Lok Sabha Question No. 1893 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-03
Subject: Earnings of Department of Post
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Srinivas Kesineni

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1893 TO BE ANSWERED ON 3 RD  JULY, 2019

## EARNINGS OF DEPARTMENT OF POST

## 1893. SHRI SRINIVAS KESINENI:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Department  of  Post  (DoP)  is  increasingly  earning  revenues  from  nontraditional sectors like e-commerce and payments bank and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) percentage of revenue earned by DoP from value added services, service-wise;
- (c) the future expansion plans proposed by the Government in these sectors in the State of Andhra Pradesh; and
- (d) the  number  of  Indian  Post  Payment  Bank  (IPPB)  accounts  in  Andhra  Pradesh,  Post Office-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS, LAW & JUSTICE AND ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

- (a) The  details  of  Revenue  earned  from  non-traditional  sector  like  e-commerce  and Payment Bank during last three years is as under:

| Year    |   Revenue Earned in Rs. Crores |
|---------|--------------------------------|
| 2016-17 |                        3353.6  |
| 2017-18 |                        3419    |
| 2018-19 |                        2971.22 |

## (b) Percentage of revenue earned by Department of Posts from value added service-wise is as under:

(Rs. in Crores)

| Sl. No.   | Services                 |   2016-17 |   %of Total Revenue |   2017-18 |   %of Total Revenue |   2018-19 |   %of Total Revenue |
|-----------|--------------------------|-----------|---------------------|-----------|---------------------|-----------|---------------------|
| 1         | Speed Post               |   1783    |               15.49 |   1829.8  |               14.26 |   1870.71 |               14.19 |
| 2         | Business Post            |   1200.27 |               10.43 |   1224.27 |                9.54 |    809.54 |                6.14 |
| 3         | Express Parcel Post      |     64.17 |                0.56 |     54.07 |                0.42 |     39.52 |                0.3  |
| 4         | Business Parcel          |     94.8  |                0.82 |     84.46 |                0.66 |     83.25 |                0.63 |
| 5         | Bill Mail Service        |     77.16 |                0.67 |     56.74 |                0.44 |     28.42 |                0.22 |
| 6         | Retail Post              |     67.68 |                0.59 |    108.59 |                0.85 |     66.75 |                0.51 |
| 7         | Media Post               |     10.59 |                0.09 |      6.63 |                0.05 |     22.8  |                0.17 |
| 8         | e-Bill Post              |     26.34 |                0.23 |     22.88 |                0.18 |     26    |                0.2  |
| 9         | Direct Post              |      2.89 |                0.03 |      2.12 |                0.02 |      1.6  |                0.01 |
| 10        | e-Post                   |      1.63 |                0.01 |      4.78 |                0.04 |      2.14 |                0.02 |
| 11        | Logistic Post            |     16.31 |                0.14 |     15.41 |                0.12 |     12.56 |                0.1  |
| 12        | Indian Post Payment Bank |      0    |                0    |      0    |                0    |      0.04 |                0    |
| 13        | Others                   |      8.76 |                0.08 |      9.25 |                0.07 |      7.89 |                0.06 |
|           | Total                    |   3353.6  |            11511    |   3419    |            12832.8  |   2971.22 |            13184.4  |

(c) India Post Payment Bank (IPPB) has set up its 24 branches (covering all districts) in the state of Andhra  Pradesh.  IPPB  has  enabled  9852  Banking  Access  points  in  the  state  and  equipped  13842 doorstep  banking  service  providers  with  micro-ATM  devices  (Smartphone  and  biometric  device)  to provide  a  full  suite  of  banking  services  (including  Cash  Deposits/Withdrawal,  Account  .Opening, Money transfers, Bill Payments and DBT distribution) at the customer's doorstep.

Further,  Department  of  Posts  and  India  Post  Payments  Bank  is  actively  pursuing  with  the government  and  private  entities  for  tie-up  for  disbursement  of  DBT  benefits,  salaries  and  other payments.

Once  the  website  is  stabilized,  Andhra  Pradesh  Circle  has  proposed  to  enrol  leading  eCommerce of AP online market to DoP e-Commerce Portal.

The services of Express Parcel and Business Parcel with COD facility can be availed of in all Departmental Post Office in the state of Andhra Pradesh.

- (d) There  are  total  4,13,585  IPPB  accounts  have  been  opened  different  Post  Offices  in  Andhra Pradesh.  The IPPB Branch-wise details as under:

| Name of IPPB Branch   |   No. of IPPB Accounts opened |
|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
| ANANTAPUR             |                         12701 |
| BHIMAVARAM            |                         13864 |
| CHITTOOR              |                         16715 |
| CUDDAPAH              |                         20017 |
| ELURU                 |                          5584 |
| GUDIVADA              |                         15042 |
| GUDUR                 |                         17758 |
| HINDUPUR              |                         11799 |
| KAKINADA              |                         17107 |
| KURNOOL               |                         20252 |
| MARKAPUR              |                         10778 |
| NANDYAL               |                         41337 |
| NARASARAOPET          |                         19583 |
| NELLORE               |                          9902 |
| ONGOLE                |                         26908 |
| PARVATIPURAM          |                         11833 |
| PRODDATUR             |                         17432 |
| RAJAHMUNDRY           |                         10152 |
| SRIKAKULAM            |                         12263 |
| TENALI                |                         18675 |
| TIRUPATI              |                         26762 |
| VIJAYAWADA            |                         21018 |
| VISAKHAPATNAM         |                         25941 |
| VIZIANAGARAM          |                         10162 |
| Grand Total           |                        413585 |

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