Lok Sabha Question No. 1001 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-08
Subject: Digitisation of Post Offices
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: RAJESHBHAI NARANBHAI CHUDASAMA, GOWDAR MALLIKARJUNAPPA SIDDESHWARA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1001 TO BE ANSWERED ON 8 TH  FEBRUARY, 2017

## DIGITISATION OF POST OFFICES

1001.  SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA: SHRI G.M. SIDDESHWARA:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is considering to digitally connect rural post offices across the country and enable core banking facilities to 1,20,000 other post offices;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the steps taken/being taken in this regard;
- (d) whether the Government is considering to set up over 1,000 ATMs in three months for the convenience of post office savings bank customers; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and the time by which a final decision in this regard is likely to be taken?

## 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.  Government  is  digitally  connecting  all  1,29,345  Gramin  Dak Sewak  (GDS)  Post  offices  in  rural  areas.  The  Rural  Information  and  Communication Technology  (RICT)  segment  under  the  IT  Modernization  Project  of  Department  of  Posts which  is  under  implementation  phase,  will  digitally  connect  1,29,345    Gramin  Dak  Sewak Post Offices in rural areas across the Country by December, 2017. Core Banking Solution (CBS) is being implemented in 25297 Departmental Post Offices of the country. As on 31-012017, 23147 Departmental Post Offices have been migrated to CBS platform and 8729 GDS Post offices have been migrated to RICT platform and are being enabled with CBS facilities.
- (d) & (e) Yes  Madam,  As  part  of  the  IT  Modernization  Project  the  Government  has decided  to  provide  ATM  facility  for  POSB  customers.  As  of  now  970  ATMs  have  been installed at major post offices across the country. The Circle wise details of number of ATMs Installed is at Annexure A.

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## Annexure A

The Circle wise details of number of ATMs Installed as on 31-02-2017

| Circle           |   ATM Installed at Post Offices |
|------------------|---------------------------------|
| ANDHRA PRADESH   |                              95 |
| ASSAM            |                              26 |
| BIHAR            |                              43 |
| CHHATTISGARH     |                              14 |
| DELHI            |                              26 |
| GUJARAT          |                              41 |
| HARYANA          |                              20 |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH |                              20 |
| JAMMU & KASHMIR  |                               9 |
| JHARKHAND        |                              19 |
| KARNATAKA        |                              76 |
| KERALA           |                              42 |
| MADHYA PRADESH   |                              52 |
| MAHARASHTRA      |                              75 |
| NORTH EASTERN    |                              13 |
| ORISSA           |                              44 |
| PUNJAB           |                              26 |
| RAJASTHAN        |                              64 |
| TAMILNADU        |                              97 |
| UTTAR PRADESH    |                              86 |
| UTTARAKHAND      |                              18 |
| WEST BENGAL      |                              64 |
| GRAND TOTAL      |                             970 |

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