service corps agency overview formed 1856 ; 160 years ago 1856 1 type military postal service headquarters sena dak bhawan motto hindi english reconciliation restoration of friendly relations minister responsible manohar parrikar defence minister agency executive major general meena datta additional director general army postal service 2 parent department dept. of post government of india parent agency indian armed forces website aps indian army the army postal service aps functions as a 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 . contents 1 activities 2 organisational set up 3 head of army postal service 4 references activities edit army postal service provides postal remittance savings & insurance services to army indian navy air force and paramilitary forces personnel through 500 field post offices established across the country . it also provides cover to indian troops deployed with united nations peace keeping forces abroad . 3 2 organisational set up edit 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 . 4 the two command based post offices at delhi and kolkota 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 air force postal units in the rank of lt col major captain monitor the functioning of field post offices under their control and discharge the functions of the postal advisor to the general officer commanding . two central base post offices and section base post offices serve as the nodal points for mail processing . head of army postal service edit list of heads of aps 5 name from to brigadier ds virk avsm 1 march 1972 10 march 1972 brigadier op raghava avsm 13 march 1972 30 december 1978 major general sk anand avsm 1 january 1979 31 may 1989 major general sp chopra vsm 1 june 1989 31 march 1993 major general bp das avsm 25 may 1993 1 november 1996 major general kk srivastava vsm 14 december 1996 29 march 2001 major general rs kareer 30 march 2001 30 september 2002 major general sk sen vsm 1 october 2002 31 may 2004 major general v sadasivam vsm 1 june 2004 24 february 2010 major general ara sah 18 june 2010 15 september 2011 major general ak shori 10 october 2011 31 mar 2015 maj gen meena datta 21 october 2015 till date references edit history aps . indian army . government of india . retrieved 28 october 2015 . a b organisation . indian army . govt . of india . retrieved 28 october 2015 . activities aps . indian army . government of india . retrieved 28 october 2015 . how does the army post office system work . pitara . retrieved 28 october 2015 . heads of service aps . indian army . govt . of india . retrieved 28 october 2015 . v t e arms and services of indian army combat arms regiments mechanised infantry guards parachute punjab madras grenadiers maratha li rajputana rifles rajput jat sikh sikh li dogra garhwal rifles kumaon assam bihar mahar j & k rifles j & k li 1 gr 3 gr 4 gr 5 gr 8 gr 9 gr 11 gr ladakh scouts arunachal scouts sikkim scouts corps 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