India post hiring 581 Gramin Dak Sevaks for Uttarakhand circle

India Post, the largest postal network in the world, is inviting online applications for the post of Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS) for Uttarakhand Postal Circle. The total number of vacancies is 581. Through this recruitment process, India Post will fill vacancies in branch post master (BPM), assistant branch post master (ABPM) and dak sevak (DS) posts in various districts in Uttarakhand.

There are a total of 23 postal circles with more than 1.54 lakh post offices across India.

Registration, fee payment and submission of the online application process has started on August 23, 2021. The application window will remain open till September 22, 2021.

Important dates

Publication of notification: August 23, 2021

Starting of registration and fee payment: August 23, 202

Last date of registration and fee payment: September 22, 2021

Starting of application online submission: August 23, 2021

Last date of application online submission: September 22, 2021

Vacancy Details

The recruitment drive is being conducted to fill 581 vacancies. Take a look at category-wise vacancy details:

Unreserved: 317 posts

Scheduled Castes (SC): 99 posts

Other Backward Class (OBC): 78 posts

Economically Weaker Section (EWS): 57 posts

Scheduled Tribes (ST): 15 posts

Person with Disability-B (PwD-B): 6 posts

Person with Disability-c (PwD-C): 7 posts

Person with Disability-DE (PwD-DE): 2 posts

Eligibility criteria

Educational qualification:

i) Secondary school examination pass certificate of 10th standard with pass marks in mathematics, local language and English;

(ii) Compulsory knowledge of the local language.

– Age limit: Between 18 years to 40 years as on August 23, 2021.

Relaxation in upper age limit is applicable for SC, ST, OBC and divyang candidates as per government guidelines.

– Knowledge of cycling: Knowledge of Cycling is a pre-requisite condition for all GDS posts.

Salary

1) Level 1 in time-related continuity allowance (TRCA) slab

BPM: Rs.12,000 per monthABPM/

Dak Sevak: Rs.10,000 per month

2) Level 2 in time-related continuity allowance (TRCA) slab

BPM: Rs.14,500 per monthABPM/Dak Sevak: Rs.12,000 per month

However, the initial fixation of TRCA (Time Related Continuity Allowance) will be done on the first stage of Level-I of the respective category.

Selection process

Selection will be made as per the automatic generated merit list. Only marks obtained in class 10 standard of approved boards aggregated to percentage to the accuracy of 4 decimals will be the criteria for finalising the selection.

Application fee

Unreserved/ OBC/ Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) male/ trans-man: Rs. 100

SC/ ST/ Persons with Disabilities (PwD) category and female/ trans-woman: No Fee

Application process

Interested and eligible candidates will have to register themselves in the portal through https://indiapost.gov.in or https://appost.in/gdsonline on or before September 22, 2021.

Only one registration is to be made for one candidate. The same registration number should be used for the submission of applications.