Annual Report for 2019-20 : Notes for Postal Exams

Annual Report for 2019-20 : Notes for Postal Exams

The Present postal system  came in existence	1854
Post office is regulated in the country	Indian Post Office Act 1898
Total no. of post offices	156600
Urban Post Offices	15599
Rural Post Offices	141001
Departmental  Post Offices	25487
Branch Offices	131113
As on 31.03.2019 the market share in parcel  business	4 %
Vision to achieve 15 % of market share in	2026
Addl. General APS is equivalent	Major General
IT modernization approved by GOI	Nov 2012
Project value of IT 2012	4909 Cr.
Data centre -  Mumbai	03.04.2013
Sify connected offices	27431
CBS offices	23782
ATM	997
Internet banking	14.12.2018
Mobile Banking	15.10.2019
Core Insurance Solution	25573
CSI rolled out	513 divisions
Change management project completed in	2015
DARPAN rolled out in BOs	129080 ( out of supplied 129688)
AMPCs in Delhi and Kolkatta	LSM – Letter Sorting maching – 35000 items per hour MMS – Mixed mail sorter -18000 items per hour
PMA – Postman Mobile Application	Devloped by CEPT – Centre for excellence  in Postal Technology, Mysuru.
PMA	Captures real time delivery information with latitude and longitude of delivery locations.
The Electronic clearance of Letter boxes done by	Nanyatha software
Mail Motor service	1944
Total MMS Units	103
JeevanPraman –biometric  enabled service for pensioners for submitting their life certificates	30.06.2015 All Head Post Offices  -JeevanPramanCentres.
Parcel Directorate	April 2018 Separate marketing division –april 2019.
e-IPO	For Indians residing in abroad – 22.03.2013. For Resident Indians – 13.02.2014
e-Commerce portal	14.12.2018.
POPSK –	25.01.2017 – As on 31.12.19 -424 centres
PNOP – Parcel Optimization network project	90 hubs
Main Bodies of UPU	The congress Council of Administration. Postal Operations Council.
	Consultative committee. The International Bureau.
Department of Posts , India is currently a member in	POC – Postal Operations Council.
APPU	32 countries.
Department of Posts in APPU	Co-Chair of supply chain integration group & Member in governing board of the Asian pacific Postal College.
SECUREX -  Security and customs related electronic data exchange	India Post – SECUREX – 3 pilot countries. Georgia, Kazhakasthan, Vietnam.
SSA	22.01.2015.
PMSBY and PMJJBY  launched	07.09.2015  in all CBS POs
APY	01.12.2015
PMLA – Prevention of money laundering Act 2002	Came in to existence 01.07.2005
Department of Posts comes under PMLA	Prevention of money laundering amendment act 20019 – 01.06.2009.
AML –Anti money laundering CFT – Combating  the Financing of Terrorism.	CTR – Cash Transactions Report STR – Suspicious transactions report. CCR – Counterfeit currency Report.
IPPB – Cabinet approved  -01.06.2016	IPPB – Public Limited Company – 17.08.2016 30.01.2017 – 2 pilot branches. 01.09.2018 – 650 Branches
AePS in IPPB	01.09.2019.
First time in the history of independent india  - Octoganal stamps issued	02.10.2019 – 150 th birthday of Mahatma Gandhi.
DeenDayal SPARSH  ( Scholarship for promotion of aptitude & Research in stamps as a Hobby )	Clases 6, 7,8,9 – 23*40 students per circle total 920. 500 /p.m/

•  These are taken from the annual report 2019-2020. Kindly check the same for correctness of any information.