Sunday, July 24, 2016

RECRUITMENT OF GRAMIN DAK SEVAKS - RS - Q & A

RECRUITMENT OF GRAMIN DAK SEVAKS - RS - Q & A

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS
DEPARTMENT OF POSTS 

RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.598
TO BE ANSWERED ON 22ND JULY, 2016

RECRUITMENT OF GRAMIN DAK SEVAKS

598. SHRI SANJIV KUMAR:
Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

(a) the total number of Gramin Dak Sevaks proposed to be recruited in Jharkhand and in the country during the financial year 2016-17;

(b) the action being taken against agents who are allegedly collecting large sums of money from people with the promise of facilitating appointments as Gramin Dak Sevaks in Jharkhand; and

(c) the steps being taken to ensure a transparent and non-discretionary system of recruitment of Gramin Dak Sevaks?

ANSWER


THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS &
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(SHRI MANOJ SINHA)


(a) Circle-wise requisite information is attached as “Annexure-I”. However, 391 Gramin Dak Sevaks are proposed to be recruited in Jharkhand, and 31361 Gramin Dak Sevaks, in total, in the country during Financial Year 2016-2017.

(b) As per the information received from office of Chief Postmaster General, Jharkhand Circle, Ranchi; “No such case has come to notice”.

(c) Selection process is done through open notification duly following the provisions of Recruitment Rules for Gramin Dak Sevaks issued by the Directorate from time to time to ensure transparency and non-discretion in the process of recruitment of GDS. 


Annexure - 1


No. of GDSs proposed to be recruited during F.Y. 2016-17


S. No.
Circle
No. of GDSs proposed to be recruited during F.Y. 2016-17
1
Andhra Pradesh
1472
1a
Telengana
805
2
Assam
348
3
Bihar
1266
4
Chhatisgarh
1380
5
Delhi
237
6
Gujarat
3915
7
Haryana
385
8
Himachal Pradesh
496
9
Jammu & Kashmir
218
10
Jharkhand
391
11
Karnataka
1173
12
Kerala
473
13
Madhya Pradesh
1932
14
Maharashtra
2126
15
North East
381
16
Odisha
1433
17
Punjab
472
18
Rajasthan
958
19
Tamilnadu
1155
20
Uttar Pradesh
3991
21
Uttrakhand
681
22
West Bengal
5673
Total :-
31361