India Post GDS Recruitment 2024: Registration open for over 44,000 vacancies, eligibility, application dates

Candidates who have qualified the class 10 exam are eligible to apply for India Post GDS at the official website -- indiapostgdsonline.gov.in.

India Post GDS 2024: Registration for 44228 vacancies begins

Candidates interested to be considered for Branch Postmaster (BPM), Dak Sevak and, Assistant Branch Postmaster (ABPM) post can apply online at indiapostgdsonline.gov.in by August 5 (Express image/ file)

The Department of Communications has commenced the registration for a total of 44,228 vacancies in Gramik Dak Sevak (GDS) at India Post. Candidates interested to be considered for Branch Postmaster (BPM), Dak Sevak and, Assistant Branch Postmaster (ABPM) post can apply online at indiapostgdsonline.gov.in by August 5.

After registration, candidates will be provided two days time to make amendments in their India Post GDS application including uploading the correct documents between August 6 and August 8.

India Post GDS: Eligibility criteria

– Applicants must be of minimum 18 years or a maximum of 40 years old, however, there is a provision of relaxation in the upper age limit for reserved categories. (age will be calculated as on the last date of application submission)

India Post GDS registration 2024 begins at indiapostgdsonline.gov.in

The salary range offered for BPM post is Rs 12,000 to Rs 29,380 and for ABPM, Dak Sevaks is Rs 10,000 to Rs 24,470. (Representative Screengrab)

– Mandatory class 10 or SSC certificate (Qualifying both English and mathematics subjects) from a recognized board.

– Studied local language up to class 10, read the annexure-III for detailed post wise local language approved by the department.

– The department also mentions that the candidates should also have computer knowledge, adequate means of livelihood and cycling skills.

– Candidates applying for Andhra Pradesh should have studied Hindi or English upto class 10 along with a tribal language.

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India Post GDS: Selection process

The India Post will shortlist the candidates on the basis of of their class 10 marks, and a system generated merit will be released on the official GDS portal for the shortlisted candidates, after which the candidates will be briefed about their results and documents verification dates on their registered mobile through via SMS.