Lok Sabha Question No. 1563 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-27
Subject: Own Buildings to Post Offices
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: NIHAL CHAND CHAUHAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1563 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27 TH      DECEMBER, 2017

## OWN BUILDINGS TO POST OFFICES

†1563. SHRI NIHAL CHAND:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has taken any steps/proposes to take steps to provide own private buildings to the existing post offices functioning in the country; and
- (b) if so, the State-wise details thereof along with Rajasthan?

## 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  Government  has  provided  for  a  Scheme  of  Estates  Management, wherein  construction  of  Post  Offices,  on    its    own  land    is  carried  out  in  a  phased manner, subject to availability of funds,  so  that,  existing post  offices  function from own buildings, in due course. The list of completed post office projects  during 2016-17, and ongoing projects including those in Rajasthan is at Annexure -A and Annexure -B respectively .

## Annexure A .

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN PART (b) UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1563 TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 27.12.2017 REGARDING OWN BUILDINGS TO POST OFFICES

|   Sl. No. | Name of State/ UT     | Completed projects                                         |
|-----------|-----------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh        | Post Office at .Jaggiapeta                                 |
|         2 | Assam                 | -                                                          |
|         3 | Bihar                 | -                                                          |
|         4 | Chhattisgarh          | -                                                          |
|         5 | Delhi                 | Post Office at Dwarka (Sector-VI)                          |
|         6 | Gujarat               | -                                                          |
|         7 | Haryana               | Post Office at Udyog Vihar, Gurgaon                        |
|         8 | Himachal Pradesh      | -                                                          |
|         9 | Jammu & Kashmir       | -                                                          |
|        10 | Jharkhand             | Post office at Doranda                                     |
|        11 | Karnataka             | -                                                          |
|        12 | Kerala                | Post offices at (i)Puthur, (ii) Vallikulam (iii) Nooranadu |
|        13 | Madhya Pradesh        | Post offices at (i) Alirajpur, Indore (ii) Pandhurna       |
|        14 | Maharashtra           | Post offices at (i) Rukhmani Nagar (ii) Bandra- West       |
|        15 | North East            | -                                                          |
|        15 | (i) Arunachal Pradesh | -                                                          |
|        15 | (ii) Manipur          | -                                                          |
|        15 | (iii) Meghalaya       | -                                                          |
|        15 | (iv) Mizoram          | -                                                          |
|        15 | (v) Nagaland          | -                                                          |
|        15 | (vi) Tripura          | -                                                          |
|        16 | Odisha                | Post offices at (i) Budheswari (ii) Baramunda              |
|        17 | Punjab                | -                                                          |
|        18 | Rajasthan             | Post Offices at (i) Kharwa (ii) Ajmer                      |
|        19 | Puducherry            | Post Office at Sarem,                                      |
|        20 | Telangana             | -                                                          |
|        21 | Uttar Pradesh         | -                                                          |
|        22 | Uttarakhand           | -                                                          |
|        23 | West Bengal           | -                                                          |

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN PART (b) UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1563 TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 27.12.2017 REGARDING OWN BUILDINGS TO POST OFFICES

|   Sl. No. | Name of State     | Name of ongoing Post Office Projects              |
|-----------|-------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh    | Head Post Office. at Machilipattnam               |
|         2 | Andhra Pradesh    | Post Office at Amadalavalasa                      |
|         3 | Bihar             | Post Office at Begusarai                          |
|         4 | Gujarat           | Post Office at Rankuva                            |
|         5 | Gujarat           | Post Office at Halol                              |
|         6 | Himachal Pradesh. | Post Office at Amb (Una)                          |
|         7 | Karnataka         | Post Office at Jyotinagar                         |
|         8 | Madhya Pradesh    | Post Office at Alirajpur                          |
|         9 | Madhya Pradesh    | Post Office at Pandurna                           |
|        10 | Odisha            | Post Office at Arunodaya Market, Cuttack          |
|        11 | Rajasthan         | Post Officeat Hiran Magri                         |
|        12 | Tamil Nadu        | Post Office at Kuzhithurai                        |
|        13 | Uttar Pradesh     | Post Office at Tetri Bazar, Sidharth Nagar, Basti |
|        14 | Uttar Pradesh     | Post Office at Fatehgarh                          |
|        15 | West Bengal       | Post Office at Oral Katcha.                       |
|        16 | West Bengal       | Post Office at Rajarhut                           |
|        17 | Nagaland          | Post Office at Dimapur                            |

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