Lok Sabha Question No. 5216 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-05
Subject: Women Post Offices
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Richard Hay

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5216 TO BE ANSWERED ON 5 TH   APRIL, 2017

## WOMEN POST OFFICES

## 5216. PROF. RICHARD HAY:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether Government propose to open Women Post Offices across the country and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise along with the number of such post offices currently in operation;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to open more such post offices in the country and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise;
- (c) the  details  of  the  funds  likely  to  be  earmarked/sanctioned  for  these  post  office, State/UT-wise along with the target fixed;
- (d) whether the Government has received any proposal from some of the States to open such post offices in their States; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise along with the action taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b) There is no separate scheme  for opening of all women  post  offices. Department  of  Posts  has  however,  made  67  Departmental  Sub  Post  Offices  (SOs)   and 21134  Gramin  Dak  Sewak  Branch  Post  Offices  (GDSBOs)  functional  as  all  Women  Post Offices  by  transfer,  redeployment  and  appointment.  The  Postal  Circle-wise  number  of  all Women SOs  and GDSBOs   operational in the country (as on 31.12.2016) is at Annexure-I.
- (c)       As opening of all women post office is not a separate scheme, no fund is earmarked/ sanctioned for opening of all women post offices.
- (d)      No, Madam.
- (e)      Does not arise in view of (d) above.

## Postal Circle-wise Number of 'All Women Post Offices' [Sub Post Offices (SOs) and Branch Post Offices (BOs)] operational in the country [as on 31.12.2016]

| Sl. No.   | Name of the Postal Circles                                                                           |   No. of All Women Post Offices (SOs) |   No. of BOs with Women Branch Postmasters |
|-----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                       |                                     1 |                                       1843 |
| 2         | Assam                                                                                                |                                     3 |                                        862 |
| 3         | Bihar                                                                                                |                                     2 |                                        804 |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh                                                                                         |                                     1 |                                        137 |
| 5         | Delhi                                                                                                |                                     2 |                                         14 |
| 6         | Gujarat [ including Dadar, Nagar & Haveli Daman & Diu]                                               |                                    10 |                                        801 |
| 7         | Haryana                                                                                              |                                     9 |                                        140 |
| 8         | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                     |                                     1 |                                        563 |
| 9         | Jammu & Kashmir                                                                                      |                                     1 |                                        210 |
| 10        | Jharkhand                                                                                            |                                     3 |                                        233 |
| 11        | Karnataka                                                                                            |                                     1 |                                       1848 |
| 12        | Kerala [including Lakshadweep]                                                                       |                                     1 |                                       2029 |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                       |                                     1 |                                        488 |
| 14        | Maharashtra [including Goa]                                                                          |                                     4 |                                       1450 |
| 15        | North East [including States ofArunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland and Tripura) |                                     8 |                                        643 |
| 16        | Odisha                                                                                               |                                     1 |                                        665 |
| 17        | Punjab [including Chandigarh]                                                                        |                                     1 |                                        704 |
| 18        | Rajasthan                                                                                            |                                     7 |                                        245 |
| 19        | Tamil Nadu [including Puducherry]                                                                    |                                     2 |                                       4094 |
| 20        | Telangana                                                                                            |                                     3 |                                        638 |
| 21        | Uttarakhand                                                                                          |                                     1 |                                        278 |
| 22        | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                        |                                     1 |                                       1483 |
| 23        | West Bengal [including Sikkim and Andaman & Nicobar Islands]                                         |                                     3 |                                        962 |
|           | Total                                                                                                |                                    67 |                                      21134 |

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