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Pay Commissions Remark About Gramin Dak Sewak (GDS)

A demand has been made before the Commission for treating Gramin Dak Sewaks (GDS) as civil servants at par with other regular employees for all purposes.

Analysis and Recommendations

The Commission has carefully considered the demand and noted the following:
a. GDS are Extra-Departmental Agents recruited by Department of Posts to serve in rural areas. b. As per the RRs, the minimum educational qualification for recruitment to this post is Class X. c. GDS are required to be on duty only for 4-5 hours a day under the terms and conditions of their service. d. The GDS are remunerated with Time Related Continuity Allowance (TRCA) on the pattern of pay scales for regular government employees, plus DA on pro-rata basis. e. A GDS must have other means of income independent of his remuneration as a GDS, to sustain himself and his family.

Government of India has so far held that the GDS is outside the Civil Service of the Union and shall not claim to be at par with the Central Government employees. The Supreme Court judgment also states that GDS are only holders of civil posts but not civilian employees. The Commission endorses this view and therefore has no recommendation with regard to GDS. 

13 Comments

  1. abc abc April 13, 2016

    GDS BPM is govt.job or not? is there any future? what will be the final salary for gds bpm post?

  2. Anonymous Anonymous June 30, 2016

    What is new salary gds or bpm

  3. Anonymous Anonymous July 16, 2016

    GDS EMPLOYEES ARE NOT ONLY WORKING IN VILLAGES BUTALSO IN CITIES IN LARGE AREAS,,,EVEY 1 KNOW THIS

  4. Anonymous Anonymous July 16, 2016

    EVERY ONE KNOW THAT GDS EMPLOYEES ARE WORKING 8 HRS AND MORE THAN 8 HRS IN SOME SO S,,,,PLEASE DONT BLAME THEM,,,

  5. Anonymous Anonymous July 16, 2016

    PLZ THINK 1NCE HOW CAN A FAMILY SPEND THEIR LIVELYY HOOD WITH 9 THOUSAND IN THIS SOCIETY BY WORKING MR THN 8 HRS

  6. Anonymous Anonymous July 16, 2016

    IN 3 LAKH GDS EMPLOYEES VERY SMALL NO OF GDS ARE DOING PART TIME JOBS,,,,SOME COMMENTD AS THAT GDS S ARE PART TIME EMPLOYEES,,,PLZ DONT TREAT US AS PART TIME EMPLOYEES

  7. Anonymous Anonymous July 16, 2016

    GDS S ARE BASEMENT OF DEPT PLZ DONT DO HARM TO US

  8. Unknown Unknown August 6, 2016

    Bpm salery minimum 18000 hona

  9. Anonymous Anonymous September 27, 2016

    me bhartiya sarkaar se yhi gujarish krunga ki gds employees ki salary minimum 18000 rs kre…taaki sbhi gds employee apne privaar ko cla ske….mitro aaj ke jmaane me 7500 rs me kya milta hai…….

  10. Anonymous Anonymous September 27, 2016

    GDS EMPLOYEES KO BI MEDICAL FACILITIES PROVIDE honi chahiye….taaki bimaar hone ke baad bhi uski aarthik sthiti theek rhe…

  11. Anonymous Anonymous October 6, 2016

    postal department janbuzkar bonus ceiling dene keliye file ko bhej nahi rahi hai vo kya apna dekhenge

  12. Deepak S Kumar Deepak S Kumar October 16, 2016

    I think gds workers are proof of slavery is still in India.

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