Lok Sabha Question No. 5478 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-28
Subject: Revenues Earned by Post Offices from Value Added Services
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: SRINIVAS KESINENI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5478 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28 th      MARCH, 2018

## REVENUES EARNED BY POST OFFICES FROM VALUE ADDED SERVICES

## 5478. SHRI KESINENI NANI:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the percentage of revenue, the Department of Posts earns from various services including e-commerce, payment banks and other value added services;
- (b) the future expansion plans in these sectors in the State of Andhra Pradesh; and
- (c) the  number  of  the  Indian  Postal  Payments  Bank  accounts  in  Andhra  Pradesh Post office-wise and district-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS & MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

- (a)     Madam, the details of the percentage of revenue the Department of Posts earns from  various  services  including  e-commerce  and  other  value  added  services  are furnished below.

| Details                                           |   Financial Year 2016-17 (In crore of Rs.) |   %age of revenue to total revenue |
|---------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| Speed Post                                        |                                    1785.25 |                              15.51 |
| Business Post                                     |                                     752.52 |                               6.54 |
| Express Parcel                                    |                                      64.18 |                               0.56 |
| Business Parcel                                   |                                      94.8  |                               0.82 |
| Bill Mail Service                                 |                                      77.15 |                               0.67 |
| e.Post                                            |                                       1.63 |                               0.01 |
| Postage through Franking Machines and Pre-postage |                                     777.34 |                               6.75 |
| Sale of Stamps                                    |                                     470.78 |                               4.09 |
| Commemorative Stamps                              |                                      43.3  |                               0.38 |

| My Stamps                                                               |     5.33 |   0.05 |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|--------|
| Philatelic Ancillaries                                                  |    13.54 |   0.12 |
| Postage- Other Schemes                                                  |     8.5  |   0.07 |
| MO & IPO                                                                |   284.62 |   2.47 |
| Retail Post                                                             |    67.68 |   0.59 |
| Logistic Post                                                           |    16.31 |   0.14 |
| E. Bill Collection                                                      |    26.34 |   0.23 |
| Railway ticket booking                                                  |     2.54 |   0.02 |
| MGNREGA                                                                 |    48    |   0.42 |
| Other Activities                                                        |   152.57 |   1.33 |
| Net Receipts / Payments to Other Postal Administration(Other Countries) |  -267.22 |  -2.32 |
| SB & CC Remuneration                                                    |  7085.84 |  61.56 |
| Total                                                                   | 11511    | 100    |

(b) As  the  delivery  services  on  value  added  services  are  offered  PAN  India,  any expansion  of  these  services  in  the  country  will  include  expansion  plans  for  Andhra Pradesh too.

24 IPPB Branches are being set up in the state of Andhra Pradesh in April, 2018 and there would be complete integration with all post offices so that each post office functions both as DoP outlet and as an access point for the Payments Bank, subject to technical and commercial feasibility.

(c) India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) has launched only two pilot branches (Ranchi and Raipur) in the country so far. 650 branches across the country are to be launched soon.

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