Syllabus of Examination:
Paper I
1) Acts:
a) Indian Post Office Act, 1898
b) Government Savings Bank Act, 1873
c) Government Savings Certificate Act, 1959
d) PPF Act, 1968
e) Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 and its Amendments (Necessary on account of AML/CFT Norms)
f) Consumer Protection Act, 1986
g) Information Technology Act, 2000
2) Rules:
a) Indian Post Office Rules, 1933
b) Post Office Savings Bank General Rules, 1981
c) Post Office Savings Account Rules, 1981
d) National Savings Recurring Deposit Rules, 1981
e) National Savings Time Deposit Rules, 1981
f) National Savings Monthly Income Account Rules, 1987 '
g) Post Office Savings Certificates Rules, I960
h) Senior Citizen Savings Scheme Rules, 2004
i) National Savings Certificate (VIII Issue) Rules, 1989
j) Kisan Vikas Patra Rules, 2014
k) Public Provident Fund Scheme, 1968
l) Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana Rules, 2014
m) Post Office Life Insurance Rules, 2011
n) Book of BO Rules
o) Pradhan Mantri Yojana Schemes and its Rules - PMSBY, PMJJBY, APY
3) Guidelines/Instructions relating to Inland/Foreign Post
a) Post Office Guide Part — I
b) Post Office Guide Part - II, except Section VII & VIII
c) Domestic/Foreign Post guidelines issued by Directorate
4) Mail Operations and Money Remittances:
a) Postal Manual Volume V, except Appendix -1
b) Postal Manual Volume VI, Part -1, Chapter -1
c) Postal Manual Volume VI, Part ~ II, except Telegraphic Money Orders, British & Irish Postal Orders (to be deleted)
d) Postal Manual Volume VI, Part - III, except Appendices
e) Postal Manual Volume VII
f) Guidelines issued by Directorate on Mail Network Optimization Project and
Parcel Network Optimization Project.
g) Guidelines issued by Directorate on eMO, iMO, IMTS, MMTS and IFS MO
5) Savings Bank and Savings Certificates;
a) Post Office Savings Bank Manual Volume I, II and III read with SB orders issued by Directorate from time to time
b) Guidelines issued by Directorate from time to time on Core Banking Services
6) Postal Life Insurance and Rural Postal Life Insurance:
a) Guidelines issued by Directorate from time to time on PLI/RPLI and Core Insurance Solution
b) Annual Reports and Book of Information of Department of Posts
7) Information.Technology:
a) IT Modernisation Project 2012 and its update
b) Working knowledge on Core Banking Solutions, PLI-CIS, CSI and DARPAN.
8) India Post Payments Bank
9) Preservation and disposal of Postal Records
10) Swachha Bharat
Paper II
1) Chapter 2 and 6 of General Financial Rules, 2017
2) CVC guidelines on Public procurement, guidelines and instructions on e-Procurement in Government of India
1) Manual on policies and procedures for purchase of goods and services available on website of Ministry of Finance
2) Schedule of Financial Powers of Divisional Heads, Heads of Circle, etc
3) Welfare measures available to Departmental Employees and Gramin Dak Sevak of DoP
4) RTI Act, 2015 and RTI Rules, 2012
5) Fundamental Rules (FR) and Supplementary Rules (SR)
6) P&T FHB Volume I and Postal FHB Volume II
7) Rules relating Children Education allowance and reimbursement of Tuition fees
8) CGEGIS Rules, 1980
9) CCS(GPF) Rules, 1961
10) Central Services (Medical Attendance) Rules, 1944 and CGHS Guidelines issued by Directorate '
11) New Pension Scheme, 2004 and its amendments
12) CCS Pension Rules, 1972 and its amendments
13) CCS Commutation of Pension Rules, 1981
14) Postal Manual Volume II, except;
a) Chapter III - Appeals and Petitions,
b) Chapter IV - Personal matters .
c) Chapter V - Security Deposits
d) Chapter VII - Forged Counterfeit stamps, defaced postage stamps, coins and currency notes
15) Postal Manual Volume IV — Leave, Pension, Gratuities, Dealings on Examination, Recruitment rules of all Cadres and Establishment norms
16) Service Discharge Benefit Scheme, 2010
PAPER III
1) Postal Manual Volume II:
a) Chapter III - Appeals and Petitions
b) Chapter IV — Personal matters
c) Chapter V - Security Deposits
d) Chapter VII - Forged Counterfeit stamps, defaced postage stamps, coins and currency notes
2) Postal Manual Volume Ill
3) Postal Manual .Volume VIII .
4) CCS (Conduct Rules), 1964
5) CCS(CCA) Rules, 1965 '
6) CCS(Temporary Service) Rules, 1965
7) GDS (Conduct and Engagement) Rules, 2011
8) Brochure on Casual Labourers and instructions on Casual labourer issued byDoP&T from time to time
9) Constitution of India
10) Short title, extent, commencement & definitions of Civil Procedure Code & Criminal Procedure Code;
a) Cr PC; Proclamation for person absconding, attachment of property of person absconding, claims and objections to attachments, release, sale & restoration of attached property
b) Indian Evidence Act; Short title, extent & commencement of the relevancy of the facts;
c) Evidence may be given of facts in issue and relevant facts
d) relevance of facts forming part of same transaction,
e) facts which are the occasion,
f) cause or effect of facts in issue, motive, preparation and previous or subsequent conduct.
g) facts which need not be proved.
h) Of oral evidence
i) Of documentary evidence
j) Indian Penal Code: General Explanation:
k) of punishments
l) of offences by or relating to public servants
m) of contempts of the lawful authority of public servants
n) of the criminal breach of contract of service
11) Instructions issued by Directorate and DoP&T on maintenance of APAR
12) Central Administrative Tribunal Act, 1985
13) Revenue Recovery Act, 1890
14) Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and
Redressal) Act, 2013
15) Public Accountant Default Act, 1850
16) Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988
PAPER IV
1) 25 Questions on English language
2) 50 questions on Current Affairs (Minimum 10 questions each from field of Indian Economy and Polity, Sports, Culture & Science)
3) 50 questions on Reasoning, Interpersonal Skills, Mental Aptitude, Intelligence and Ethics
4) Noting (approx. 200 words) and Drafting (approx. 200 words) on a given topic [25 marks each]
