đĸ India Post GDS Recruitment 2026 Notification Overview
India Post GDS Recruitment 2026 notification has been officially released by the Department of Posts, Ministry of Communications, Government of India for the recruitment of Gramin Dak Sevak (GDS) posts — including Branch Postmaster (BPM), Assistant Branch Postmaster (ABPM), and Dak Sevak roles across the country. A total of 28,740+ vacancies have been announced for this recruitment cycle.
Gramin Dak Sevak (GDS) is a vital role in the Indian Postal Department, especially in rural and semi-urban areas. GDS staff are responsible for various postal services like:
Delivering mail
Handling postal operations at branch offices
Financial services (where offered)
Assisting in postal banking, logistics, and retail services
This job offers a government position without a traditional written exam — selection is based on 10th Class marks merit.
Here are the key dates you should note:
EventDateNotification Release Date January 31, 2026
Online Application Start Date January 31, 2026
Last Date to Apply Online February 14, 2026
Last Date to Pay Fee February 16, 2026
Correction Window February 18–19, 2026
Merit List Release (Expected) Late February / March 2026
These dates are based on the official notification and recent updates from credible recruitment sites.
To be eligible for India Post GDS 2026, candidates must meet the following educational criteria:
✅ 10th Pass (Secondary School Examination)
➡️ Must be passed from a recognized board in India.
➡️ Mathematics & English should be compulsory subjects at the 10th level.
➡️ Local language proficiency of the postal circle applied for is required (studied up to 10th standard).
➡️ Basic computer knowledge and ability to ride a bicycle may also be required for rural duties.
Note: There is no written exam or interview — selection is based on merit (10th marks).
The age criteria for GDS 2026 are as follows:
Minimum Age: 18 years
Maximum Age: 40 years
CategoryRelaxationSC / ST +5 years
OBC +3 years
PwD +10 years
PwD + OBC +13 years
PwD + SC/ST +15 years
fee structure (as per notification):
CategoryApplication FeeGeneral / OBC / EWS ₹100
SC / ST / PwD / Female / Transgender No Fee
đ Fee can be paid online using debit/credit cards, internet banking, or UPI.
✔️ Selection is purely merit-based — based on normalized marks obtained in:
Class 10th Examination
Candidates with higher marks have better chances in the circle/ category merit list.
✔️ No written exam, skill test, or interview is conducted.
✔️ Final selection lists are published circle-wise and category-wise on the official portal.
Total Vacancies: Approximately 28,740+ for GDS/BPM/ABPM posts.
Salary (TRCA):
Branch Postmaster (BPM): ~₹12,000 – ₹29,380/month
Assistant BPM / Dak Sevak: ~₹10,000 – ₹24,470/month
Salary includes allowances like DA (Dearness Allowance), PLI (Postal Life Insurance), etc.
Visit the official website:
đ indiapostgdsonline.gov.in
Register with your basic details (name, DOB, email, mobile).
Login with credentials and fill the online application form.
Upload required documents (10th mark sheet, ID proof, photo, signature).
Pay the application fee (if applicable).
Submit the form and take a printout for future reference.
✔️ Ensure you meet eligibility criteria before applying.
✔️ Keep essential documents ready (10th marksheet, ID, photo).
✔️ Apply well before the last date to avoid server issues.
✔️ Regularly check official site notifications for updates.
đ Official Website (Apply Online)
đ https://indiapostgdsonline.gov.in
đĸ Indian Post GDS 2026 Notification
Education Qualification, Age Limit, Apply Date (āĻŦাংāϞা āĻŦিāϏ্āϤাāϰিāϤ)
āĻাāϰāϤ āϏāϰāĻাāϰেāϰ āĻĄিāĻĒাāϰ্āĻāĻŽেāύ্āĻ āĻ āĻĢ āĻĒোāϏ্āĻ (India Post) āĻāϰ্āϤৃāĻ Indian Post GDS Recruitment 2026-āĻāϰ āĻŦিāĻ্āĻāĻĒ্āϤি āĻĒ্āϰāĻাāĻļিāϤ āĻšāϝ়েāĻে। āĻāĻ āύিāϝ়োāĻেāϰ āĻŽাāϧ্āϝāĻŽে Gramin Dak Sevak (GDS) āĻĒāĻĻে āĻŦিāĻিāύ্āύ āĻĒোāϏ্āĻ āĻ āĻĢিāϏে āĻāϰ্āĻŽী āύিāϝ়োāĻ āĻāϰা āĻšāĻŦে। āϝাāϰা 10th pass āĻāĻŦং āϏāϰāĻাāϰি āĻাāĻāϰি āĻāϰāϤে āĻাāύ, āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ āĻāĻি āĻāĻāĻি āĻŦāĻĄ় āϏুāϝোāĻ।
Gramin Dak Sevak (GDS) āĻŽূāϞāϤ āĻ্āϰাāĻŽ āĻ āĻŽāĻĢāϏ্āĻŦāϞ āĻāϞাāĻাāϝ় āĻĄাāĻ āĻĒāϰিāώেāĻŦা āϏāĻāϞ āϰাāĻাāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ āύিāϝ়োāĻিāϤ āĻāϰ্āĻŽী। āĻāĻ āύিāϝ়োāĻেāϰ āĻāĻāϤাāϝ় āĻĒ্āϰāϧাāύāϤ āϤিāύāĻি āĻĒāĻĻ āĻĨাāĻে—
Branch Postmaster (BPM)
Assistant Branch Postmaster (ABPM)
Dak Sevak
āĻāĻ āĻাāĻāϰিāϤে āĻোāύো āϞিāĻিāϤ āĻĒāϰীāĻ্āώা āĻŦা āĻāύ্āĻাāϰāĻিāĻ āύেāĻ। āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖ āύিāϝ়োāĻ āĻšāϝ় 10th-āĻāϰ āĻŽাāϰ্āĻāϏেāϰ āĻŽেāϰিāĻ āϞিāϏ্āĻ āĻ āύুāϝাāϝ়ী।
āĻāĻেāύ্āĻāϤাāϰিāĻNotification āĻĒ্āϰāĻাāĻļ 31 āĻাāύুāϝ়াāϰি 2026
Online Apply āĻļুāϰু 31 āĻাāύুāϝ়াāϰি 2026
Apply āĻāϰাāϰ āĻļেāώ āϤাāϰিāĻ 14 āĻĢেāĻŦ্āϰুāϝ়াāϰি 2026
āĻĢি āĻāĻŽা āĻĻেāĻāϝ়াāϰ āĻļেāώ āϤাāϰিāĻ 16 āĻĢেāĻŦ্āϰুāϝ়াāϰি 2026
Correction Window 18–19 āĻĢেāĻŦ্āϰুāϝ়াāϰি 2026
Merit List (āϏāĻŽ্āĻাāĻŦ্āϝ) āĻĢেāĻŦ্āϰুāϝ়াāϰি / āĻŽাāϰ্āĻ 2026
đ āϤাāϰিāĻ āĻĒāϰিāĻŦāϰ্āϤāύ āĻšāϤে āĻĒাāϰে, āϤাāĻ āύিāϝ়āĻŽিāϤ āĻ āĻĢিāϏিāϝ়াāϞ āĻāϝ়েāĻŦāϏাāĻāĻ āĻেāĻ āĻāϰুāύ।
Indian Post GDS 2026-āĻāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ āĻāĻŦেāĻĻāύ āĻāϰāϤে āĻšāϞে āĻĒ্āϰাāϰ্āĻĨীāĻĻেāϰ āĻ āĻŦāĻļ্āϝāĻ—
✅ ā§§ā§ĻāĻŽ āĻļ্āϰেāĻŖি (10th pass) āĻšāϤে āĻšāĻŦে
✅ āϏ্āĻŦীāĻৃāϤ āĻŦোāϰ্āĻĄ āĻĨেāĻে āĻĒাāĻļ āĻāϰāϤে āĻšāĻŦে
✅ Maths āĻ English āĻŦিāώāϝ় 10th-āĻ āĻĨাāĻāϤে āĻšāĻŦে
✅ āϝে āϰাāĻ্āϝে āĻāĻŦেāĻĻāύ āĻāϰāĻŦেāύ, āϏেāĻ āϰাāĻ্āϝেāϰ Local Language 10th āĻĒāϰ্āϝāύ্āϤ āĻĒāĻĄ়া āĻĨাāĻāϤে āĻšāĻŦে
đ āĻ āϤিāϰিāĻ্āϤ āϝোāĻ্āϝāϤা:
āĻāĻŽ্āĻĒিāĻāĻাāϰ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāϰ্āĻে āĻŦেāϏিāĻ āĻ্āĻাāύ
āϏাāĻāĻেāϞ āĻাāϞাāϤে āĻĒাāϰা (āĻŦিāĻļেāώ āĻāϰে āĻ্āϰাāĻŽীāĻŖ āĻāϞাāĻাāϝ়)
Minimum Age: 18 āĻŦāĻāϰ
Maximum Age: 40 āĻŦāĻāϰ
āĻ্āϝাāĻাāĻāϰিāĻŦāϝ়āϏে āĻাāĻĄ়SC / ST 5 āĻŦāĻāϰ
OBC 3 āĻŦāĻāϰ
PwD 10 āĻŦāĻāϰ
PwD + OBC 13 āĻŦāĻāϰ
PwD + SC/ST 15 āĻŦāĻāϰ
đ āĻŦāϝ়āϏ āĻāĻŖāύা āĻāϰা āĻšāĻŦে Apply āĻāϰাāϰ āĻļেāώ āϤাāϰিāĻ āĻ āύুāϝাāϝ়ী।
āĻ্āϝাāĻাāĻāϰিāĻĢিGeneral / OBC / EWS ₹100
SC / ST / PwD / Female ₹0 (āĻĢ্āϰি)
đŗ āĻĢি āĻāĻŽা āĻĻেāĻāϝ়া āϝাāĻŦে:
Debit Card
Credit Card
Net Banking
UPI
✔️ āĻোāύো āĻĒāϰীāĻ্āώা āύেāĻ
✔️ āĻোāύো āĻāύ্āĻাāϰāĻিāĻ āύেāĻ
đš Selection āĻšāĻŦে āĻļুāϧুāĻŽাāϤ্āϰ—
10th-āĻāϰ āĻŽাāϰ্āĻāϏেāϰ āĻিāϤ্āϤিāϤে Merit List āϤৈāϰি āĻāϰে
āϰাāĻ্āϝ āĻ āĻ্āϝাāĻাāĻāϰি āĻ āύুāϝাāϝ়ী āĻāϞাāĻĻা Merit List āĻĒ্āϰāĻাāĻļ āĻāϰা āĻšāĻŦে
āĻŽোāĻ āĻļূāύ্āϝāĻĒāĻĻ: āĻĒ্āϰাāϝ় 28,740+
Salary (TRCA):
āĻĒোāϏ্āĻāĻŦেāϤāύ (āĻĒ্āϰাāϝ়)BPM ₹12,000 – ₹29,380
ABPM / Dak Sevak ₹10,000 – ₹24,470
đ DA āĻ āĻ āύ্āϝাāύ্āϝ āĻাāϤা āĻāϞাāĻĻা āĻāϰে āϝোāĻ āĻšāϝ়।
1️⃣ āĻ āĻĢিāϏিāϝ়াāϞ āĻāϝ়েāĻŦāϏাāĻāĻে āϝাāύ
đ https://indiapostgdsonline.gov.in
2️⃣ āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽে Registration āĻāϰুāύ
3️⃣ Login āĻāϰে Online Application Form āĻĒূāϰāĻŖ āĻāϰুāύ
4️⃣ āĻĒ্āϰāϝ়োāĻāύীāϝ় āĻĄāĻুāĻŽেāύ্āĻ āĻāĻĒāϞোāĻĄ āĻāϰুāύ
10th Marksheet
Photo
Signature
ID Proof
5️⃣ Application Fee (āϝāĻĻি āĻĒ্āϰāϝোāĻ্āϝ āĻšāϝ়) āĻāĻŽা āĻĻিāύ
6️⃣ Submit āĻāϰে āĻĒ্āϰিāύ্āĻ āĻāĻāĻ āϰেāĻে āĻĻিāύ
✔️ Apply āĻāϰাāϰ āĻāĻে Eligibility āĻাāϞো āĻāϰে āϝাāĻাāĻ āĻāϰুāύ
✔️ āĻুāϞ āϤāĻĨ্āϝ āĻĻিāϞে āĻĢāϰ্āĻŽ āĻŦাāϤিāϞ āĻšāϤে āĻĒাāϰে
✔️ āĻļেāώ āĻĻিāύেāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ āĻ āĻĒেāĻ্āώা āĻāϰāĻŦেāύ āύা
✔️ āύিāϝ়āĻŽিāϤ āĻ āĻĢিāϏিāϝ়াāϞ āĻāϝ়েāĻŦāϏাāĻāĻ āĻেāĻ āĻāϰুāύ
đ https://indiapostgdsonline.gov.in