Nagpur GPO Post Office

Post offices in India are not only for postal services, they provide or facilitate many financial, social security programmes and also centres citizen’s identity programmes. Post offices are administered by Department of Posts (DoP), Government of India. The organisation is serving as a powerhouse of communication and socio-economic development of country for more than 150 years. It has one of the largest network of branch offices – almost more than 1, 55, 000 local branches, across the country. Post offices provide services for delivering mails, parcels, accepting deposits under Small Savings Schemes, Life insurance cover, collection of bills / payments, sale of forms, Social security programmes of Government of India such as MGNREGS ( Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme) wage disbursement and old age pension payments, etc. Some Post Offices are also part of Citizen identification programmes such as ADHAR Card and passport.