Lok Sabha Question No. 1956 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-07
Subject: Postmen/Postwomen and Khadi Uniform
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: GOPALAKRISHNAN CHINNARAJ

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1956 TO BE ANSWERED ON 7 th  MARCH, 2018

## POSTMEN/POSTWOMEN AND KHADI UNIFORM

1956. DR. C. GOPALAKRISHNAN:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  total  number  of  postmen  and  postwomen  working  across  the  country, State/UT-wise; and
- (b) the  time  by  which  the  new  khadi  uniform  for  postmen  and  postwomen  will  be launched?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Number of Postmen and Postwomen State / Union Territory- wise, are as under:

|   S.No. | Name of State/ Union Territory      |   Total No. of Postmen |   Total No. of Postwomen |   Total |
|---------|-------------------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|---------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh                      |                   1664 |                      180 |    1844 |
|       2 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands           |                     18 |                        0 |      18 |
|       3 | Arunachal Pradesh                   |                     45 |                       04 |      49 |
|       4 | Assam                               |                    591 |                       70 |     661 |
|       5 | Bihar                               |                   1095 |                       26 |    1121 |
|       6 | Chandigarh                          |                    162 |                       11 |     173 |
|       7 | Chhattisgarh                        |                    390 |                        8 |     398 |
|       8 | Dadar& Nagar Haveli                 |                      3 |                        1 |       4 |
|       9 | Daman & Diu                         |                     15 |                        3 |      18 |
|      10 | National Capital Territory of Delhi |                   1000 |                       60 |    1060 |
|      11 | Goa                                 |                    125 |                        4 |     129 |
|      12 | Gujarat                             |                   3219 |                      166 |    3385 |
|      13 | Haryana                             |                    666 |                       19 |     685 |
|      14 | Himachal Pradesh                    |                    313 |                       16 |     329 |
|      15 | Jammu & Kashmir                     |                    118 |                       10 |     128 |
|      16 | Jharkhand                           |                    471 |                       07 |     478 |
|      17 | Karnataka                           |                   2659 |                      343 |    3002 |
|      18 | Kerala                              |                   1395 |                      529 |    1924 |
|      19 | Lakshwadeep                         |                      2 |                        1 |       3 |

| S.No.   | Name of State/ Union Territory   |   Total No. of Postmen |   Total No. of Postwomen |   Total |
|---------|----------------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|---------|
| 20.     | Madhya Pradesh                   |                   1105 |                       13 |    1118 |
| 21.     | Maharashtra                      |                   4804 |                      357 |    5161 |
| 22.     | Manipur                          |                     78 |                       06 |      84 |
| 23.     | Meghalaya                        |                     51 |                       25 |      76 |
| 24.     | Mizoram                          |                     36 |                       14 |      50 |
| 25.     | Nagaland                         |                     35 |                       11 |      46 |
| 26.     | Odisha                           |                   1177 |                       52 |    1229 |
| 27.     | Puducherry                       |                     93 |                       18 |     111 |
| 28.     | Punjab                           |                    984 |                       71 |    1055 |
| 29.     | Rajasthan                        |                   1048 |                       14 |    1062 |
| 30.     | Sikkim                           |                     19 |                        2 |      21 |
| 31.     | Tamil Nadu                       |                   3691 |                      727 |    4418 |
| 32.     | Telangana                        |                   1132 |                       80 |    1212 |
| 33.     | Tripura                          |                     86 |                       16 |     102 |
| 34.     | Uttar Pradesh                    |                   2602 |                      173 |    2775 |
| 35.     | Uttarakhand                      |                    313 |                        8 |     321 |
| 36.     | West Bengal                      |                   3256 |                      301 |    3557 |
|         | Total                            |                  34461 |                     3346 |   37807 |

(b) The redesigned new khaki coloured khadi uniform for Postmen, Postwomen and Multi Tasking Staff was launched on 29.01.2018

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