The Department of Posts (Personnel Division), Ministry of Communications, Government of India, has issued an official clarification regarding the specific categories of officials eligible for the prestigious Meghdoot Awards 2025.

Following a previous directorate letter dated August 27, 2025, which outlined the revised framework and timeline for nominations, this latest memorandum clarifies exactly who can be nominated for the upcoming award cycle.

According to the official circular (No. X-11/2/2019-SPN-II-Part (1)), assessment parameters and evaluation frameworks have been strictly finalized for six distinct categories of postal officials. Nominations are restricted to the following positions:

The department explicitly addressed various requests seeking the inclusion of additional cadres. It has been decided that categories such as "Technology Excellence," Inspector Posts / ASP cadres, Sorting Assistants, as well as other clerical and supervisory cadres, are kept in abeyance and will not be considered for the current award cycle.

This directive has been issued with the approval of the competent authority to ensure a streamlined and standardized evaluation process across the designated delivery and administrative cadres for 2025.