Lok Sabha Question No. 3782 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-09
Subject: Speed Post Centres
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: RAJU ALIAS DEVAPPA ANNA SHETTI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3782 TO BE ANSWERED ON 9 TH   AUGUST, 2017

## SPEED POST CENTRES

†3782. SHRI RAJU SHETTY:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the total number of functioning Speed Post Centres in the country, State/ UTwise;
- (b) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  establish  more  such  centres  in  the country and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise; and
- (c) whether such centres function simultaneously as booking and delivery centres and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The Department of Posts, under a new operational arrangement has changed the nomenclature of Speed Post Centres into National Sorting Hubs (NSH) and Intra Circle Hubs (ICH). As on date there are 90 NSHs and 150 ICHs, which are mapped to the NSHs. The state-wise details are at Annexure-I.
- (b) The NSHs/ ICHs are upgraded/ downgraded, closed or established based on mail  volume,  geographical  locations,  operational  feasibility  etc.  At  present,  the Department has no proposal to establish more such hubs.
- (c) No Madam, these hubs are only processing centres for Speed Post articles.

Contd…2/-

## Annexure I

For Lok Sabha Question No. 3782 for 09.08.2017

## Number of National Sorting Hubs and Intra Circle Hubs (State-wise)

| State/UT                    | NSH   | ICH   |
|-----------------------------|-------|-------|
| Andman Nicobar Islands (UT) | -     | 1     |
| Andhra Pradesh              | 4     | 10    |
| Arunachal Pradesh           | 1     | -     |
| Assam                       | 2     | 5     |
| Bihar                       | 4     | 3     |
| Chhattisgarh                | 1     | 4     |
| Delhi                       | 1     | -     |
| Goa                         | 1     | -     |
| Gujarat                     | 4     | 13    |
| Haryana                     | 4     | 3     |
| Himachal Pradesh            | 2     | 4     |
| Jammu& Kashmir              | 2     | -     |
| Jharkhand                   | 3     | 3     |
| Karnataka                   | 7     | 6     |
| Kerala                      | 5     | 3     |
| Madhya Pradesh              | 4     | 9     |
| Maharashtra                 | 4     | 17    |
| Manipur                     | 1     | -     |
| Meghalaya                   | 1     | -     |
| Mizoram                     | 1     | -     |
| Nagaland                    | 1     | -     |
| Odisha                      | 3     | 7     |
| Punjab (Chandigarh)         | 4     | 4     |
| Rajasthan                   | 3     | 10    |
| Tamilnadu                   | 7     | 12    |
| Telangana                   | 2     | 3     |
| Tripura                     | 1     | -     |
| Uttar Pradesh               | 10    | 18    |
| Uttarakhand                 | 1     | 6     |
| West Bengal                 | 4     | 9     |
| Total                       | 88*   | 150   |

* Two (2) additional National Sorting Hubs are established for Army Postal Services.

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