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| headquarters = सेना डाक भवन<br/>Sena Dak Bhawan
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| motto = [[Hindi]] : मेल-मिलाप<br/>[[English language|English]] : Reconciliation (Restoration of Friendly Relations)
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| minister1_name = [[Rajnath Singh]]
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| chief1_name = Major General MK Khan
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| parent_department = [[India Posts|Dept. of Post , Government of India]]
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The '''Army Postal Service''' (APS) functions as a [[Government of India|government]]-operated [[military mail]] system in [[India]]. A primary feature of Army Postal Service systems is that normally they are subsidized to ensure that military mail posted between duty stations abroad and the home country (or vice versa) does not cost the sender any more than normal domestic mail traffic. In some cases, Indian military personnel in a combat zone may post letters and/or packages to the home country for free, while in others, senders located in a specific overseas area may send military mail to another military recipient, also located in the same overseas area, without charge. Officers are deputed primarily from the [[Indian Postal Service]] and from the Army Corps. Army Postal Service is the only service that enables civil service officers to work in the armed forces.

==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 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==
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>

==Badge==
The current badge of the Army Postal Service was approved in February 1978. The badge consists of a flying swan (Raj Hans) encased by a wheat stalk wreath in a semi-oval shape. The wheat stalk signifies growth and prosperity. The '[[Hamsa (bird)|Raj Hans]]' is a mythical bird messenger, representing the function of mail handling by the Corps. The words 'Mail-Milap' (which means 'union through mail') and 'Sena Dak Seva' in Hindi are embodied on scrolls in the badge.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1978-JAN-MAR-MIN-OF-DEFENCE-PART-I/PDF/DEF-1978-02-28_151.pdf|title=President approves new postal badge|date=1978-02-28|access-date=2021-09-03}}</ref><ref name="Sainik"/>

==Head of Army Postal Service==
{| class="wikitable"
|+List of Heads of APS <ref name="Heads of Service APS- Army Official">{{cite web|url=https://indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmTempSimple.aspx?MnId=DlmZtduHF8XQTLLmzX1jJw==&ParentID=5rQfH6eJk6XfnQ1HvgQdsQ==&flag=8CKP966uzg96kLov0aWdfQ==|title=Heads of Service APS|access-date=2021-04-02}}</ref>
! Name !! From !! To
|-
| [[Brigadier]] DS Virk, [[AVSM]]|| 1 March 1972|| 10 March 1972
|-
| Brigadier OP Raghava, AVSM|| 13 March 1972|| 30 December 1978
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| [[Major General]] SK Anand, AVSM|| 1 January 1979|| 31 May 1989
|-
| Major General SP Chopra, [[Vishisht Seva Medal|VSM]]|| 1 June 1989|| 31 March 1993
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| Major General BP Das, AVSM|| 25 May 1993|| 1 November 1996
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| Major General KK Srivastava, VSM|| 14 December 1996|| 29 March 2001
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| Major General RS Kareer|| 30 March 2001|| 30 September 2002
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| Major General SK Sen, VSM|| 1 October 2002|| 31 May 2004
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| Major General V Sadasivam, VSM|| 1 June 2004|| 24 February 2010
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| Major General ARA Sah|| 18 June 2010|| 15 September 2011
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| Major General AK Shori|| 10 October 2011|| 31 Mar 2015
|-
|Major General Meena Datta
|21 October 2015||21 December 2018
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|Major General PS Negi||22 December 2018||22 December 2019
|-
|Major General DV Mahesh||24 December 2019||19 January 2022
|-
|Major General MK Khan||17 February 2022||Till date
|}

==References==
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{{Indian Army arms and services}}
{{Ministry of Communications (India)}}

[[Category:Administrative corps of the Indian Army]]
[[Category:Army logistics units and formations]]

Army Postal Service India - Revision history

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