Lok Sabha Question No. 891 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-21
Subject: Setting up of Kisan Seva Kendras
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: G. HARI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.891 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 ST  NOVEMBER, 2016

## SETTING UP OF KISAN SEVA KENDRAS

891. SHRI G. HARI :

## पेट्रोलियम एवं प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्री

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) has set up 6500 Kisan Seva Kendras in rural and remote areas of the country and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise;
- (b)  whether the IOCL has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with State Bank of India to engage as business correspondents and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c)   the manner and extent of which the farmers are likely to be benefitted the said tie-up?

## ANSWER

पेट्रोलियम एवं प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्रािय में राज्य मंत्री ( स्विंत्र प्रभार ) ( श्री धमेन्द्र प्रधान )

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a) - Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) has set up 6811 Kisan Seva Kendras (KSKs) in rural and remote areas in the country as on 01-10-2016. The State/UT wise details are given in Annexure .
- (b)  &  (c)  -  A  Memorandum of  Understanding (MoU) has been signed between IOCL and State Bank of India (SBI) on 13-07-2016 to set up SBI Customer Service Point at IOCL`s KSK by appointing KSK dealers as Business Correspondents of SBI.

SBI  has  launched  a  scheme  called  Customer  Service  Point  which  is  operated  by  appointing Business  Correspondent.  Business  Correspondent  as  an  intermediary  provides  banking services to financially excluded population at affordable cost such as opening of Small Accounts (SB), Flexi Recurring Deposit, Special Term Deposit, Over Draft, Cash Deposits/Withdrawals/ deposit  in  Loan  accounts,  Remittances,  other  services,  Pradhan  Mantri  Jeevan  Jyoti  Bima Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Suraksa Yojana, Atal Pension Yojana, Direct Benefit Transfer, Immediate Payment Service, Insurance Products etc. SBI will utilize its network to reach various banking services through Business Correspondent at IOCL KSK.

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## ANNEURE

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question  No. 891 asked by Shri G. Hari, Hon`ble MP regarding 'Setting up of Kisan Seva Kendras'.

## State/UT-wise number of Kisan Seva Kendras as on 01-10-2016

|   S.NO. | State / UT           |   NOS. |
|---------|----------------------|--------|
|       1 | Haryana              |    405 |
|       2 | Himachal Pradesh     |     43 |
|       3 | Jammu & Kashmir      |     57 |
|       4 | Punjab               |    448 |
|       5 | Rajasthan            |    460 |
|       6 | Uttar Pradesh        |    997 |
|       7 | Uttrakhand           |     31 |
|       8 | Chandigarh           |      0 |
|       9 | Delhi                |      0 |
|      10 | Arunachal Pradesh    |      1 |
|      11 | Assam                |     94 |
|      12 | Bihar                |    542 |
|      13 | Jharkhand            |    136 |
|      14 | Manipur              |     21 |
|      15 | Meghalaya            |     12 |
|      16 | Mizoram              |      3 |
|      17 | Nagaland             |      5 |
|      18 | Orissa               |    289 |
|      19 | Sikkim               |      4 |
|      20 | Tripura              |      9 |
|      21 | West Bengal          |    313 |
|      22 | Goa                  |      2 |
|      23 | Gujarat              |    166 |
|      24 | Madhya Pradesh       |    445 |
|      25 | Chattisgarh          |    160 |
|      26 | Maharashtra          |    362 |
|      27 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli |      3 |
|      28 | Daman & Diu          |      1 |
|      29 | Andhra Pradesh       |    367 |
|      30 | Karnataka            |    482 |
|      31 | Kerala               |    233 |

| 32   | Tamil Nadu   |   501 |
|------|--------------|-------|
| 33   | Telangana    |   200 |
| 34   | Lakshdweep   |     0 |
| 35   | Pondicherry  |    19 |
|      | TOTAL        |  6811 |