Work Allocation of Advisor (Cost) – Tariff & Costing Division, Department of Posts (2026)

No.Y-41/15/2024-PE-II 

Government of India Ministry of Communications 

Department of Posts Establishment Division

Dak Bhavan, Sansad Marg New Delhi-110001 Dated: 2 June, 2026

ORDER

Subject: Work allocation of Advisor (Cost) of the Indian Cost Accounts Service (ICoAS) – reg.

With immediate effect and until further orders, following work is assigned to Advisor (Cost), in Department of Posts:

a) To render high-level, independent expertise on advanced cost governance frameworks and modern commercial pricing strategies.

b) To develop standardised costing frameworks for all verticals/SBUs of the DoP.

c) To provide specialized analytical inputs on tariff and costing files referred by the JS&FA and other functional divisions to determine cost-based pricing mechanisms for services/products such as Speed Post, Parcel, Business Post, and India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) services, etc.

d) To design, recommend, and oversee the implementation of scientific costing models, such as Activity-Based Costing (ABC), absorption costing (AC) to accurately trace institutional overheads and resource utilization.

e) To quantify, monitor, and analyse the financial implications of the Net Cost of Universal Service Obligation (USO).

f) To oversee tariff rationalisation, subsidy assessment, and analysis of loss-incurring services.

g) To perform strategic benchmarking of the department's operational costs against international postal systems and domestic e-commerce competitors.

h) To assist the department in high-level policy formulation, presentations, cabinet notes and liaison with the consultant/CTO/CMO as applicable.

Advisor (Cost) will head “Tariff & Costing” Division and will report to JS&FA.

This issues with the approval of Secretary (P).

(Prabha Sharma) ADG (PE-I & RC)

To, 

Advisor (Cost), “Tariff & Costing” Division, Dak Bhawan, New Delhi

Copy to:

1. Sr. PPS to Secretary (P)/PPS to DG (Postal Services)
2. Sr./PPS to all Members, Postal Services Board
3. Sr. DDG (Vigilance)/CGM PLI/CGM (Parcel & CCS)/Sr. DDG (PAF)
4. Director, RAKNPA
5. JS&FA
6. All DDG/GMs in Postal, PLI and Parcel & CCS Directorates
7. Secretary (PSB) – with request to provide supporting staff (one Stenographer and one MTS)
8. DG P&T Accounts, Civil Lines, New Delhi – 54
9. Director, CEPT, Mysore – with a request to upload the OM on the India Post Website.
10. Director (Staff)/Director (Tariff & Costing)/ADG (GA) – for information.
11. SO Guard File

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