Lok Sabha Question No. 1844 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-07
Subject: IPPB
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: RODMAL NAGAR, KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE, ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1844 TO BE ANSWERED ON 7 th  MARCH, 2018

## IPPB

- †1844. SHRI NAGAR RODMAL: SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE: SHRI ARVIND SAWANT:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the status of setting up of India Post Payment Bank (IPPB) and the time by which the IPPB is likely to be set up in 1.55 lakh post offices;
- (b) whether all the formalities have been completed to start this project on the target date and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) the number of post offices where payment banks are likely to be opened, State/UT-wise;
- (d) the  number  of  postal  department  ATMs  operating  in  different  parts  of  the  country, State/UT-wise; and
- (e) whether the Government proposes to grant approval for connecting ATMs of IPPB with the  network  of  ATMs  of  other  banks  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) & (b) Madam, the status of setting up of India Post Payments Bank is as under:
- (i) After the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) granted the License on 20.01.2017 to roll out Payments Bank, two branches have been launched on 30.01.2017 at Raipur (Chhattisgarh)  and  Ranchi  (Jharkhand)  along  with  6  access  points  and  the remaining 650 branches will be launched by April 2018.
- (ii) The preparatory works for roll out of 650 branches including the civil, electrical, branding and furniture are in final stages.
- (iii) M/s HPGS renamed as M/s EIT Services India Pvt. Ltd. has been engaged as System  Integrator  (SI)  for  setting  up  of  IPPB  on  14.08.2017.  The  work  for development of technology platform is in advanced stage.

- (iii) Training of banking personnel and DoP employees is ongoing in Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA), Gurgaon and at various postal training centers across India.
- (iv) Recruitment of personnel for banking operations from various sources is going on. As on date, 528 Managers (Approximately) have been on-boarded.

Further,  IPPB  aims  to  have  a  pan-India  reach  (650  branches,  average  one  in each  district)  by  April.  2018.  The  roll  out  of  all  the  1.55  lakh  access  points  will  be completed  in  a  phased  manner  starting  from  April,  2018  to  September,  2018.  The preparatory works for rollout of all 650 branches such as Technology build out, physical readiness including branding and furniture, Recruitment and training of staffs of DoP, etc. are under process.

- (c) The list of number of post offices where Payments Bank is likely to be opened is enclosed at Annexure I.
- (d) Madam, The number of postal department ATMs operating in different parts of the country, state/UT wise is enclosed at Annexure II.
- (e) In  line  with  the  Cabinet's  decision,  IPPB  intends  to  rollout  5,000  ATMs  over  a period of time.  At present, IPPB will leverage the DOP ATMs for its banking operations, which are already connected with network of ATMs of other banks.

Contd…3/-

| S. No.   | State/UT                  |   Number of IPPB Branches |
|----------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |                         1 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh            |                        24 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh         |                        10 |
| 4        | Assam                     |                        26 |
| 5        | Bihar                     |                        38 |
| 6        | Chandigarh                |                         1 |
| 7        | Chattisgarh               |                        27 |
| 8        | Dadra and Nagar Haweli    |                         1 |
| 9        | Daman & Diu               |                         0 |
| 10       | Delhi                     |                         3 |
| 11       | Goa                       |                         1 |
| 12       | Gujarat                   |                        32 |
| 13       | Haryana                   |                        20 |
| 14       | HP                        |                        12 |
| 15       | J&K                       |                         8 |
| 16       | Jharkhand                 |                        22 |
| 17       | Karnataka                 |                        31 |
| 18       | Kerala                    |                        14 |
| 19       | Lakshwadeep               |                         1 |
| 20       | Madhya pradesh            |                        42 |
| 21       | Maharastra                |                        41 |
| 22       | Manipur                   |                         9 |
| 23       | Meghalya                  |                         8 |
| 24       | Mizoram                   |                         6 |
| 25       | Nagaland                  |                         9 |
| 26       | Odisha                    |                        33 |
| 27       | Puducherry                |                         1 |
| 28       | Punjab                    |                        22 |
| 29       | Rajasthan                 |                        33 |
| 30       | Sikkim                    |                         1 |
| 31       | Telangana                 |                        23 |
| 32       | Tamil Nadu                |                        36 |
| 33       | Tripura                   |                         5 |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh             |                        73 |
| 35       | Uttarakhand               |                        12 |
| 36       | West Bengal               |                        25 |
|          | Total                     |                       650 |

## Annexure I

## Annexure II

| S.No.       | State/UT          | No. of Operational DoP ATMs   |   No. of Operational DoP ATMs |
|-------------|-------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| 1           | Andhra Pradesh    |                               |                            58 |
| 2           | Arunachal Pradesh |                               |                             2 |
| 3           | Assam             |                               |                            26 |
| 4           | Bihar             |                               |                            44 |
| 5           | Chandigarh        |                               |                             2 |
| 6           | Chhattisgarh      |                               |                            14 |
| 7           | Delhi             |                               |                            26 |
| 8           | Goa               |                               |                             4 |
| 9           | Gujarat           |                               |                            41 |
| 10          | Haryana           |                               |                            20 |
| 11          | Himachal Pradesh  |                               |                            22 |
| 12          | Jammu & Kashmir   |                               |                            12 |
| 13          | Jharkhand         |                               |                            19 |
| 14          | Karnataka         |                               |                            76 |
| 15          | Kerala            |                               |                            52 |
| 16          | Madhya Pradesh    |                               |                            51 |
| 17          | Maharashtra       |                               |                            71 |
| 18          | Manipur           |                               |                             2 |
| 19          | Meghalaya         |                               |                             6 |
| 20          | Mizoram           |                               |                             1 |
| 21          | Nagaland          |                               |                             2 |
| 22          | Orissa            |                               |                            44 |
| 23          | Puducherry        |                               |                             1 |
| 24          | Punjab            |                               |                            24 |
| 25          | Rajasthan         |                               |                            64 |
| 26          | Sikkim            |                               |                             1 |
| 27          | Tamil Nadu        |                               |                            96 |
| 28          | Telangana         |                               |                            37 |
| 29          | Tripura           |                               |                             6 |
| 30          | Uttar Pradesh     |                               |                            88 |
| 31          | Uttrakhand        |                               |                            18 |
| 32          | West Bengal       |                               |                            63 |
| Grand Total | Grand Total       |                               |                           993 |

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