Lok Sabha Question No. 2493 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-01
Subject: Post Offices in Rented Buildings
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2493 TO BE ANSWERED ON 1 ST  AUGUST, 2018

## POST OFFICES IN RENTED BUILDINGS

## †2493. SHRI KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of post offices being run in the rented buildings in the country; State-wise/UTwise;
- (b) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  acquire  land  for  the  construction  of  post  office buildings in the country;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; State-wise; and
- (d) the funds allocated, released and spent in this regard during each of the last three years and the current year?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) There are19,960 Post Offices functioning from rented buildings across the country. The State-wise / UT-wise numbers of such Post Offices is Annexed.
- (b) & (c) Proposals for acquisition of land for construction of post offices are currently under deliberation within the department.
- (d) The funds allocated, released and spent for the purpose of acquiring land during the last three years and the current year is as below :

| Financial Year         |   Total Funds Allocated (Rupees in Crore) |   Total Funds Released (Rupees in Crore) |   Total Funds Spent (Rupees in Crore) |
|------------------------|-------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 2015-16                |                                      1.44 |                                     1.44 |                                1.4337 |
| 2016-17                |                                      0    |                                     0    |                                0      |
| 2017-18                |                                      0    |                                     0    |                                0      |
| 2018-19 (Current year) |                                      5    |                                     0    |                                0      |

## Annexure

## ANNEXURE AS REFERRED TO IN PART (a) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2493 TO BE ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  01.08.2018  REGARDING  POST  OFFICES  IN  RENTED BUILDINGS.

## State-wise / UT-wise Number of Posts Offices which are functioning in rented buildings

| Sl. No.   | State / Union Territory (UT)   |   No. of Post Offices functioning from rented buildings |
|-----------|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh                 |                                                    1379 |
| 2         | Telangana                      |                                                     645 |
| 3         | Assam                          |                                                     454 |
| 4         | Bihar                          |                                                     802 |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh                   |                                                     288 |
| 6         | Delhi                          |                                                     222 |
| 7         | Gujarat                        |                                                    1079 |
| 8         | Dadra and Nagarhaveli (U/T)    |                                                       3 |
| 9         | Daman andDiu(U/T)              |                                                       4 |
| 10        | Haryana                        |                                                     361 |
| 11        | Himachal Pradesh               |                                                     383 |
| 12        | Jharkhand                      |                                                     359 |
| 13        | Jammu & Kashmir                |                                                     201 |
| 14        | Karnataka                      |                                                    1272 |
| 15        | Kerala                         |                                                    1250 |
| 16        | Lakshadweep                    |                                                       1 |
| 17        | Madhya Pradesh                 |                                                     738 |
| 18        | Maharashtra                    |                                                    1413 |
| 19        | Goa                            |                                                     367 |
| 20        | Meghalaya                      |                                                      35 |
| 21        | Mizoram                        |                                                      23 |
| 22        | Manipur                        |                                                      45 |
| 23        | Nagaland                       |                                                      26 |
| 24        | Arunachal Pradesh              |                                                      12 |
| 25        | Tripura                        |                                                      49 |
| 26        | Orissa                         |                                                    1034 |
| 27        | Punjab                         |                                                     496 |
| 28        | Chandigarh                     |                                                      46 |
| 29        | Rajasthan                      |                                                     762 |
| 30        | Tamil Nadu                     |                                                    2273 |
| 31        | Puducherry                     |                                                      22 |
| 32        | Uttar Pradesh                  |                                                    2164 |
| 33        | Uttarakhand                    |                                                     308 |
| 34        | West Bengal                    |                                                    1410 |
| 35        | Sikkim                         |                                                      17 |
| 36        | Andaman and Nicobar Islands    |                                                      17 |
|           | Total                          |                                                   19960 |

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