India Post GDS Recruitment 2021: India Post has invited applications for filling Gramin Dak Sevak posts in the Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand circles. As many as 4,845 vacancies have been announced by India Post and interested candidates can apply on https://appost.in/gdsonline. It is to be noted that only online applications will be accepted. The last date to apply is September 22, 2021.
Important Dates
- Starting date of registration and fee payment: August 23, 2021
- Last date of registration and fee payment: September 22, 2021
Vacancy Details for India Post GDS Recruitment 2021
Total vacancies– 4264 Posts
- UR – 1988
- EWS – 299
- OBC – 1093
- PWD-A – 16
- PWD-B – 20
- PWD-C – 17
- SC – 797
- ST – 34.
India Post GDS Recruitment: Qualification
A candidate should have a Secondary School Examination pass certificate of 10th standard with passing marks in Mathematics, local language, and English (having been studied as compulsory or elective subjects).
A candidate should also have compulsory knowledge of the local language. The candidate should have studied the local language at least up to the 10th standard [as compulsory or elective subjects].
Age limit
The minimum and maximum age for the purpose of engagement to GDS posts is 18 and 40 years respectively as on August 23, 2021. Permissible relaxation in the upper age limit is also there.
How to Apply for UP Postal Circle GDS Recruitment 2021?
Interested and eligible candidates can apply for the posts through online mode at the official website https://indiapost.gov.in or appost.in the latest before 22nd September 2021.
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About India Post
For more than 150 years, the Department of Posts (DoP) has been the backbone of the country’s communication and has played a crucial role in the country’s social-economic development. It touches the lives of Indian citizens in many ways: delivering mails, accepting deposits under Small Savings Schemes, providing life insurance cover under Postal Life Insurance (PLI) and Rural Postal Life Insurance (RPLI) and providing retail services like bill collection, sale of forms, etc. The DoP also acts as an agent for the Government of India in discharging other services for citizens such as Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) wage disbursement and old age pension payments. With more than 1,55,000 post offices, the DoP has the most widely distributed postal network in the world.
