How to Become a Gramin Dak Sevak in India Post: Check Eligibility, Selection Process and others

Feb 27, 2025, 17:10 IST

The Post Office of India has recently released notice for 21413 vacancies for the post of Gramin Dak Sevakas across the country. The postal department of India is governed by Ministry of Telecommunications, Government of India. Check all the details about GDS recruitment including selection process, eligibility, salary and others. 

How to Become aHow to become a Gramin Dak Sevak in India Post
How to Become aHow to become a Gramin Dak Sevak in India Post

The India Post has recently launched the recruitment drive for various posts including BPM/ABPM/Dak Sewak across the country. Under the selection process, Candidates are selected purely based on their Class 10th marks and thus this is a major opportunity for 10th  passed candidats.

The postal department of India is governed by Ministry of Telecommunications, Government of India. For smooth running of the postal department, government has to appoint various posts. Gramin Dak Sevak is one such post in India Post. 

If you are preparing for this recruitment, you must be aware of the Gramin Dak Sevak Recruitment selection process. 

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Role of Gramin Dak Sevak

Gramin Dak Sevaks include various posts that help in conducting different works in the Postal department of the nation.

  • Branch Post Master
  • Mail Deliverer
  • Mail Carrier
  • Packer

The work of Branch Post Master is to head the branch that covers the area of the Gram Panchayat.  The BPM is responsible to administer various tasks performed in the branch. Various financial transactions are reported by BPM to the accounts department.

Mail Deliverer is responsible for to deliver the mail to its user. Other than this, the other responsibilities of Mail Deliverer is to make public aware of the government policies and schemes.

The work profile of Mail Carrier is to carry the mail from the branch and deliver it within the area the candidate is posted. The other responsibilities of Mail Carrier include assisting BPM & MD for the smooth functioning of their branch.

Packer is someone who performs variety of functions starting from opening the mail bag every morning to sorting out the mails as per the preference, to pack the mails of other places for the mail van that will travel to other cities and lastly assist the BPM, MD & MC with some of their official work.

Eligibility Criteria of Gramin Dak Sevak

The candidate applying for Gramin Dak Sevak should have passed Class 10 with any subject from any accredited board. A computer course of minimum 60 days time frame is a must from any institute recognized by the concerned department of the Central or State Government.

Apart from the educational qualification, the eligibility criteria also includes age limit. The age limit to apply for Gramin Dak Sevak job is between 18 to 40 years. The reserve category candidates are exempted to the maximum age limit as per government rules.

Selection Procedure of Gramin Dak Sevak

The selection procedure of Gramin Dak Sevak is based on the marks obtained in Class 10. The higher qualifications will not have any extra privilege in this job.

Salary Structure of Gramin Dak Sevak

Salary is not given as per the regular departmental staff in the post of Rural Postal Service. On this post, allowances are given as per 'Time Related Continuity Allowance (TRCA)'.

Candidates who are willing to take up Gramin Dak Sevak as job, can take a intense look on all the details above that will help them not only with the preparations, but will also help them to under the diverse roles of the job profile better.

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Manish Kumar
Manish Kumar

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A Journalist and content professional with 13+ years of experience in Education and Career Development domain in digital and print media. He has previously worked with All India Radio (External Service Division), State Times and Newstrackindia.com. A Science Graduate (Hons in Physics) with PGJMC in Journalism and Mass Communication. At Jagranjosh, he used to create content related to Education and Career sections including Notifications/News/Current Affairs etc. He can be reached at manish.kumarcnt@jagrannewmedia.com.

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