Context:
Post Office Act 2023 comes into effect.
Post Office Act, 2023:
- Objective – Tocreate a simple legislative framework for delivery of citizen centric services, banking services and benefits of Government schemes at the last mile.
- It replaced the Indian Post Office Act (IPOA), 1898.
- Enacted during the tenure of Viceroy Lord Elgin-II (1894-1899).
- Government can intercept an article transmitted through India Post on specified grounds.
- Grounds – Security of the State, friendly relations with foreign states, public order, emergency, or public safety.
- Post office will not incur any liability with regard to its services, except such liability as may be prescribed with regard to a service provided by the Post Office.
- No penal provisions have been prescribed in the Act.
- Act does away with provisions such as the exclusive privilege of collecting, processing and delivering of letters, to enhance the ease of doing business and ease of living.
- Director General of Postal Services (DGPS) will be appointed to head India Post.
- DGPS will have powers to make regulations on matters such as charges for services, supply and sale of postage stamps.
Source: PIB
Previous Year Question
Consider the following statements:
Statement-I: In India, prisons are managed by State Governments with their own rules and regulations for the day-to-day administration of prisons.
Statement-II: In India, prisons are governed by the Prisons Act, 1894 which expressly kept the subject of prisons in the control of Provincial Governments.
Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?
[UPSC Civil Services Exam – 2023 Prelims]
(a) Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and Statement-II is the correct explanation for Statement-I
(b) Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and Statement-II is not the correct explanation for Statement-I
(c) Statement-I is correct but Statement-II is incorrect
(d) Statement-I is incorrect but Statement-II is correct
Answer: (a)
