India Post Gramin Dak Sevak GDS 44228 Posts Recruitment 2024 - Results
Applications are invited from the eligible candidates for engagement of 44,228 Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS)as BPM/ABPM/ Dak Sevak. Application are to be submitted online at https://indiapostgdsonline.gov.in. Applications submitted through any other mode will not be considered and rejected
Engagement Schedule is as under
- Application Submission Start Date: 15.07.2024
- Application Submission End Date: 05/08/2024
Emoluments: Emoluments in the form of Time Related Continuity Allowance(TRCA) is paid to GDS.The following minimum TRCA shall be payable to different categories of GDS after engagement: -
Sl.
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Category
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Minimum TRCA for 4 Hours/Level 1 in TRCA Slab
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i.
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BPM
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Rs.12,000/-
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ii.
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ABPM/DakSevak
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Rs.10,000/-
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Eligibility AGE
Minimum age:18 years
Maximum age:40 years
Educational Qualification
Secondary School Examination pass certificate of 10th standard having passed in Mathematics and English (having been studied as compulsory or elective subjects) conducted by any recognized Board of School Education by the Government of India/State Governments/ Union Territories in India shall be a mandatory educational qualification for all approved categories of GDS.
Compulsory knowledge of Local Language
The candidate should have studied the local languagei.e. (Name of Local language) at least up to 10th standard [as compulsory or elective subjects].
Knowledge of Cycling
Knowledge of Cycling is a pre-requisite condition for all GDS posts. In case of a candidate having knowledge of riding a scooter or motor cycle, that may be considered as knowledge of cycling also. The candidate has to submit a declaration to this effectin Annexure-III.
Adequate alternate means of Livelihood
The candidate applying for the post shall note that he/she shall have adequate means of livelihood as stipulated in Rule 3-A (iii) of GDS (Conduct and Engagement) Rules, 2020 to support himself/ herself and his/ her family from other sources so as to supplement his/her income. However, this shall not be a pre-requisite for candidates for the purpose of selection. Selected candidate shall be required to comply with this condition within 30 days after selection but before engagement. The candidate shall furnish an undertaking in the application form itself in Annexure-IVthat he/ she has other sources of income besides the allowances to be paid by the Government to support livelihood for himself/ herself and his/her family. The candidate after selection as GDS shall have to give the undertaking again before engagement.
No person holding an elective office will be considered for engagement to the post.
The candidate selected as GDS shall not engage in any activity with any outside agency, which would be detrimental to the business or interest of the Post Office.
11. Past experience or service of any kind will not be considered for selection.
12. Residence and Accommodation for locating Branch Post Office
(i) The candidates must provide accommodation for Branch Post Office after selection but before engagement. A declaration to this effect with details of accommodation is to be submitted before engagement.
This condition is applicable for GDSBPM post only. GDS BPM is required to reside in Post village only and ABPMs/Dak Sevaks are required to reside within delivery jurisdictions of the Post Office
(HO/SO/BO) concerned. The accommodation should meet the following
prescribed standards:-
(a) Branch Post Office may function in a building owned by Gram Panchayat or Central government or by State government such as
school or offices or BPM’s own house or a proper rented
accommodation at a busy place of the village(Gram Panchayat building, where available, is preferred). The accommodation for the GDS Branch Office should be exclusively available for Post Office use. It may work from a village shop but Post office working from shop should have an exclusive space to keep the registers, micro ATM or hand-held device and other items apart from space for prominently exhibiting the signage etc. giving due importance to Post Office.
(b) Location-The GraminDakSevak Branch Office (GDS BO) should be
located in the main busy part of the village.The candidate selected forthe engagement of BPM shall have to provide centrally located accommodation in the Branch Post Office village within 30 days for use
as Post Office premises and the expenditure of the hiring, if any,
needs to be borne by the candidate.
(c) Size- The minimum size of GDS Branch Office should not be less than 100 sq. feet preferably in 10’x10’ dimensions and atground floor.
(d) Approach- The GDS Branch Office should have direct access/approach from village road and should be located in front
portion of the building in which it is housed. The GDS BO should not be housed in Verandas,Courtyards, Kitchen, SPWC under the stairs, bed room, damaged rooms, make-shift accommodations, isolated buildings outside the village etc. which are difficult to access/approach by the Customers.
(e) Structure -The GDS Branch Office accommodation should preferably be a Brick and Mortar structure to ensure safety and security. The room should be properly ventilated and lighted and should be properly maintained and neatly white washed.
(f) Power supply – The post office room should have electrical power connection for charging of handheld devices and for fan, electricity bulb etc. It should have suitable place to install solar panels as well provided by Department.
(g) At present DARPAN devices are using Network ServiceProviders(NSPs)like Airtel, Vodafone/Idea, BSNL&Jio for
ensuring connectivity to Branch Post Offices. While providing accommodation for GDS BO, it should be ensured that, Network is available for any one of these NSPs or any other NSP(s) if so allowed
by Department of Posts.
Further, it is clarified that the candidate who provide the above prescribed standards of accommodation after selection but before engagement and if he is engaged as GDS BPM will be entitled for the
drawl of Composite allowance @ Rs.500/-per month. If the candidate is selected and engaged where the Branch Post Office is accommodated in a rent free accommodation, he/she will be entitled
for Composite allowance Rs.250/- equal to that of BPMs who provide non-standard accommodation (i.e. accommodation that does not fulfill above standards is treated as non-standard accommodation).
Educational Qualification
Secondary School Examination pass certificate of 10th standard having passed in Mathematics and English (having been studied as compulsory or elective subjects) conducted by any recognized Board of School Education by the Government of India/State Governments/ Union Territories in India shall be a mandatory educational qualification for all approved categories of GDS.
Method of Submission of Application and Fee
Application can be submitted online only at https://indiapostgdsonline.gov.in. Applications received through any other mode shall not be entertained.
Fee: A fee of Rs.100/-/-(Rupees one hundred only) is to be paid by the applicants for all posts notified in the chosen Division. However, payment of fee is exempted for all female candidates, SC/ST candidates, PwD candidates and Transwomen candidates.
How to apply @ https://indiapostgdsonline.gov.in/
Candidate who desires to apply online will have to register himself / herself in the portal through https://indiapostgdsonline.gov.in with the following basic details to obtain the Registration Number
- Name (In capital letter as per X class certificate Marks Memo including spaces)
- Father’s Name / Mother’s Name
- Mobile Number
- Email ID
- Date of Birth
- Gender
- Community
- PwD – Type of Disability – (HH/OH/VH)- Percentage of disability
- State in which Xth class passed
- Language studied in Xth class
- Year of Passing Xth class
- Scanned Passport Photograph
- Scanned Signature
Only one Registration is allowed for one candidate for schedule 1 & 2 in a calendar Year. The same registration number should be used for submission of applications.Once registered the same mobile number will not be allowed for
further Registrations of any other candidate. In case any duplicate Registration is found by altering the basic details, the candidature relating to all such Registrations will be removed for consideration of selection.Any candidate who forgot the registration number can retrieve the registration number through option ‘Forgot registration’.
The candidates must have own active email id and mobile number.
SELECTION CRITERIA AND COMMUNICATIONS OF SELECTION
Selection will be made as per the system generated merit list based on the merit position of the candidate and the preference of posts submitted. This shall be subject to fulfilling of all eligibility criteria as per
the rules.
Notice for documents verification will be sent only to the most suitable candidate for the post based on merit and preference submitted.
Provisionally selected candidatewhile attending to the Documents verification, the candidate has to come alongwith original documentsand one set of photo copies for submission. Adequate time will be given to selected candidate to report with original certificates for verification. If the verification is successful, provisional engagement order will be given. Else, the next candidate in merit will get the system- generated email/SMS.
The provisional engagement letter will be issued through email and notified through SMS. In case there is no response within the given time in the said provisional engagement letter, a final reminder through
email, sms and Registered Post will be sent giving additional time to
report for joining. If there is still no response, the candidature shall be cancelled.
No weightage will be given for higher educational qualification. Only marks obtained in 10th standard of approved Boards aggregated to percentage to the accuracy of 4 decimals will be the criteria for finalizing
the selection. Passing of all the subjects as per the respective approved board norms is mandatory. However, the merit calculation will be made on the score of the subjects for which merit is considered as per the
Board.
For applicants with marks, their total marks will be worked out by taking into account the marks obtained in the compulsory and elective/optional subjects (other than extra subjects, if any).
For applicants having both Total Marks and Grading Point (i.e. mark list issued with total marks and grading point both), in such cases the method used will be as follows :-
“The candidate’s total marks will be worked out while ignoring the Grading Point; this methodology will ensure that candidate possessing higher marks will be selected.”
For candidates having grades subject-wise, marks will be arrived for each subject (compulsory and elective subjects but not extra subjects), by applying the multiplying factor of 9.5 in the following manner:-
Grade
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Grade Point
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Multiplication factor
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A1
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10
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9.5
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A2
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9
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9.5
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B1
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8
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9.5
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B2
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7
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9.5
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C1
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6
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9.5
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C2
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5
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9.5
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D
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4
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9.5
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