Lok Sabha Question No. 6103 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-04
Subject: Operationalization of IPPB
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: PANKAJ CHOWDHARY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.6103 TO BE ANSWERED ON 4 TH  APRIL, 2018

## OPERATIONALIZATION OF IPPB

†6103. SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has decided to operate 650 branches of India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) from post offices situated at district  headquarters and link all  post  offices of  the country by September, 2017;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/ UT-wise;
- (c) the  number  of  branches  of  IPPB  linked  so  far  with  post  offices  situated  in  district headquarters; and
- (d) the time by which all post offices of the country are likely to be linked with IPPB?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c) Yes Madam, The Cabinet on 01.06.2016 has approved the proposal of Department of Posts for ''Setting up of India Post Payments Bank'' with a direction to roll out 650 India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) branches co-located in district headquarter Post Offices and their linkage with  all  (approximately  1.55  lakh)  Post  offices  across  the  country    by  September,  2017.  The details of 650 IPPB Branches to be opened State/UT wise is at Annexure I.

The IPPB has rolled out its two pilot branches each in Raipur (Chhattisgarh) and Ranchi (Jharkhand) with 6 Post offices as access points on 30.01.2017. The details of the branches and access points are as under:

| Circles      | Location of Branch   | Location of Access Points   | Location of Access Points   |
|--------------|----------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|              |                      | Sub Office                  | Branch Offices              |
| Chhattisgarh | Raipur Head Office   | Dhamtari                    | (i) Demar (ii) Potiyadih    |
| Jharkhand    | Ranchi GPO           | Kanke                       | (i) Boreya (ii)Sukurhutu    |

The pan India roll out of the remaining 648 IPPB branches is expected to commence from April, 2018.

(d) All the 1.55 lakh post offices of the country will be linked with IPPB branches to function both as DoP outlet and access points for the payments Bank in a phased manner by December, 2018 subject to technical and commercial feasibility.

## State/UT Wise details of IPPB branches

| S. No.   | State/UT                  |   Number of IPPB Branches |
|----------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |                         1 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh            |                        24 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh         |                        10 |
| 4        | Assam                     |                        26 |
| 5        | Bihar                     |                        38 |
| 6        | Chandigarh                |                         1 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh              |                        27 |
| 8        | Dadra and Nagar Haveli    |                         1 |
| 9        | Daman & Diu               |                         0 |
| 10       | Delhi                     |                         3 |
| 11       | Goa                       |                         1 |
| 12       | Gujarat                   |                        32 |
| 13       | Haryana                   |                        20 |
| 14       | HP                        |                        12 |
| 15       | J&K                       |                         8 |
| 16       | Jharkhand                 |                        22 |
| 17       | Karnataka                 |                        31 |
| 18       | Kerala                    |                        14 |
| 19       | Lakshadweep               |                         1 |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh            |                        42 |
| 21       | Maharashtra               |                        41 |
| 22       | Manipur                   |                         9 |
| 23       | Meghalaya                 |                         8 |
| 24       | Mizoram                   |                         6 |
| 25       | Nagaland                  |                         9 |
| 26       | Odisha                    |                        33 |
| 27       | Puducherry                |                         1 |
| 28       | Punjab                    |                        22 |
| 29       | Rajasthan                 |                        33 |
| 30       | Sikkim                    |                         1 |
| 31       | Telangana                 |                        23 |
| 32       | Tamil Nadu                |                        36 |
| 33       | Tripura                   |                         5 |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh             |                        73 |
| 35       | Uttarakhand               |                        12 |
| 36       | West Bengal               |                        25 |
|          | Total                     |                       650 |

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