India Post Office Recruitment 2025 – 21,413 Vacancies for GDS

India Post Office Recruitment 2025: India Post Office has announced notification for the Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS) – Branch Postmaster (BPM)/Assistant Branch Postmaster (ABPM)/Dark Sevak post. There are 21,413 openings for this post. Candidates with SSC qualifications can apply for India Post Office jobs. Interested and eligible candidates can apply online on or before 03 March 2025. The detailed qualifications and selection process for the India Post Job Vacancy are below. Interested candidates can also try CISF Recruitment.

India Post Office Recruitment 2025 – Details:

Job Role	Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS)
Job Category	Govt Jobs
Qualification	10th Pass
Experience	Freshers
Total Vacancies	21,413 Posts
Salary	Rs. 10,000 – 29,380/-
Job Location	Across India
Last Date	03 March 2025

Detailed Eligibility – India Post Job Vacancy:

Educational Qualification – Post Office Driver Vacancy:

Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS) – Branch Postmaster (BPM)/Assistant Branch Postmaster (ABPM)/Dark Sevak:

• Secondary School Examination pass certificate of 10th standard having passed in Mathematics and English (having been studied as compulsory or elective subjects) conducted by any recognized Board of School Education by the Government of India/State Governments/ Union Territories in India shall be a mandatory educational qualification for all approved categories of GDS.
• The applicant should have studied the local language at least up to 10th Standard from a recognized board
• Other Qualification:
  • Knowledge of computer
  • Knowledge of cycling
  • Adequate means of livelihood

The Job Profile:

Branch Post Master:

• Day to day postal operations of Branch Post Office (B.O) and India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) in the manner as prescribed by the Department from time to time.
• Marketing and promotions of products and services being provided by the Department and operating various services in the Customer Services Centres (CSC) of the Department etc.
• In the single-handed BOs, BPMs have the overall responsibility of smooth and timely functioning of the Office, including mail conveyance and mail delivery.
• In the BOs other than single-handed, the BPMs may be assisted by ABPM(s). However, BPM will be required to do combined duties of ABPM(s) as and when ordered or in the case of non-availability of ABPM (s). Any other work may also be assigned by superiors like Mail Overseer (M.O)/Inspector Post (IPO) / Assistant Superintendent of Post (ASPO)/ Superintendent of Post offices (SPOs) /Senior Superintendent of Post Office (SSPOs) etc

Assistant Branch Post Master:

• Sale of stamps/stationery, conveyance and delivery of mail at doorstep, exchange the mail with account office etc. deposits/payments/other transactions of IPPB.
• To assist BPM in postal operations in a manner as prescribed by the Department from time to time.
• Marketing and promotions of products and services being provided by Department and operating various services in the Customer Services’ Centres (CSC) of the Department etc.
• ABPM may also be required to do combined duties of the BPM as and when ordered or in case of non-availability of BPM in addition to his/her regular duties.
• Any other work assigned by superiors like MO/IPO/ASPO/SPOs/SSPOs etc.

Dak Sevak:

• Sale of stamps/stationery, conveyance and delivery of mail at doorstep, deposits/payments/other transactions of IPPB and any other duties assigned by Postmaster/Sub Postmaster.
• Dak Sevaks may have to work in sorting offices of Railway Mail Service (RMS).
• Dak Sevaks in the Mail offices will handle receipt- dispatch of mail bags, transhipment of bags etc.
• Dak Sevaks will also assist Post Masters/Sub Postmasters in managing the smooth functioning of Departmental Post Offices and do marketing, business procurement or any other work assigned by the Post Master or IPO/ASPO/SPOS/SSPOS/SRM/SSRM etc.

Age Limit(As on 03 March 2025): 18 – 40 years

Age Relaxation: 

• Schedule Caste/Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) – 5 years
• Other Backward Classes (OBC)  – 3 years
• Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) -No relaxation
• Persons with Disabilities (PwD) – 10 years
• Persons with Disabilities (PwD) + OBC – 13 years
• Persons with Disabilities (PwD) + SC/ST – 15 years

Salary: 

• BPM: Rs.12,000 – 29,380/-
• ABPM/Dark Sevak: Rs.10,000 – 24,470/-

India Post Office Vacancies (State-wise): 21,413 Posts

Selection Process of India Post Office Recruitment:

• The applicants will be shortlisted for engagement based on a system-generated merit list.
• The Merit list will be prepared based on marks obtained/ conversion of Grades/Points to marks in Secondary School Examination of 10th standard of recognised Boards aggregated to percentage to the accuracy of 4 decimals.
• Applicants having both marks and grades in the marks sheet have to apply with marks only.
• In case of the marks lists containing the Grades/ Points, marks will be reckoned Ly’tating conversion of Grades and points with the multiplication factor (9.5) against the maximum points or grade as 100.
• The final selection of the shortlisted applicants will be subject to physical verification of the original documents, done by Divisional Head/Unit Head of the Division/Unit where the vacancy is notified.

For applicants having only grades subject-wise, marks will be arrived for each subject (compulsory and elective subjects but not extra subjects), by applying the multiplying factor of 9.5 in the following manner:-

Grade	Grade Point	Multiplication factor
A1	10	9.5
A2	9	9.5
B1	8	9.5
B2	7	9.5
C1	6	9.5
C2	5	9.5
D	4	9.5

Note:

• The list of applicants shortlisted for engagement will be released by the department on its website and GDS Online Portal.
• Applicants are advised to visit the website/Portal on regular basis for latest updates.

Application Fee:

• Rs.100/- is to be paid by the applicants for all posts notified in choice of Division.
• Payment of fee is exempted for all female applicants, SC /ST applicants, PwD applicants and Transwomen applicants

Payment  Mode:

• Credit/Debit cards and Net Banking facility/ UPI can be used for this purpose.

How to Apply for India Post Office Recruitment 2025?

Interested and eligible candidates can apply online from 10 February 2025 to 03 March 2025.

For more details & To Apply: Click here.

Important Dates:

• Registration and submission of online applications by candidates: 10 February 2025 to 03 March 2025
• Edit/Correction window: 06 March 2025 to 08 March 2025