Lok Sabha Question No. 5069 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-05
Subject: Post Offices ATMs
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: George Baker

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5069 TO BE ANSWERED ON 5 TH   APRIL, 2017

## POST OFFICES ATMS

## 5069. SHRI GEORGE BAKER:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number  of  post  offices  and  operational  post  office  ATMs  across  the  country, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the number of operational post office ATMs on lease/rent areas across the country, State/UT-wise;
- (c) the details of the expenditure incurred on operational post office ATMs on lease/rent areas since its inception, State/UT-wise;
- (d) the steps taken by the Government to cover the aforementioned expenditures; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b) The  details of number  of  Post Offices  on Core  Banking  Solution  and operational Post Office ATMs, Circle-wise as on 31/03/2017 is furnished in Annexure-A.
- (c) to (e) In  the  six  operational  Post  Office  ATMs  which  are  in  lease/rent  areas,  no additional lease expenditure other than the cost of hiring the Post Office building is incurred by the Government. Budgetary allocations are made for hiring of building for Post Offices.

Contd….2/-

| ANNEXURE-A   | ANNEXURE-A       | ANNEXURE-A              | ANNEXURE-A              | ANNEXURE-A   |
|--------------|------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------|
| S.No.        | Circle           | No. of CBS Post Offices | No. of Operational ATMs |              |
| 1            | Andhra Pradesh   | 1634                    | 59                      |              |
| 2            | Assam            | 507                     | 26                      |              |
| 3            | Bihar            | 777                     | 43                      |              |
| 4            | Chhattisgarh     | 294                     | 14                      |              |
| 5            | Delhi            | 406                     | 26                      |              |
| 6            | Gujarat          | 1277                    | 41                      |              |
| 7            | Haryana          | 488                     | 20                      |              |
| 8            | Himachal Pradesh | 420                     | 20                      |              |
| 9            | Jammu & Kashmir  | 157                     | 10                      |              |
| 10           | Jharkhand        | 364                     | 19                      |              |
| 11           | Karnataka        | 1693                    | 76                      |              |
| 12           | Kerala           | 1499                    | 48                      |              |
| 13           | Madhya Pradesh   | 1014                    | 52                      |              |
| 14           | Maharashtra      | 2148                    | 75                      |              |
| 15           | North East       | 143                     | 14                      |              |
| 16           | Odisha           | 1017                    | 44                      |              |
| 17           | Punjab           | 765                     | 26                      |              |
| 18           | Rajasthan        | 1263                    | 64                      |              |
| 19           | Tamilnadu        | 2517                    | 97                      |              |
| 20           | Telangana        | 792                     | 36                      |              |
| 21           | Uttarakhand      | 331                     | 18                      |              |
| 22           | Uttar Pradesh    | 2328                    | 86                      |              |
| 23           | West Bengal      | 1422                    | 64                      |              |
| Total        | Total            | 23256                   | 978                     |              |

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