Lok Sabha Question No. 6233 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-12
Subject: Internet Facility in Post Offices
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.6233 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12 TH   APRIL, 2017

## INTERNET FACILITY IN POST OFFICES

## †6233. SHRI RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEY:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the current status of linking the post-offices with internet facility;
- (b) whether the Government has fixed any target for inter-linking the post offices through internet;
- (c) if  so, the details thereof and the number of post offices inter-linked in the urban and rural areas separately, State-wise; and
- (d) the funds allocated and spent for this purpose, State-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) 24779 Post Offices are linked with secure WAN Network.
- (b) The target fixed for completion of networking of all technically feasible locations was March 2016, which has been achieved.
- (c) The details of number of Post Offices inter-linked in the urban and rural areas, Statewise is furnished in Annexure 'A'.
- (d) Network Integrator segment of IT Modernization Project is a PAN India project and the expenditure incurred for this purpose  is being incurred centrally and  no  state-wise expenditure is made.  The funds allocated and the expenditure incurred is as follows:

Funds allocated

: Rs.951.57 Crores

Expenditure incurred so far

: Rs.262.34 Crores

Funds  for  the  IT  Modernization  Project  have  been  allotted  till  the  year  2022  and expenditure is to be incurred accordingly.

## Annexure 'A'

## STATUS OF THE POST OFFICES INTER-LINKED IN THE URBAN AND RURAL AREAS STATE-WISE/UT-WISE

| Name of the State/UT   | Total no. of POST OFFICES   | Total no. of POST OFFICES   | Total no. of POST OFFICES   | Total No. of Post Offices on Wide Area Network   | Total No. of Post Offices on Wide Area Network   | Total No. of Post Offices on Wide Area Network   |
|------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
| Name of the State/UT   | URBAN                       | RURAL                       | Total                       | URBAN                                            | RURAL                                            | Total                                            |
| Andhra Pradesh         | 637                         | 958                         | 1595                        | 635                                              | 940                                              | 1575                                             |
| Assam                  | 221                         | 404                         | 625                         | 220                                              | 390                                              | 610                                              |
| Bihar                  | 418                         | 637                         | 1055                        | 416                                              | 624                                              | 1040                                             |
| Chhattisgarh           | 246                         | 103                         | 349                         | 245                                              | 88                                               | 333                                              |
| Delhi                  | 402                         | 05                          | 407                         | 401                                              | 05                                               | 406                                              |
| Gujarat                | 693                         | 644                         | 1337                        | 688                                              | 633                                              | 1321                                             |
| Daman & Diu            | 2                           | 1                           | 3                           | 2                                                | 1                                                | 3                                                |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli   | 1                           | 3                           | 4                           | 1                                                | 2                                                | 3                                                |
| Haryana                | 327                         | 177                         | 504                         | 326                                              | 175                                              | 501                                              |
| Himachal Pradesh       | 112                         | 357                         | 469                         | 112                                              | 344                                              | 456                                              |
| Jammu & Kashmir        | 177                         | 85                          | 262                         | 176                                              | 81                                               | 257                                              |
| Jharkhand              | 239                         | 224                         | 463                         | 222                                              | 152                                              | 374                                              |
| Karnataka              | 866                         | 848                         | 1714                        | 865                                              | 841                                              | 1706                                             |
| Kerala                 | 536                         | 963                         | 1499                        | 536                                              | 962                                              | 1498                                             |
| Lakshadweep            | 0                           | 9                           | 9                           | 0                                                | 0                                                | 0                                                |
| Madhya Pradesh         | 692                         | 329                         | 1021                        | 689                                              | 327                                              | 1016                                             |
| Maharashtra            | 1144                        | 967                         | 2111                        | 1140                                             | 959                                              | 2099                                             |
| Goa                    | 47                          | 57                          | 104                         | 47                                               | 57                                               | 104                                              |
| Arunachal Pradesh      | 23                          | 27                          | 50                          | 6                                                | 18                                               | 24                                               |
| Manipur                | 26                          | 30                          | 56                          | 10                                               | 37                                               | 47                                               |
| Mizoram                | 17                          | 22                          | 39                          | 11                                               | 20                                               | 31                                               |
| Meghalaya              | 32                          | 36                          | 68                          | 16                                               | 41                                               | 57                                               |
| Nagaland               | 13                          | 29                          | 42                          | 11                                               | 24                                               | 35                                               |
| Tripura                | 39                          | 44                          | 83                          | 26                                               | 47                                               | 73                                               |
| Odisha                 | 535                         | 670                         | 1205                        | 534                                              | 649                                              | 1183                                             |
| Punjab                 | 403                         | 323                         | 726                         | 403                                              | 321                                              | 724                                              |
| Chandigarh             | 40                          | 2                           | 42                          | 40                                               | 2                                                | 42                                               |
| Rajasthan              | 609                         | 726                         | 1335                        | 609                                              | 723                                              | 1332                                             |
| Tamil Nadu             | 1184                        | 1397                        | 2581                        | 1181                                             | 1376                                             | 2557                                             |
| Pondicherry            | 18                          | 11                          | 29                          | 17                                               | 11                                               | 28                                               |
| Telengana              | 242                         | 608                         | 850                         | 242                                              | 607                                              | 849                                              |
| Uttara Pradesh         | 1613                        | 940                         | 2553                        | 1608                                             | 928                                              | 2536                                             |
| Uttarakhand            | 193                         | 200                         | 393                         | 187                                              | 182                                              | 369                                              |
| West Bengal            | 984                         | 733                         | 1717                        | 919                                              | 638                                              | 1557                                             |
| Sikkim                 | 14                          | 9                           | 23                          | 13                                               | 8                                                | 21                                               |
| A & N Islands          | 12                          | 15                          | 27                          | 9                                                | 3                                                | 12                                               |
| Total                  | 12757                       | 12593                       | 25350                       | 12563                                            | 12216                                            | 24779                                            |

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