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==Activities== | ==Activities== | ||
Army Postal Service provides [[Mail|Postal]], [[Remittance]], Savings & [[Insurance]] services to [[Indian Army|Army]], [[Indian Navy]], [[Indian Air Force|Air Force]] and [[Paramilitary forces of India|Paramilitary forces]] [[Military personnel|personnel]] through 500 Field Post Offices established across the country. It also provides cover to [[India and the United Nations|Indian troops]] deployed with [[United Nations peacekeeping|United Nations Peace Keeping Forces]] abroad.<ref name="Activities APS Army Official">{{cite web|title=Activities APS|url=http://indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmTempSimple.aspx?MnId=PjtO7t0fISZcyBLL63Vzyg==&ParentID=Rh9iagVoSUStowfzzIsJdw==|website=Indian Army|publisher=Government of India|access-date=28 October | Army Postal Service provides [[Mail|Postal]], [[Remittance]], Savings & [[Insurance]] services to [[Indian Army|Army]], [[Indian Navy]], [[Indian Air Force|Air Force]] and [[Paramilitary forces of India|Paramilitary forces]] [[Military personnel|personnel]] through 500 Field Post Offices established across the country. It also provides cover to [[India and the United Nations|Indian troops]] deployed with [[United Nations peacekeeping|United Nations Peace Keeping Forces]] abroad.<ref name="Activities APS Army Official">{{cite web|title=Activities APS|url=http://indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmTempSimple.aspx?MnId=PjtO7t0fISZcyBLL63Vzyg==&ParentID=Rh9iagVoSUStowfzzIsJdw==|website=Indian Army|publisher=Government of India|access-date=28 October 2015}}</ref><ref name="Organisation-Army Official">{{cite web|title=Organisation|url=http://indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmTemp1PLargeMC2C.aspx?MnId=6gMCQ7/x1OmqSVQXZ14yyg==&ParentID=ZeEAj5+I0d2XTK6LRbxylQ==|website=Indian Army|publisher=Govt. of India|access-date=28 October 2015}}</ref> | ||
==Organisational set-up== | ==Organisational set-up== | ||
The head of Army Postal Service is the ''Additional Director General, Army Postal Service'' at Army Headquarters in the rank of [[Major General]]. He is assisted by ''Deputy Director General, Army Postal Service'' in the rank of [[Brigadier]] at Army Headquarters.<ref name="How does the Army Post Office System Work?">{{cite web|title=How does the Army Post Office System Work?|url=http://www.pitara.com/science-for-kids/5ws-and-h/how-does-the-army-post-office-system-work/|website=Pitara|access-date=28 October | The head of Army Postal Service is the ''Additional Director General, Army Postal Service'' at Army Headquarters in the rank of [[Major General]]. He is assisted by ''Deputy Director General, Army Postal Service'' in the rank of [[Brigadier]] at Army Headquarters.<ref name="How does the Army Post Office System Work?">{{cite web|title=How does the Army Post Office System Work?|url=http://www.pitara.com/science-for-kids/5ws-and-h/how-does-the-army-post-office-system-work/|website=Pitara|access-date=28 October 2015}}</ref> | ||
The two Command Based Post Offices at Delhi and [[Kolkata]] and Army Postal Service Centre at [[Kamptee]], Nagpur are commanded by Commandants in the rank of [[Colonel]]. The Officers Commanding Corps/Divisional/Area/Border Roads/[[Assam Rifles]]/[[Indian Air Force|Air Force]] Postal Units in the rank of [[Lt Col]]/ [[Major]]/[[Captain (armed forces)|Captain]] monitor the functioning of Field Post Offices (FPOs) under their control and discharge the functions of the Postal Advisor to the [[General Officer Commanding|General-Officer-Commanding]]. Two Central Base Post Offices and Section Base Post Offices serve as the nodal points for mail processing. The Central Base Post Offices are 56 and 99 APO operating out of [[New Delhi]] (No. 1 CBPO) and [[Kolkata]] (No. 2 CBPO), respectively. '''99 APO''' covers all formations in the eight [[Northeast India|north-eastern states]], [[West Bengal]] and the [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]] through its network of nearly 130 FPOs. '''56 APO''' covers the rest of the country through its network of 50 FPOs.<ref name="Sainik">{{cite web|url=http://sainiksamachar.nic.in/englisharchives/2013/mar16-13/h5.htm|title=Care of the Flying Swan|date=2013-03-13|access-date=2021-09-03}}</ref> | The two Command Based Post Offices at Delhi and [[Kolkata]] and Army Postal Service Centre at [[Kamptee]], Nagpur are commanded by Commandants in the rank of [[Colonel]]. The Officers Commanding Corps/Divisional/Area/Border Roads/[[Assam Rifles]]/[[Indian Air Force|Air Force]] Postal Units in the rank of [[Lt Col]]/ [[Major]]/[[Captain (armed forces)|Captain]] monitor the functioning of Field Post Offices (FPOs) under their control and discharge the functions of the Postal Advisor to the [[General Officer Commanding|General-Officer-Commanding]]. Two Central Base Post Offices and Section Base Post Offices serve as the nodal points for mail processing. The Central Base Post Offices are 56 and 99 APO operating out of [[New Delhi]] (No. 1 CBPO) and [[Kolkata]] (No. 2 CBPO), respectively. '''99 APO''' covers all formations in the eight [[Northeast India|north-eastern states]], [[West Bengal]] and the [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]] through its network of nearly 130 FPOs. '''56 APO''' covers the rest of the country through its network of 50 FPOs.<ref name="Sainik">{{cite web|url=http://sainiksamachar.nic.in/englisharchives/2013/mar16-13/h5.htm|title=Care of the Flying Swan|date=2013-03-13|access-date=2021-09-03}}</ref> | ||