Formorethan150years,theDepartmentofPosts(DoP)hasbeenthebackboneofthecountry’scommunicationandhasplayedacrucialroleinthecountry’ssocio-economicdevelopment.IttouchesthelivesofIndiaPostncitizensinmanyways:deliveringmails,acceptingdepositsunderSmallSavingsSchemes,providinglifeinsurancecoverunderPostalLifeInsurance(PLI)andRuralPostalLifeInsurance(RPLI)andprovidingretailserviceslikebillcollection,saleofforms,etc.TheDoPalsoactsasanagentforGovernmentofIndiaPostindischargingotherservicesforcitizenssuchasMahatmaGandhiNationalRuralEmploymentGuaranteeScheme(MGNREGS)wagedisbursementandoldagepensionpayments.With1,55,015PostOffices,theDoPhasthemostwidelydistributedpostalnetworkintheworld.
