab 260 315 126 24 6 0 0 103 834 103
18 Rajasthan 487 653 405 42 6 1 0 0 1594 193
19 Tamil Nadu 477 630 115 31 7 2 0 180 1442 180
20 Uttar Pradesh 652 790 124 37 10 3 6 0 1622 218
21 Uttarakhand 92 203 16 3 0 0 0 47 361 47
22 West Bengal 506 819 121 15 1 0 0 57 1519 57
TOTAL 7011 10255 3070 470 106 15 12 874 21813 2731

Note: Total includes Licence free number of post attached Deptt.quarters
Source: Building Section * Provisional
TABLE 65
UARTERS AVAILABLE AS ON 31.03.2008*
Licence free post

attached quarters
rented
155
404
459
191
13
213
670
129
214
675
110
530
39
230
1032
369
169
5602
Table 66
Number of Dispensaries, Card Holders and Beneficiaries - Circlewise as on 31-03-

2008
No. of No. of Card No. of

Circle
Dispensaries Holders Beneficiaries
Assam 4 3205 12269
Bihar 4 1984 9696
Chhatisgarh 2 2671 9727
Gujarat 4 5617 13976
Haryana 1 1007 3171
Jharkhand 2 1182 5684
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
West Bengal 2 1341 4478
TOTAL 52 52018 191160
Source : Medical Section

NUMBER OF POST OFFICES
160000
16444 16396 16259 16158 15862
150000
140000
130000
120000
110000
100000
90000
NUMBERS
80000
139225 139120 139074 139046 139173
70000
60000
50000
40000
30000
20000
10000
0
2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08
RURAL URBAN
YEARS
`
862
9173
8
REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE (Rs. in Lakhs)
800000
700000 700634
657196
623337
600000
581369
563215
549490
532244
500000 502349
443185
425693
AMOUNT
400000
300000
200000
100000
0
2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08
YEARS REVENUE EXPENDITURE

0
2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08
YEARS REVENUE EXPENDITURE

700634
549490
2007-08
2007-08
AVERAGE COST & REVENUE PER LETTER CARD
800
700 700 702 696
649 658
600
500
PAISE
400
300
242 250 250 250 250
200
100
0
2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07
COST REVENUE YEAR

0
2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07
COST REVENUE YEAR

658
250
2006-07
2006-07
AVERAGE COST & REVENUE PER POST CARD
800
700 706 710

689 697
659
600
500
PAISE
400 COST REVENUE
300
200
100
50 50 50 50 50
0
2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07
YEAR
50 50 50 50 50
0
2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07
YEAR
697
COST REVENUE
50
2006-07
50
2006-07
NUMBER OF PHILATELIC COUNTERS
1200
1000
800
NUMBERS
600 1103 1082

1035 1035
849
400
200
0
2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08
YEARS
1082
2007-08
POSTAL LIFE INSURANCE
4000
3500
3000
2500
Number
2000 3550
3297.8
3098.2
2857.8
1500
2208.7
1000
500
0
2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08
No. of Policies (in
Thousands) Years
3550
2007-08
POSTAL COMPLAINTS
1000
959
950
937
900
850
800 795
NUMBER
750 747
700
650
600
550
500
2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07
YEAR No. of C
INTS
823
795
2006-07 2007-08
No. of Complaints(in '000)

INDIAN POSTAL ORDERS SOLD (in Lakhs)
300
250
200
NUMBER
283.4
150
221.2
190.0 195.6
100
50
0
2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07
YEAR
SOLD (in Lakhs)
245.8
195.6
2006-07 2007-08
INLAND MONEY ORDERS ( in Lakh)
1200.0
1000.0
800.0
NUMBER
600.0 1101.5
1016.0 991.0
957.9
400.0
200.0
0.0
2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07
YEAR
S ( in Lakh)
9 991.0
910.5
2006-07 2007-08
METRO MAIL HANDLED PER DAY
4000
3500
3000
Numbers(in Thousand)
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
0
Delhi Mumbai Kolkata Chennai Bangalore
2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 Years

D PER DAY
Chennai Bangalore Hyderabad

India Post Overall Vs. Premium Products Revenue
60000 3714.00% 3675.00%
54949 3500.00%
53224
3325.00%
50235
Total Revenue Revenue BD 3150.00%
Percentage of BD
50000
2975.00%
44318
42569 2800.00%
2625.00%
40000 2450.00%
Rupees in Million
2275.00%
Percentage
2100.00%
30000 1925.00%
1750.00%
1575.00%
20407 1400.00%
20000 1225.00%
15075 1050.00%
12021 875.00%
9533 700.00%
10000 7473 525.00%
350.00%
175.00%
0 17.56% 21.51% 23.93% 28.32% 0.00%
2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08
Year
TRAFFIC OF IMPORTANT PREMIUM PRODUCTS (in Lakh )
10000
9500
9000
8500
8000
7500
7000
6500
TRAFFIC (in Lakh)
6000
5500
5000
4500
4000
3500
3000
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
0
Speed Post Business Post
2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 Years

M PRODUCTS (in Lakh )
Business Post
REVENUE OF IMPORTANT PREMIUM PRODUCTS (Rupees in Cro
800.00
700.00
600.00
Revenue (Rupees in Crore)
500.00
400.00
300.00
200.00
100.00
0.00
Speed Post Business Post
2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 Years

RODUCTS (Rupees in Crore )
Business Post
Product-wise Revenue Segmentation of Business Development Activities (2005-06)
444.77
280.68
651.07
408
6100.5 457
Activities (2005-06) (Rs. in Million)
4084.2
Speed Post
Express Post
Greeting Post
Business Post
Media Post
Retail Post
Other Business Services
457.63
2.19
Chart-1 NUMBER OF POST OFFICES
YEAR RURAL URBAN

2003-04 139225 16444
2004-05 139120 16396
2005-06 139074 16259
2006-07 139046 16158
2007-08 139173 15862
Chart-2 REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE

(Rs. in Lakhs)
YEAR REVENUE EXPENDITURE
2003-04 425693 563215
2004-05 443185 581369
2005-06 502349 623337
2006-07 532244 657196
2007-08 549490 700634
Chart-3
YEAR INDIAN POSTAL ORDERS SOLD (IN Lakhs)
2003-04 283.4
2004-05 221.2
2005-06 190.0
2006-07 195.6
2007-08 245.8
Chart-4
YEAR INLAND MONEY ORDERS(In lakh)
2003-04 1101.5
2004-05 1016.0
2005-06 957.9
2006-07 991.0
2007-08 910.5
Chart-5 Letter Card

YEAR COST REVENUE
2002-03 700 242
2003-04 702 250
2004-05 649 250
2005-06 696 250
2006-07 658 250
Chart-6 Post Card

YEAR COST REVENUE
2002-03 706 50
2003-04 689 50
2004-05 659 50
2005-06 710 50
2006-07 697 50
Chart7
2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08
No. of Philatelic Counters 849 1035 1035 1103 1082
Chart-8 POSTAL LIFE INSURANCE

2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08
No. of Policies (in
Thousands) 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 Complaints(in '000) 747 937 959 795 823
GRAPH - 8
METRO MAIL HANDLED PER DAY

(Figure in '000 Numbers)
Delhi Mumbai Kolkata Chennai Bangalore Hyderabad
2001-02 3063 3857 1186 1256 1385 663
2002-03 1456 3040 1149 1275 546 774
2003-04 1234 2933 800 1305 530 1007
2004-05 1240 3267 823 1110 613 1007
2005-06 1405 3052 664 1026 724 722
GRAPH - 10
TRAFFIC OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PRODUCTS
Speed Business Exprpess Retail
Post Post Post Post
2001-02 528.06 3672.14 42.78 17.13

2002-03 634.07 4957.82 57.62 115.23
2003-04 826.86 6536.18 67.27 464.08
2004-05 959.78 7080.02 65.81 814.94
2005-06 1086.00 9911.00 56.00 1244.00
GRAPH - 10
REVENUE OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PRODUCTS
Speed Business Exprpess Retail
Post Post Post Post
2001-02 196.27 166.28 19.31 2.16

2002-03 243.01 276.86 26.10 7.87
2003-04 298.36 365.11 31.45 33.65
2004-05 354.17 473.06 37.70 50.50
2005-06 408.42 610.05 45.76 65.11
GRAPH - 11
INDIA POST OVERALL Vs. PREMIUM PRODUCTS REVENUE
(Rs. in Millions)
Total Revenue
Revenue Percentage
BD of BD
2003-04 42569 7473 0.1756
2004-05 44318 9533 0.2151
2005-06 50235 12021 0.2393
2006-07 53224 15075 0.2832
2007-08 54949 20407 37.1400
GRAPH - 1
Product-wise Revenue Segmentation of

Business Development Activities 2005-06
(Rs. in million)
Speed Post 4084.20
Express Post 457.63
Greeting Post 2.19
Business Post 6100.50
Media Post 280.68
Retail Post 651.07
Other Business Services 444.77
TOTAL 12021.04
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 2007-08
No .of A/c 5384147 8446149 12097584 20582989 27795860 28923858 41339798 47570215 47511088 59066453 61492639 64342873 69107518
Source: Annual Repots/ Book of Information/ Statistical Digest
NUMBER OF SAVINGS BANK ACCOUNTS
70000000
60000000
50000000
40000000
Number
69107518
64342873
61492639
59066453
30000000
47570215 47511088
41339798
20000000
27795860 28923858
20582989
10000000 12097584
8446149
5384147
0
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
No .of A/c
Year
REGISTERED AND UNREGISTERED TRAFFIC
(in Lakhs)
YEAR 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08

1989-90 1994-95 1999-00
Registered Traffic 2914.4 3223.4 2759.4 2085.6 2173.1 1998.4
Unregistered Traffic 142163.6 132854.5 155057.0 64921.6 64598.7 61913.1
REGISTERED AND UNREGISTERED TRAFFIC(in Lakhs)

155057.0 Registered Traffic Unregistered Traffic
160000.0
142163.6
132854.5
140000.0
120000.0
Traffic(in Lakhs)
100000.0
80000.0 64921.6 64598.7 61913.1
60000.0
40000.0
20000.0
2914.4 3223.4 2759.4 2085.6 2173.1 1998.4
0.0
1989-90 1994-95 1999-00 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08
Year
NUMBER OF MONEY ORDERS
(in Lakhs)
YEAR 1989-90 1994-95 1999-00 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08
No. of Money Orders(in1109.0
Lakhs) 1018.7 1137.3 957.9 991.0 910.5
NUMBER OF MONEY ORDERS

1200.0
1000.0
Number(in Lakhs)
800.0
600.0 1109.0 1137.3

1018.7 991.0
957.9 910.5
400.0
200.0
0.0
1989-90 1994-95 1999-00 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08
No. of Money Orders(in
Years Lakhs)
NUMBER OF POST OFFICES
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
Rural 30239 41860 55577 66445 105713 122839 129589 130987 136082 138149 139074 139046 139173
Urban 5466 6234 7148 8145 11509 14160 15286 16249 16710 16402 16259 16158 15862
Number of post offices(total)
35705 48094 62725 74590 117222 136999 144875 147236 152792 154551 155333 155204 155035
170000
150000 16710 16402 16259 16158 15862

15286 16249
14160
130000
11509
110000
90000
Number
8145 136082 138149 139074 139046 139173

70000 129589 130987
7148 122839
105713
50000 6234
5466 66445
30000 55577
41860
30239
10000
Rural Urban
-10000
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
Years
REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE
(Rupees in lakhs)
Year 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08

1984-85 1989-90 1994-95 1999-00
Revenue 44441 70259 117041 202012 502349 532244 549490
Expenditure 56866 96558 152222 361594 623337 657196 700634
800000
700000 700634
657196
623337
600000
549490
532244
500000 502349
Rupees in Lakhs
400000
361594
300000
200000 202012
152222
117041
100000 96558
70259
56866
44441
0
1984-85 1989-90 1994-95 1999-00 2005-06
Revenue
2006-07
Expenditure
2007-08
Year
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
No. of Postal Life

Insurance Policies 129225 155222 177508 234249 340446 731734 1156497 1620643 2092921 2451587 3098248 3297825 3550084
4000000
3500000
3000000
2500000
2000000
3550084
3297825
3098248
1500000
2451587
2092921
1000000
1620643
1156497
500000
731734
340446
155222 177508 234249
129225
0
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
Year No. of Postal Life Insurance Policies

340446
155222 177508 234249
129225
0
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
Year No. of Postal Life Insurance Policies

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CONTENTS

Table No. Page No.

3 Mail Traffic at a Glance

Business Post Service

13 Premium Product Services - Traffic and Revenue

17 Revenue and Expenditure

26 No. of Post Offices doing Savings Bank/Savings Certificate Work

33 Commission on account of Savings Bank & Savings Certificates(Circle-wise)

39 Circle-wise distribution of Post Offices

49 Modernisation and Computerisation (Circle-wise)

50 Personnel - Position (Actual Strength)

58 Postal Rates (Inland)

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

Total Literacy Rate (Person) (2001 Census) 64.84

21 Literacy Rate (Female) 53.67

Literacy Rate (Male) 75.26

Source : Census of India 2001

* Area figures includes unlawful occupation of Pakistan and China.

POSTAL NETWORK AT A GLANCE

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

Total Number of Countries covered under International Speed Post

Number of Countries covered under International Speed Post (documents

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

*Projected Population as on 01.03.2006 on the basis of Population Projections by